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LATEST NEWS
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Thursday, February 9th, 2023
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that it is cancelling the public-private SpaceJet project that would have seen Japan launch its first domestically produced passenger jet, despite having received orders over time for over 450 of the aircraft. The project had been supported by the Japanese government and domestic firms including Toyota, but has been beset with problems and multiple delays which has seen it exceed its original target launch date by some ten years and the consequential cancellation of many of the original orders from the likes of Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
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The project was launched in 2008 under the project name Mitsubishi Regional Jet with the original launch date penned for 2013. The twin-engine less-than-100-seat jet was intended to herald in a new era of regional travel within Japan, but after the project was renamed SpaceJet in 2019, in 2020 the project was put on hold after further technical problems and the negative effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the aerospace industry.
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The firm’s president, Seiji Izumisawa, admitted that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries “lacked the know-how” to develop passenger jets. “We are no longer sure of its business viability,” he told reporters. In a statement, the company said that it had been “difficult to obtain understanding and necessary cooperation from global partners”, adding that “further extensive funding” was needed to get the plane’s design approved.
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Delta TechOps and Pratt & Whitney have unveiled a new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine MRO network.
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The 155,000-ft² facility in Atlanta will house disassembly, assembly and test capability for engines powering Airbus A220 and A320neo-family aircraft. Leadership from Delta and Pratt & Whitney were in attendance alongside Commissioner Pat Wilson from the Georgia Department of Economic Development, media and employees.
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With more than 10,000 engine orders and commitments from more than 90 customers, GTF engines now power more than 1,400 aircraft with 64 operators across three aircraft families. To keep pace with the growing fleet, the GTF MRO network continues to expand around the globe.
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Delta’s larger facility will allow the shop to overhaul more than 300 GTF engines per year. A member of the GTF MRO network since 2019, Delta TechOps inducted its first PW1100G-JM engine in 2020 and its first PW1500G engine earlier this year at the end of January within the new facility.
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Azerbaijan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik AG have signed a comprehensive five-year contract regarding a total component support (TCS) for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body long-range fleet of the Republic of Azerbaijan's national air carrier.
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The carrier's first TCS contract, which comes into effect on May 1, will significantly strengthen Azerbaijan Airlines' technical operations. It will give the airline 24/7 access to Lufthansa Technik's global spare parts pool network. Among other services, the TCS includes an AOG (aircraft on ground) support that guarantees Azerbaijan Airlines shortest possible delivery for time-critical components. In an important strategic step for the provision of maintenance and technical services, the contract has been tailored to include additional flexibility, so that it can easily cover the carrier's planned fleet expansion.
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Following a very fruitful set of joint meetings, 3C, the Transport Canada-approved, independent flight test and certification Design Approval Organization (DAO) and Horizon Aircraft have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the two companies will collaborate on aspects of the continued development and path to certification of Horizon Aircraft’s Cavorite X5 programme.
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The MOU establishes a framework for ongoing expansion of collaboration as the Cavorite X5 programme evolves and will give Horizon access to services and expertise that includes gap analysis, certification planning, certifiable design consulting, training, flight test planning and execution and eventual airworthiness approval. The collaboration will also enable both companies to work together on future business development opportunities and strengthen the case for this exciting “made-in-Canada” programme.
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“We have been following the Cavorite X5 programme from a distance for some time now and are very impressed with many of the business and design decisions that Horizon Aircraft have taken thus far on the programme. We believe wholeheartedly that Canada must have one or more OEMs for imaginative platforms like this and are delighted to have teamed up with the Horizon Aircraft folks to try and help them do exactly that,” says Phil Cole, VP Business Development of 3C. “Based on extensive prior experience, Horizon Aircraft understands the challenges ahead both with airworthiness approval and with vehicle operations. Accordingly, they are taking a very pragmatic approach to their development in order to significantly lower programme risk.”
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International aircraft leasing company Avolon has completed the delivery of five new Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft to Akasa Air, India’s newest airline. Delivery of the aircraft commenced in December 2022 and was completed in January 2023.
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This sale and leaseback transaction is Avolon’s first deal with Akasa.
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C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, continues to increase support for ATR operators by purchasing five ATR PW127F engines. With the addition of these five engines, C&L has now purchased twenty PW127-series engines since starting its ATR programme in 2019. Three of the engines are currently for sale, with the rest being sold or reduced to spares for C&L’s existing PW100 series repair programme.
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“We have expanded aggressively to meet the needs of ATR operators around the world,” said Warrick Hood,
Senior Vice President of C&L Aerospace. “C&L is here to be a long-term support provider in the ATR market,
assisting operators with PW127 engine sales, purchases, leasing, repair management, spare parts supply and
more.”
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C&L has been increasing its PW127 series engine support programme for several years. The company’s full ATR support programme also includes PMA development, rotables, leading edges, propeller support, engine support, consignment and pool agreements, which combined with previous multi-million-dollar parts purchases and eight ATR tear-downs completed in the past 36-months provide a significant inventory to support operators.
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