Spirit AeroSystems has successfully delivered its first composite center fuselage section for the Airbus A350 XWB program. The upper and forward lower shell (Section 15) composite fuselage panels were...
Aircraft cabin interior manufacturer B/E Aerospace has signed a definitive agreement to acquire supply chain management company UFC Aerospace Corp. (UFC) for $400 million in cash. Amin J. Khoury, Cha...
TransAsia Airways is reported to be considering ordering several A380s and has secured funding support from Taiwanese banks. The aircraft will be used to push the airline’s expansion to the US. ...
GE Capital Aviation Services has ordered two additional ATR72-600s, with two further options. This brings the GECAS ATR72-600 order book to 17 firm plus 17 options. Five of the aircraft are to be le...
Ethiopian Airlines has sold five Fokker 50 aircraft to Fortran Aviation of Singapore. The Fokker 50s will be operated by a new airline, Pacific Royale. The first Fokker was to be delivered by the end ...
Cabot, involved in a great number of transactions in 2011, has announced the sale on 12 December 2011 of a Fokker 50 passenger aircraft MSN 20240 previously owned by SonAir, Angola. The new operator ...
Precision Air Services has ordered four ATR 42-600s and one ATR 72-600 aircraft. Delivery is scheduled to begin in late 2012; the ATR 72-600 will be delivered in 2014. Precision’s ATR fleet will total...
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) gave a permit for Boeing to conduct a test flight for the 747-8 aircraft at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Director General of the ECAA, Col...
Ethiopian Airlines is finalising negotiations with the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, Bombardier, to buy five Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. A senior executive at Ethiopian told Aviation News On...
Hebei Airlines has taken delivery of two E190s. The purchase of another eight aircraft remains subject to Chinese government approval. Based in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of China’s Hebei Provinc...
China Southern Airlines has begun flights using its second Airbus A380 aircraft on routes between Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. The airline has three more A380s due for delivery –the third is sched...
Volartec has won a contract from Avior Airlines for the supply of its Maintenance Management Software System Alkym. Alkym Management and Control System for Aircraft maintenance is an integrated and co...
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