SIA Engineering Company opens new aircraft engine services facility

Mainboard-listed SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) has opened its new Aircraft Engine Services (AES) facility in Singapore to provide engine maintenance services to Safran Aircraft Engines (SAE). SIAEC, which invested approximately S$9.0 million to develop the facility, will provide Engine Quick Turn (QT) and modification embodiment services for both CFM LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines at […]

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Atlas Air and Cainiao expand partnership with addition of new Boeing 747-8 freighter

Atlas Air and Cainiao Network (Cainiao), the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership by adding a new Boeing 747-8 Freighter under a long-term agreement to increase capacity on routes between China and the Americas. This expansion builds upon Atlas Air’s partnership with Cainiao and the new aircraft will enter

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Embraer, Widerøe and Rolls-Royce to research innovative technologies for sustainable regional aircraft

Embraer, Widerøe and Rolls-Royce have announced plans to study a conceptual zero-emission regional aircraft. The 12-month cooperation study – in the context of pre-competitive research and development – will address passenger requirements to stay connected in a post COVID-19 world but do so sustainably and seeks to accelerate the knowledge of the technologies necessary for

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Singapore Airlines and Scoot sign 787 MRO agreement with Collins aerospace

Collins Aerospace has entered into a long-term MRO agreement with Singapore Airlines and Scoot, to support the Singapore Airlines Group fleet of 55 Boeing 787 aircraft. Through its FlightSense® programme, Collins will provide the airlines with full lifecycle support for high-performance pool access, maintenance services and reliability upgrades. Products supported under the agreement include Collins’

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Finnair

EU Commission approves remaining €50 million of hybrid loan by the State of Finland to Finnair

Finnair and the State of Finland have signed an agreement on a hybrid loan of maximum €400 million to support Finnair. The decision was made by the Plenary Session of the Government on February 18, 2021. The arrangement has the approval of the EU Commission’s competition authority in line with the European Union’s state aid

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Airbus Asia Training Centre inaugurates fourth full-flight A350 simulator

The Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) has inaugurated its fourth A350 Full-Flight Simulator (FFS). The addition consolidates AATC’s position as the largest Airbus-operated flight crew training centre in the company’s global network, with two A320, two A330, one A380 and four A350 simulators. AATC also hosts one ATR 72-600 FFS. The focus on the A330,

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AirAsia to lease 100+ Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOLs from Avolon

Avolon, the Ireland-headquartered aircraft lessor and provider of lease management services has announced that AirAsia Aviation Group (AirAsia) has signed a non-binding MoU for the lease of a minimum 100 Vertical Aerospace VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Air Asia is looking to revolutionise air travel in the Southeast-Asia region by providing air

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Western Global Airlines expands all-Boeing fleet with first order of new-production freighters

Boeing and Western Global Airlines have announced a firm order for two 777 freighters, the first new-production freighters for the all-Boeing cargo operator based in Estero, Fla. The order was finalised in January 2022 and is currently listed as unidentified in Boeing’s order backlog. The agreement also includes an additional purchase option. Boeing has forecast

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Middle River Aerostructure Systems provides “immersive” jet engine nacelle experience at the Singapore Airshow

Middle River Aerostructure Systems’ (MRAS) expertise in developing and producing complex engine nacelles for jet-powered airliners and business jets took centre stage at the Singapore Airshow last week with the unique experience of literally stepping into a full-scale nacelle on the exhibit stand of parent company ST Engineering. In a first display of its type,

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