SIA Engineering signed an Aircraft Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) services agreement with the new low-cost carrier Scoot. The MRO agreement covers heavy and light airframe maintenance checks, line maintenance and defect rectification. It is a two year agreement with an option of a one-year extension. Scoot, wholly-owned by Singapore Airlines, will be operating the
Rolls-Royce is to provide Philippines airline Cebu Pacific with long-term TotalCare service support for Trent 700 engines on up to eight Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract will be worth up to $280m. Cebu Pacific will use the aircraft to launch long haul operations in the second half of 2013 and these will be the first
SriLankan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a 5-year component supply contract for the carrier’s Airbus A320 fleet. Spare parts will be supplied to the airline’s home base at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, where also the main base stock of certain Aircraft-On-Ground (AOG) relevant components is being kept. Repair and pooling of the components
Lion Air and the European regional turboprop manufacturer ATR signed a contract at the Singapore Airshow, for the purchase of 27 additional ATR 72-600 aircraft. Once these aircraft will be integrated into the fleet of Lion Air’s regional subsidiary Wings Air, it will become the largest operator of ATR aircraft with a total fleet of
IAE announced that it has signed a Fleet Hour Agreement (FHA) with United Airlines effective January 1, 2012. The seven-year contract includes IAE’s V2500 engines installed on 152 existing Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft.
IAE has won various new engine orders at the Sinagpore Airshow: ICBC Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has entered into an agreement under which International Aero Engines will provide V2500 engines to power its fleet of 15 new A320 series aircraft. The deal is valued at $300m. Deliveries
China Eastern Airlines has strengthened its strategic relationship with Honeywell, signing several agreements that will enhance the safety, efficiency and performance of its growing narrow-body fleet, while lowering overall cost of ownership. Honeywell will provide wheels and brakes for new and existing Boeing 737 NG aircraft, as well as an avionics package and 131-9 auxiliary
Exclases Holdings has signed a contract for two AW169, two AW139 and two AW189 helicopters. This purchase marks the entrance of the new generation AW169 and AW189 models into the Russian market. Russian operators will benefit from the commonality in design across the AW139, AW169 and AW189 family of new generations helicopters. As well as possessing
GMF AeroAsia has chosen A J Walter Aviation to provide integrated consumables management, to support the growing GMF maintenance programme for B737NG aircraft. AJW will position a spares consignment with GMF in Jakarta for replenishment on demand with payment on consumption.
Go Airlines (GoAir), a leading provider of low fare services in the growing Indian aviation market, has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for its order of 72 firm A320neo aircraft. The agreement represents 144 firm PW1100G-JM engines and is anticipated to include a PureSolution(SM) maintenance package. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2016.
