Boeing P-8A team members and Spirit AeroSystems employees have laid the keel beam for New Zealand’s first P-8A. This process, also called ‘keeling,’ was done at the Spirit AeroSystems facility where all Boeing 737 fuselages, nacelles and pylons are designed and built. Laying the keel is an important production milestone during the build of any […]
Fokker Services, an independent aerospace service provider, has installed new, fully automated twin Wire Electric Arc Spray technology at its LaGrange, GA, USA facility. Together with recent investments in additional machining and grinding equipment, this thermal spray capability allows the team to manage the entire component restoration process in-house for hundreds of part numbers. Craig
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Acciona, a global company leader in the provision of regenerative solutions for a decarbonised economy and Eve UAM, an Embraer company, have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of a global and sustainable Urban Air Mobility ecosystem. Under the terms of the partnership, upon the consummation of Eve’s business combination with Zanite
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Next Level Aviation (NLA) has appointed Martin Curtis as President of its new subsidiary in Dublin, Next Level Aviation-Ireland. Curtis will lead this new subsidiary to significant growth in the coming years through used serviceable material sales in the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) region and through aircraft and engine transactions globally. Curtis has held senior
MTU Maintenance has joined forces with LATAM, Latin America’s largest airline, to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in test runs. A V2500 engine of the airline was recently tested at the MTU site in Hannover, Germany, with a 10% SAF fuel blend. The fuel used is derived from waste fats, oils and lubricants and produces
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Canada Jetlines Operations (Canada Jetlines) has received a determination from the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) that meets the regulation requirements with regards to Canadian ownership and control, subject to filing confirming corporate documents. The CTA also completed Stage 1 “Determination of Financial Requirements” for Canada Jetlines’ application. “I am very excited that Canada Jetlines has
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With deliveries anticipated to commence in 2026, Embraer offshoot Eve and Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the purchase of up to 200 eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft. In addition, the two companies will explore the development of an ecosystem to scale Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and
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JMC Group has signed an agreement to support nine aircraft through the Boeing 737 Flight Length Sensitive (FLS) inspection programme with low-cost carrier, Ryanair. The agreement marks the first time the two companies have worked together, with the two lines of nose-to-tail FLS inspections taking place throughout the remainder of the winter season. FLS tasks require
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Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes unit and Safran Electrical & Power have signed the renewal of electrical wiring contracts. This renewal covers the Boeing P8, 737 MAX, 767 Freighter, 777 and 777-X programmes. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 767-2C remain on contract as well. Today, more than 1,500 Safran Electrical & Power employees in Morocco, Mexico and
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Leonardo has secured a contract for two AW139 helicopters from the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The NNSA through the Department of Energy has two locations: on the East Coast at Andrew’s Air Force Base in Maryland and on the West Coast at Henderson Airport in Nevada. NNSA helicopters are equipped
