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Sunwing adds more 737-800s to AFI KLM E&M component contract
Canadian leisure carrier Sunwing has extended a component repair and overhaul contract with Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance for four new Boeing 737-800s.
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VivaAerobus and AJW ink A320 component contract
VivaAerobus has signed an eight-year power-by-the-hour component agreement AJW Aviation for its A320 and A320neo aircraft.
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Aircelle and Interjet sign nacelle support agreement
Safran's Aircelle and Interjet have signed a four-year agreement to support the nacelles and thrust reversers on the Mexican carrier’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 with Powerjet SaM146 engines.
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Southwest outlines retirement plan for older 737s
Southwest Airlines plans to retire its Boeing 737-300 fleet by the end of the decade, says Jim Sokol, the carrier’s vice-president maintenance operations on the sidelines of the MRO Americas conference in Phoenix.
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Southwest tests tablets for mechanics
Southwest have begun a test programme to provide digital manuals to mechanics via iPads, says Jim Sokol, the carrier’s vice-president maintenance operations today at the sidelines of the MRO Americas show in Phoenix.
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GA Telesis and GE sign CF6 materials agreement
Engine leasing specialist GA Telesis has signed a three-year materials agreement with GE Aviation for GE CF6-80C2 replacement engine parts.
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AFI-KLM E&M and Avtrade to open Miami spares centre
Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance and Avtrade have joined forces to open a Miami-based centre dedicated to sales, leasing and exchanges for several Boeing and Airbus narrowbodies and widebody models.
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Southwest taps BAE Systems for engine control MRO
Southwest Airlines has tapped BAE Systems for a five-year, exclusive agreement covering MRO services for the full authority digital engine controls (FADECs) on its Boeing 737 fleet.
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Boeing obtains licence to supply spares to Iran
Boeing has secured approval to supply aircraft parts to Iranian companies under the terms of an international agreement negotiated last year.
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Air France-KLM picks GEnx-1B to power 787 fleet
Air France-KLM selected General Electric engines in a deal valued at more than $1.7 billion at list prices to power a fleet of 37 Boeing 787-9s, including 12 aircraft to be leased from ILFC.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: US MROs widen their horizons
It is no secret that cost-conscious US airlines have sought to minimise expenses by contracting MRO abroad in recent years. But with labour rates rising overseas, fuel prices staying high, and shops in the Asia-Pacific region working on more aircraft to meet local operators’ needs, more of that work could ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Latin American MROs plan ahead for fleet needs
Today, fleets in the Latin American and Caribbean region are young – but maintenance providers are making moves to plan for the opportunities that booming growth in the region will create over the next 20 years.
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NewsBoeing, FAA share blame for 787 reliability issues
Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 19 March jointly blamed the 787’s “teething issues” and battery crisis on a failure of both parties to monitor and communicate with a newly-empowered supply chain.
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NewsPICTURE: Final assembly starts on A320neo
Airbus has commenced final assembly of the first A320neo, the re-engined version of its single-aisle A320 family.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Embraer is keeping faith with the regional market
Selling airliners in the regional market is a tough business. In the past 30 years, the short-haul segment has spawned and slain whole companies and aircraft. From turboprops like the BAe ATP and Saab 340/2000 to jets like the Fokker 100 and the Fairchild Dornier 728, entire aircraft programmes have ...
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US MROs have chance to add more widebody work: Team SAI
US-based MRO firms will have more opportunities to ramp up widebody modifications as labour rates in the Asia-Pacific region rise and slots become harder to come by as that region takes care of its own maintenance needs, says aviation consultancy Team SAI.
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NewsMalaysia Airlines 'shocked' by allegations on MH370 first officer
Malaysia Airlines says it is “shocked” about new allegations raised against the first officer of the still-missing flight 370.
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Boeing 787 assembly metrics improving, Muilenburg says
Boeing is still working to overcome assembly delays on the 787 mid-body join that surfaced two months ago, a top executive says on 10 March.
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NewsGE-powered JAL 787 has in-flight shutdown
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 pilot on 9 March commanded an in-flight engine shut down after receiving an oil pressure alert and made an emergency landing in Honolulu.
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Vietnam finds South China Sea oil slicks in search for MAS 777
Vietnamese search aircraft has found two, narrowly-spaced oil slicks in the South China Sea and is working to verify if belongs to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, according to a statement posted on the government’s web site.