VAS Aero Services has acquired two additional Boeing 737-700 aircraft for teardown and subsequent parts harvesting and marketing. With this acquisition, VAS has acquired a total of 27 aircraft in the last year. VAS will manage the teardown of both aircraft at Marana, AZ with disassembly starting in July 2023….
Werner Aero has acquired an E-Jet aircraft for teardown. The aircraft will be scrapped for spares at the Cavu Aerospace’s facility in Roswell, New Mexico and the spare parts will be added to Werner’s pool of existing E-Jet materials to support its customer base worldwide. Commenting on the rising need of…
AerFin has selected B&H Worldwide to manage its inventory in Singapore and Australia. As a part of the deal, B&H will support AerFin’s fast growing expansion by supporting with Storage and 3PL solutions in Singapore and Australia. The contract is an extension of an existing agreement in place between the…
Proponent signed 4-year exclusivity agreement with Auxitrol Weston with Proponent becoming the exclusive distributor for various commercial components and parts manufactured by Auxitrol Weston. Proponent’s distribution rights extend beyond their existing contract, which covered the CFM56, V2500, and CF34 programs. The newly added programs include the CF6, RB211, Trent 700,…
Vietjet has signed Safran seats to equip up to 24,000 Economy class seat Z200 for 120 Boeing 737 MAX fleet with the first aircraft due to delivery starting mid-2024. Safran claims that the new generation of Z200 Safran seats is especially designed for short and medium haul economy class, one…
Satair has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Dayton-Granger covering the global distribution of Dayton-Granger’s ELT-DT Blade Antenna. The Blade Antenna is a product designed to integrate anti-disablement, lightning protection, and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) location features in response to the new EASA mandate requiring commercial passenger jets to…
GE Aerospace and Waygate Technologies have signed “a joint technology development agreement to develop software and hardware inspection solutions for commercial aircraft engines”. The companies are to look at artificial intelligence (AI) “solutions”, as they say “current borescope inspection can be labo[u]r intensive, requiring highly skilled manual visual inspection to…
Triumph’s Geared Solutions business has agreed a long term deal General Electric (GE Aerospace) for the inlet gearboxes in LEAP-1A, LEAP-1B and LEAP-1C engines. This work will be done at Triumph’s facility in Macomb, Michigan, and will see the two companies extend a 35-year partnership that has seen Triumph ship…
Aero Design Labs (ADL) has received a Supplementary Type Certificate (STC) from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Boeing 737-800 drag reduction kit. “The successful installation of our drag reduction kit on a Boeing 737-800 is an important next step in our business plan,” said Jeff Martin, ADL’s…
Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 engines on behalf of Bangladesh-based NovoAir. The engines were sold to NTE Aviation in the US, according to Airstream, which added that it was the second transaction with NTE in the last six months, after delivering…
Lufthansa Technik has pre-launched its “state-of-the-art VIP” cabin design for the Boeing BBJ 777-9 aircraft The layout “takes full advantage of the vast space available on the BBJ 777-9″and “prioritises versatility and multi-functionality”, the Lufthansa Group business said, claiming to have incorporated “traditional elements of Middle Eastern cultural heritage with…
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s new PW545D engine is to power the Textron business jet Cessna Citation Ascend. “The PW500 turbofan family has established itself as the engine of choice for light to mid-size business jets thanks to its proven safety, reliability and durability, attractive operating economics and comprehensive maintenance plans,”…
