City Airline, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, operates with five Embraer 145 and will extend the fleet to at least double this figure. In addition, the company will rent three MD87 from SAS. SAS Tech in Gothenburg will provide Line Maintenance including production planning of the MD87 business for City Airline. The work performed will include
Republic Airways has signed a purchase agreement with Bombardier Aerospace for 40 CSeries aircraft with options on up to 40 additional aircraft. The twin-engined airliner is exclusively powered by the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engine. MTU Aero Engines is a major stakeholder in this innovative, next-generation propulsion system. The overall contract covers more than
Parker Hannifin announced that Rolls-Royce has exercised its option to add Parker Aerospace’s heat management valves to the pneumatics package it already supplies on the Trent XWB engine program. Parker estimates that the package will generate approximately $175 million in revenues over the life of the program. Product design, manufacture, and support will be completed
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $75 million MissionCare contract by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Under the eleven-month contract, which includes four option years, logistics support will be provided for the Rolls-Royce AE 1107C-Liberty engines that power the U.S. Marine Corps
Airbus will increase the monthly production rate for its single-aisle A320 Family from the current rate of 34 to 36, starting December 2010. The production rate for the long-range A330/A340 Family will be maintained at the current level of eight per month. Airbus’ decision to raise its single-aisle production rate is driven by the continuing
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), has finalized an agreement to license Boeing engineering data to develop MD-80 passenger-to-freighter conversions. AEI will become a Supplemental Type Certificate holder for MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and MD-88 Passenger to Freighter Conversions. As an STC holder, working with licensed Boeing engineering data, AEI customers will now be eligible for access to
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Unison Industries have entered into a data license with Boeing allowing the use of detail engineering design data for replacement spare parts. The license will permit Unison Industries to manufacture licensed parts under Unison
GE Aviation and India’s national carrier Air India have signed a GE Branded Services Agreement (GBSA) under which GE Aviation will provide technical support as Air India offers maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the GEnx-1B engine and further advances its plans to become a global MRO service provider. Under the GBSA, Air India
British Airways will feature Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM) system to monitor the in-flight condition of more than 100 Boeing twin-aisle jetliners. AHM will be used on the airline’s current 777 and 747-400 fleets and future deliveries, including 787 Dreamliners.
