All articles by Michael Gubisch – Page 47
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NewsDUBAI: LHT develops VIP cabin floor initiative
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has developed a method to punctually reinforce the cabin floor of carbon-composite airframes, which should make the installation of bespoke VIP interiors more flexible on aircraft such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.
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FL Technics parent branches out into helicopter MRO
Lithuania’s Avia Solutions Group is taking over local rotorcraft support specialist Helisota. The parent of Vilnius-based MRO provider FL Technics is acquiring 96.2% of Helisota, partly through the transfer of newly issued Avia group securities. The transaction will be conducted in stages, but is to be complete by year-end.
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Austrian completes cabin revamp with regional fleet
Austrian Airlines has completed upgrading the cabins of its regional aircraft as the final phase of a fleet-wide interior revamp programme over the past three years.
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ANALYSIS: Is it time for Europe to change CAMO rules?
EASA plans to permit airlines to fully outsource their continuing airworthiness management responsibilities, but carriers and authorities see clear advantages in keeping engineering expertise in-house.
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Qatar selects SR Technics for A330 cabin renovation
Qatar Airways has contracted SR Technics to upgrade the cabins of seven Airbus A330-200s.
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Lufthansa plans summer service to Montreal
Lufthansa will add routes from Frankfurt to Montreal and Valencia as part of its summer 2014 schedule.
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FL Technics parent branches out into helicopter MRO
Lithuania’s Avia Solutions Group is taking over local rotorcraft maintenance specialist Helisota.
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Condor opens new long-haul routes from Munich
Thomas Cook's German subsidiary has opened new routes linking Munich with the Dominican Republic and India.
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SAA maintains partnership with SR Technics
SR Technics will continue to service the engines powering South African Airways' Airbus A340-200/-300 fleet until 2018, after the contract was extended by five years.
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Lufthansa restarts mainline pilot recruitment
Lufthansa is to set resume ab-initio pilot training after freezing recruitment of cadets for its in-house flight academy for more than a year.
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Thomas Cook rejigs airline management team
UK tour operator Thomas Cook has reshuffled a number of senior executive positions at its airline group .
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Kalmar launches electric widebody tug with LHT deal
Lufthansa Technik has ordered an electric aircraft tug that can handle widebodies as large as the Airbus A380.
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Civil push is new tack for Marshall
Marshall Aerospace is targeting a return to VIP conversions as part of its growing civilian activities to counteract the UK group’s reliance on the declining military market.
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Air Berlin bids to optimise aircraft surfaces
Air Berlin has developed a software tool to evaluate irregularities on aircraft exterior surfaces as part of efforts to cut fuel costs.
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LHT expands widebody MRO capacity in Malta
Lufthansa Technik has adapted a narrowbody hangar at its Malta base to accommodate twin-aisle aircraft up to the Airbus A340.
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European MROs see outsourcing shift from new widebodies
The introduction of composite aircraft may lead European carriers to reverse a trend of sending widebodies for heavy maintenance to far-flung locations with low labour costs.
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Air China to merge Ameco with in-house MRO division
Air China is planning to amalgamate its maintenance arm with the group’s MRO joint venture with Lufthansa, Ameco Beijing, during the first half of 2014.
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ITP wins deal to supply Trent XWB support structure
Rolls-Royce has contracted its part-owned Spanish subsidiary Industria de Turbo Propulsores to supply the internal support structure for the high- and intermediate-pressure turbines on the 84,000lb-thrust variant of the Trent XWB engine, designed to power the Airbus A350-800 and -900.
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NewsSplit Lufthansa widebody order includes firm 777X
Lufthansa has ordered 34 Boeing 777-9X aircraft and 25 Airbus A350-900s to replace its A340 and 747-400 long-haul fleets
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Arkefly selects TP Aerospace for wheel and brake MRO
TUI's Dutch subsidiary carrier Arkefly has contracted Copenhagen-based TP Aerospace for wheel and brake maintenance on its two Boeing 767s. The fixed-cost...