Tuesday, January 24, 2012
AviTrader Daily Aviation News Alert
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Rolls-Royce wins order from CIT to power 23 aircraft
May 22, 2013
Rolls-Royce has won an order from US leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines, to power ten Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus A330 aircraft. The Trent XWB engines will power ten CIT A350 aircraft that were announced in January 2013 which were in addition to five A350 XWB aircraft already on order. The Trent XWB, specifically designed for the Airbus A350, is the fastest selling Trent engine ever, with more than 1,200 already sold. The engine variant that will power the A350-800 and -900 was awarded European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certification in February. The engine will power the first flight of the Airbus A350 XWB this year and the aircraft’s first in-service flight in 2014.
GE Aviation signs additive manufacturing cooperative agreement with Sigma Labs
May 24, 2013
GE Aviation and Sigma Labs signed a Joint Technology Development Agreement (JTDA) to advance and implement in-process inspection technologies for additive manufactured jet engine components. The mutually-developed inspection technology will verify the quality and geometry of additive components during the additive build process, increasing additive production speeds up to 25 percent in support of GE Aviation’s growing production rates. “Today, post-build inspection procedures account for as much as 25 percent of the time required to produce an additively manufactured engine component,” said Greg Morris, GE Aviation’s business development leader for additive manufacturing. “By conducting those inspection procedures while the component is being built, GE Aviation and Sigma labs will expedite production rates for GE’s additive manufactured engine components like the LEAP fuel nozzle.”
MyTECHNIC Aircraft MRO Services receives CAAC approval
January 23, 2012
MyTECHNIC, Istanbul, Turkey based aircraft MRO center received approval from General Administration of Aviation of China (CAAC). This approval will enable myTECHNIC to provide maintenance services for China registered aircraft, engines and components. Since its foundation, several airlines and leasing companies have chosen myTECHNIC for maintenance services from Middle East, CIS, Europe and Asia. In the beginning of 2011, myTECHNIC became a part of HNA Group of China; a conglomerate in aviation, logistics, retail and airport services.
Silver Airways inaugurates new maintenance facility at GNV
January 23, 2012
Silver Airways Corp. announced that it will relocate its maintenance department from its home base in Fort Lauderdale to a new, state-of-the-art facility at Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV). Silver Airways’ new maintenance facility covers 61,000 ft² and is located on the southwest quadrant of Gainesville Regional Airport. It consists of approximately 45,000 ft² of airconditioned hangar space. Support areas include a 10,800 ft² maintenance section and a 5,400 ft² customer service area. The height of the hangar doors (24 feet) and thickness of the hangar floor accommodates regional airlines such as the Saab 340Bplus and Beechcraft 1900D aircraft that comprise the current Silver Airways fleet.
TAT Technologies appoints new CEO
January 23, 2012
TAT Technologies reported that its Board of Directors has appointed Itsik Maaravi as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Maaravi is currently President of TAT’s Piedmont Aviation Component Services, LLC subsidiary (“Piedmont”), a position he has held since July 2011. From July 2009 through June 2011 Mr. Maaravi was Chief Marketing Officer for Piedmont as well as for the Company’s Limco Airepair subsidiary (“Limco”). Between 2000 and June 2009 Mr. Maaravi held senior marketing positions at Kamor Aviation and Israel Aerospace Industries.
Aeroflot takes delivery of fifth Sukhoi Superjet 100
January 23, 2012
On January 23rd, Aeroflot accepted delivery of its fifth Sukhoi Superjet 100, MSN 95015 from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC). The aircraft is ready to start commercial operation on Aeroflot’s domestic and international route network.
Huntley Myrie named president of Nexcelle
January 23, 2012
Nexcelle, the joint venture of GE’s Middle River Aircraft Systems and the Safran group’s Aircelle, announced the appointment of Huntley Myrie as its new president. Myrie brings extensive experience in program management, design engineering, customer support and the aftermarket business as Nexcelle develops nacelle systems for the next generation of integrated propulsion systems to equip commercial airliners and business jets.
GECAS delivers two new Airbus A320s to TACA Airlines
January 23, 2012
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) delivered two new Airbus A320 aircraft to TACA Airlines to help them with fleet growth. The aircraft come from TACA’s existing order book with Airbus and are part of a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with GECAS announced in February 2010. They will be operated by TACA’s subsidiary in Costa Rica, and will be joining a 44 aircraft fleet that serves 51 destinations in 22 countries.
CFM reports $51.7bn in orders/commitments for 2011
January 23, 2012
CFM International (CFM) had a record year in 2011, logging orders for 1,500 commercial, military and spare CFM56 engines and commitments for 3,056 LEAP engines for a combined value of $51.7bn at list price. CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of Snecma (Safran group) and GE, produces the highly popular CFM56 engine family. CFM is developing a new engine family, under the brand name LEAP, which will enter service in 2016.
CFM is also achieving record production rates for the CFM56 product line. The company has built more than 1,000 engines per year since 2006, and the rate has grown steadily. In 2011, CFM delivered more than 1,300 engines, the highest rate in the industry, compared to 1,250 engines built in 2010. Current plans are to reach more than 1,600 engines per year by 2014.
ILFC concludes 296 lease transactions in 2011
January 23, 2012
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) released that it completed a total of 296 lease transactions for 2011. These transactions include extensions and placements from ILFC’s existing fleet and sale-leasebacks of 20 aircraft with a value of more than $800m. ILFC currently has over 180 customers in more than 80 countries.
Goodrich and Hawaiian Airlines extend flight hour agreement
January 23, 2012
Goodrich Corporation and Hawaiian Airlines have signed an extension to their existing Prime Solutions® nacelle maintenance agreement to support the airline’s fleet of 18 Boeing 717-200 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce BR715 engines. The existing nacelle flight hour agreement provides maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, management of spare parts, rotables and dedicated Goodrich technical support. With this new extension, Goodrich’s Aerostructures business will increase its existing Prime Solutions support to include three aircraft that Hawaiian Airlines introduced into its fleet beginning in October 2011. These additional aircraft will receive the same customized full-support package as established in the original nacelle flight hour agreement signed in 2001.
Bombardier Aerospace receives orders for 249 aircraft in 2011
January 23, 2012
During the 11-month period ended December 31, 2011, Bombardier Aerospace delivered 245 aircraft compared to 256 aircraft deliveries in the previous fiscal year (February 1, 2010 to January 31, 2011). This delivery total is essentially in line with the 240 aircraft delivery guidance that was provided in February 2011 although with a different mix of aircraft. For the 11-month period Bombardier received 249 aircraft orders, net of cancellations, compared to 201 orders, net of cancellations, for the previous fiscal year.
