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Republic and Embraer sign $250m component support deal
Republic Airways Holdings has signed a $250m component support agreement with Embraer for up to 308 aircraft. The flight hour pool agreement will include...
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Gol selects MTU as single engine MRO provider
Brazilian budget carrier Gol has contracted MTU to maintain the engines across its fleet. The airline inked an exclusive five-year MRO deal worth $440...
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Baltic Aviation selects Aviacom as Indian representative
Lithuanian training centre Baltic Aviation Academy has selected Aviacom as its representative on the Indian subcontinent. Aviacom will be representing...
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NewsAircraft paint suppliers explore sharkskin coating
The rough skin of sharks has long been known for the low friction of its myriad tiny, sharp-edged scales. Airbus tested aircraft in the 1990s which were partially covered with a foil that mimicked the animals' surface texture. But despite the promise of aerodynamic improvement, the technology has yet to ...
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Rockwell Collins and Emirates sign 5-year MRO deal
Rockwell Collins and Emirates have signed a five-year maintenance, repair and overhaul agreement for the carrier's avionics systems. The maintenance...
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Volga-Dnepr Technics plans 737/A320 support
The maintenance arm of Russian air cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Group has opened a hangar at Leipzig airport, Germany. Volga-Dnepr Technics plans to...
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LHT starts E-170/190 landing gear support
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has begun overhauling Embraer 170/190 landing gears at its US subsidiary Hawker Pacific Aerospace, and it says it will introduce...
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NewsRussian investigators to decode crashed CRJ recorders
Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee is to take responsibility for retrieving flight-recorder information from the SCAT Bombardier CRJ200 which crashed...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will United turn around in 2013?
United Airlines barely eked out a profit in 2012, while the majority of its US-based brethren posted impressive results. This was not unexpected. The...
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IN FOCUS: Chinese lessors' growth viewed with mixed feelings
Although China's lessors have demonstrated inexperience on occasions, they are building their know-how rapidly and will soon become serious competitors for the rest of the industry
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ATR awaits shareholder approval of 90-seat turboprop
ATR has provided early details about its projected 90-seat regional turboprop, but is not confirming whether the programme will be formally launched this...
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NewsFlybe to cut fleet as part of restructuring plan
UK regional carrier Flybe's restructuring programme will involve reducing the fleet by seven aircraft compared with its previous growth plans.
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IN FOCUS: How new export credit rules will change aircraft finance
New rules for export credit have come into force, but questions remain over the goal of pushing more airlines towards commercial financing or whether the new agreement tackles every issue of concern.
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Sabena selected for Airbus A319 VIP modification
Sabena Technics has been selected by an undisclosed Asian customer to carry out the VIP cabin modification of an Airbus A319 airliner.
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United breaks ground on new Newark hangar
United Airlines has started construction of a new 90,000 square ft (27,432 square m) widebody maintenance hangar at Newark Liberty International Airport. The...
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Cardiff Aviation names head of base maintenance
Welsh start-up MRO provider Cardiff Aviation has recruited Colin Harrison as head of base maintenance. Harrison joins the St Athan hangar from UK...
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NewsJapan Airlines follows ANA in grounding 787s
Japan Airlines (JAL) will ground its 787s after an All Nippon Airways (ANA) 787 made an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport in Japan.
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NewsANA grounds 787 fleet after emergency landing
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has grounded its fleet of 17 Boeing 787-8s after one of its aircraft made an emergency landing on Wednesday morning, 16 January 2013, because of a battery problem.
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Pinnacle to close Memphis maintenance hangar from February
Pinnacle Airlines will begin the process of closing its Memphis maintenance facility as soon as 1 February, a notice filed with Tennessee's department of...
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SR Technics builds component shop in Malaysia
Swiss maintenance provider SR Technics plans to set up a component repair shop in Malaysia to take over labour-intensive work from its main site in Zurich. The...