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Wizz Air Strikes $2.5 Billion Engine Deal With Pratt & Whitney

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to Open Its First Overseas Office in China

JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) announces the company’s plans to open its first overseas client liaison office. Beijing office is the first step taken to implement the business strategy focused on the brand’s global marketing and setting up corporate offices in other key markets....

Sikorsky and Bristow sign 10-year support agreement for S-92 helicopters

Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company and Bristow Helicopters signed a 10-year agreement providing Bristow’s S-92® fleet with extended support for its aftermarket material needs. Sikorsky’s Total Assurance Program provides Bristow continued aftermarket support to operate its S-92...

Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited takes delivery of second H130

Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited (rbhsl) has received its second H130 on 21 June, after the first has entered the Kingdom end of October last year. The new helicopter will join the first to perform similar missions. Similar to the first H130, the second helicopter comes equipped with additional optional equipment such as an integrated tracking system, cargo sling, bambi bucket firefight...

UK aviation minister attends handover of Airbus Helicopters H145 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance

In the presence of Transport Minister, Robert Goodwill MP, Airbus Helicopters formally handed over the second and final H145 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) at the Farnborough Air Show 2016. The aircraft, which will go through a completion process at Airbus Helicopters’ Civil Helicopter Hub at Oxford Airport, will be fitted with a state of the art Bucher medical interior specifically tailor...

Bell Helicopter names RUAG Aviation as CSF in Switzerland

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, named RUAG Aviation as Bell Helicopter’s newest Customer Service Facility (CSF). This latest Customer Service Facility agreement reconfirms RUAG Aviation’s participation in the Bell global network and marks an important milestone for the aviation company. "Becoming an Authorised Customer Service Facility is an important step towards stre...

Aviall And Michelin Announce Strategic Collaboration Agreement

Aviall, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, and Michelin, announced today plans to create a global strategic collaboration agreement. The agreement will align Aviall's global distribution footprint with Michelin's aircraft tire business. The initiative will result in improved logistics and supply chain models which will improve service to FBOs, MROs and fleet operators...

Latvia’s airBaltic Signs Up for Bombardier C Series Aircraft Smart Parts Program

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Latvian flag carrier Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic) announced today that the airline has selected Bombardier’s Smart Parts Program to provide component support for its fleet of 20 all-new C Series aircraft. The five-year agreement positions airBaltic as the second customer for the C Series aircraft Smart Parts Prog...

P&WC and Antonov Sign MOU for Development of AN-132

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and Antonov today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide Antonov’s AN-132 aircraft production program with a new version of the PW150A turboprop engine. P&WC is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The AN-132 is part of a new generation of light, multi-purpose aircraft. The AN-132 is to be developed by Antonov with partic...

Gulf Air awards Rolls-Royce $900m contract for Trent 1000 engines

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has awarded Rolls-Royce a $900m contract for Trent 1000 engines to power 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The contract also includes long-term TotalCare® service support. In addition, Gulf Air also has the option to purchase the same engine to power six further Boeing 787-9s. The aircraft all form part of Gulf Air’s recently an...

WOW air placed $85 million CFM56-5B engine order

In a special signing ceremony here today, Iceland-based WOW air announced it has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power four new Airbus A321ceo (current engine option) family aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at $85 million U.S. at list price. The airline, which began commercial service in 2011, currently operates a fleet of seven CFM56-5B-powered A320...

Safran Landing Systems bolsters leadership in Brazilian market for commercial airplane wheels and carbon brakes

Brazilian airline Azul has chosen Safran Landing Systems’ wheels and carbon brakes for its Airbus A320neo and A350 XWB commercial jets. With this latest contract, Safran Landing Systems now supplies wheels and carbon brakes to the four leading Brazilian airlines, further strengthening its leadership in the Brazilian market for mainline commercial jets (over 100 seats). Vincent Mascr&ea...

P&WC's PT6A engine poised for growth in European market

Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) iconic PT6A engine is poised for considerable incremental growth across Europe thanks to a regulatory change that will open the continent's skies to single-engine instrument flight rules (IFR) flights for commercial passenger service. P&WC played a leadership role in helping the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) develop the guidelines that s...

Nextant Aerospace Reaches Significant 400XTi Milestone

Nextant Aerospace, which produces the 400XTi – the world’s only remanufactured business jet, announced today that the 400XTi program had surpassed several key program milestones related to market penetration and global operating experience. “The 400XTi has reached a monumental tipping point in the marketplace,” stated Jay Heublein, Executive Vice President for Nextant Ae...

Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion avionics selected for new TRJet 328 Series

Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system has been selected by TRJet Havacilik Teknolojileri Anonim Şirketi (TRJet) for its new TRJ328™ aircraft and TRP328™ turboprop, with first deliveries expected in 2020. Rockwell Collins will collaborate with Turkish companies for production, support and training opportunities. “The rapid development of these...

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