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GE Investing $65 million in Dayton’s Aerospace Corridor.
-“GE Aviation will continue to grow its Dayton presence in a dramatic way,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, president and CEO of GE Aviation Systems, during her keynote address today at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting. In the past five years, GE Aviation has added 400 jobs at its three Dayton plants, initiated construction of…
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Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Turkish Engine Center Delivers 100th Overhauled Engine to Turkish Airlines.
Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Turkish Engine Center recently celebrated delivery of its 100th overhauled CFM56® engine to Turkish Airlines. The Turkish Engine Center is a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX); and Turkish Technic, a division of Turkish Airlines. “This engine delivery to Turkish Airlines…
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Rolls-Royce invests $10 million in Mount Vernon, Ohio site.
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today marked the construction of a new $10 million office building at its Mount Vernon, Ohio manufacturing site. The two-story, purpose built office facility will house approximately 300 people from the Rolls-Royce energy business located at Mount Vernon. Construction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2012. Rolls-Royce site…
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AWAS announces delivery of second new Airbus A320 aircraft to LAN Airlines.
One of the leading passenger and cargo airlines in Latin America, LAN Airlines, based in Chile looks to AWAS to deliver innovative fleetsolution. Dublin-based global aircraft lessor, AWAS, announced that it has delivered a second new A320 passenger aircraft to LAN, one of the leading passenger and cargo airlines in Latin America. In late 2011 AWAS…
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CFM Celebrates 30 Years of Commercial Service.
On April 24, 1982, Delta Air Lines helped make aviation history when it flew the very first McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 aircraft powered by CFM International’s CFM56-2 engines into revenue service on its route between Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia. CFM International (CFM) had been formed as a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran group) and General…
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Hawker Beechcraft Announces Sale of 10 Beechcraft King Air Turboprops to Avion Pacific.
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced the sale of 10 King Air turboprop aircraft to the Chinese aviation company Avion Pacific Limited. The order, which was secured at this week’s Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai, China, is worth approximately $50 million. The King Air 350i and King Air C90GTx aircraft will be…
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BA CITYFLYER TO ADD ONE MORE EMBRAER 190 JET TO ITS FLEET
Embraer and British Airways today signed a contract for the sale of one more EMBRAER 190 (E190) jet. The aircraft will be operated by London City Airport (LCY)-based BA CityFlyer, British Airways’ wholly owned regional subsidiary. When delivered during the third quarter of 2012, it will bolster the airline’s total fleet size to 14 E-Jets.…
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Malaysia Airlines Enters into Re-accommodation Agreement with AirAsia X.
Malaysia Airlines today entered into a Re-Accommodation Agreement (“RA”) with AirAsia X to re-accommodate the latter airline’s passengers on four routes cancelled using excess capacity on Malaysia Airlines flights. The four routes involve Mumbai, Delhi, London and Paris. Economy and premium class passengers holding confirmed AirAsia X tickets issued before 13 January 2012 on the…
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Sukhoi promotes the Su-35 fighter to the Latin American market.
Moscow, March 23. The Sukhoi Company will show off its multipurpose Su-35 fighter of the 4++ generation at the upcoming on March 27 17th International Aerospace Exhibition FIDAE-2012 in Santiago, Chile. A model airplane will be presented on the stand of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which includes the Sukhoi holding company. Visitors to the exhibition and experts will be able to look at its performance characteristics, and the…
