Textron Aviation has received an order from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) for one special mission Cessna Citation Longitude and two special mission Cessna Citation Latitude jets. The aircraft will be fitted with special flight inspection calibration equipment and will be used by the DHMI (General Directorate of State Airports Authority) in Turkey to inspect regional […]
Safran Landing Systems, Safran Engineering Services and regional aircraft manufacturer ATR have developed ‘Smart Lander’, an innovative landing gear diagnostics service that uses state-of-the-art knowledge in data analysis to optimise the manufacturer’s response times in the event of hard landings and will enable aircraft to be quickly returned to service. This extremely innovative service, the
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Coulson Aviation U.S.A. has announced the sale of one of its Boeing 737 FIRELINER large airtankers to the Provincia de Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The B737 FIRELINER is the only large airtanker that can transport passengers and its multi-role capability will be fully utilised by the Santiago del Estero province while not conducting airtanker operations. “Our
SITA has appointed Matthys Serfontein as President, Americas. Serfontein returns to SITA after a two-year hiatus to drive SITA’s growth in the Americas, where travel has rebounded sharply in the wake of the pandemic. Serfontein will be key to bringing SITA’s vision of greater agility, efficiency and sustainability to the air transport industry through digitalisation.
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The Emirates Group has released its 2021-2022 results, which shows strong recovery across its businesses. dnata (Dubai National Air Travel Agency) has returned to profitability and significant revenue improvements were reported across both Emirates and dnata as the Group rebuilt its air transport and travel-related operations which were previously cut back or curtailed by the
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement to carry out passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions for Cargojet Canada’s Cargo Airline. The agreement was signed as a result of the growing global demand for cargo aircraft and includes the conversion of four B777-300ER aircraft and additional options in the future. IAI has recently signed a number of new
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Willis Lease Finance Corporation has reported first-quarter total revenues of US$68.8 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, aggregate lease rent and maintenance reserve revenues were US$53.0 million and spare parts and equipment sales were US$6.6 million. The company reported increased total revenues in the first quarter when compared to the prior-year period,
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Italy’s new national carrier, ITA Airways, has taken delivery of its first A350 aircraft, becoming the 40th operator of the type. The aircraft, which is on lease from ALAFCO, landed for the first time in Italy at Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on Wednesday May, 11. ITA Airways’ A350 cabin is configured in
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Daher has completed the company’s total reimbursement of the €110 million French government guaranteed loan (Prêt Garanti par l’État, PGE) granted in June 2020, while also securing funding of €180 million from new American investors and from its banking pool. These two new operations illustrate the confidence of Daher’s financial partners in the company’s management
Ryanair has announced a new winter maintenance agreement with UK MRO provider, STS Aviation Group, which will see the airline undertake two lines of heavy maintenance at its modern MRO facility in Birmingham. Ryanair’s fleet will grow to over 600 aircraft over the coming years and this agreement will ensure that the airline has flexibility
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