China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (CALC) has selected Pratt & Whitney’s GTF engines to power an additional 10 firm Airbus A320neo aircraft, with options for up to 50 aircraft, bringing their total to 40 firm GTF-powered aircraft. “CALC maintains a quality portfolio of popular new generation aircraft with fuel…
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has expanded its engine support agreement with AFI KLM E&M to provide support for its 32 CFM56-5B engines powering its A320ceo fleet. The maintenance program will cover the performance of 10 shop visits and 22 Quick Turn operations, some of which will be carried out using On-Site…
Japan Airlines have signed Collins Aerospace’ Ascentia maintenance performance monitoring solution on its Boeing 787 fleet. “Ascentia is a valuable addition to our maintenance program,” said Harada Kuniharu, Manager Reliability Group, System Engineering Office, JAL Engineering. “By using Ascentia, we can further improve our maintenance operations and provide our passengers…
Garuda and its subsidiaries, Garuda Group, GMF AeroAsia and Citilink, have signed an extensive Memorandum of Understanding with GE Aerospace that encompasses training and skills development, lease engine support and overhaul services for Garuda Indonesia’s fleet of CFM56-7B and GE90-115B engines. “This is a strategic step for Garuda Indonesia as…
Embraer has signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with Lanzhou Aviation Industry Development Group for 20 E190F and E195F E-Jets Passenger-to-Freight Conversions (P2F). With this contract, Lanzhou Group has become the launch customer for Embraer’s P2F conversion in China. Embraer and Lanzhou will cooperate on establishing E190F and E195F conversion capability…
dnata has extended its long-standing partnership with Lufthansa German Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) in Singapore. The extension, which is multi-year, will see dnata continue to provide inflight catering services to the carriers from its facility at Changi Airport. dnata’s teams will produce and uplift more than 70,000…
Embraer has signed a long-term Pool Program services agreement with Star Air to support the airline’s growing E175 fleet. Star Air has leased four E175s in 2022 with two of them in operation since May 2023. The contract provides access to the Pool Program, which includes component exchanges and repair…
StarFlyer has signed a long-term exclusive contract for MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services on the engines of its A320ceo and A320neo fleet. As a part of the contract Lufthansa Technik will provide StarFlyer with comprehensive technical support for CFM56-5B and LEAP-1A powerplants into the next decade These range from…
SF Airlines has expanded its long-term partnership of 15 years with AFI KLM E&M with a new contract providing performance restoration shop visits for seven CF6-80C2 engines. Li Sheng, VP of SF Group and CEO, SF Airlines said: “Year after year and engine after engine, AFI KLM E&M delivers high-level…
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…
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Limited (GAMECO) announced the completion of its 20th 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at GAMECO’s facility in Guangzhou, China. After completion, Boeing handed over the aircraft to Genesis. “Just over a year ago, we partnered with Boeing to bring much-needed air cargo capability to our…
Eastern Air Logistics has signed cargo.one for using its real-time digital booking platform and gaining access to its global footprint of many thousands of freight forwarders. With this freight forwarders in close to 5000 forwarding offices worldwide will gain the most user-centric instant access to Eastern Air’s valuable capacity into…
