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Engines

Two Indian airlines buy $2.5 billion worth of GE and CFM engines

Two Indian airlines have between them chosen General Electric CF6-80E1, GEnx and GE90-115B engines worth more than $2.5 billion to power new Boeing aircraf

ProLine 21 debuts on Regional jet

In the ARJ21 Rockwell Collins has found the first regional jet application for its ProLine 21 avionics suite.
Engines

China may assemble CF34 For ARJ21

China’s Avic I Commercial Aircraft Co.
ATC

Snecma to build CFM56 shop due to India growth

Snecma Services is looking forward to establishing a new CFM56 engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) shop in India.

Plasan protects helicopters, transports from ground fire

Protecting aircraft and their crews from ground fire has long been a specialty of Plasan Sasa, which also offers ballistic armored solutions for personnel,

Singapore To Use Boeing EFBs

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will add Boeing’s Class 3electronic flight bag (EFB) installation kits on its entire fleet of new and existing 777s.

Nordam To Service Cathay Pacific Engines

Nordam has signed a five-year agreement with Cathay Pacific Airways to repair and overhaul the airline’s Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine thrust reversers and
Engines

P&W Will Service FedEx Engines

Federal Express has signed a 20-year contract with Pratt & Whitney for its off-wing fleet management program (FMP) covering 135 PW4000-94 engines powering

Pakistan Airline Gets 1st Boeing 777-200LR

Boeing will deliver the first 777-200LR prototype tomorrow to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Boeing vice president of product development Dan Moone

Belgium’s Barco Aids JSF Cockpit Display

L-3 Display Systems has picked Belgian visualization specialist Barco to provide technology for the panoramic cockpit display which the L-3 Communications

AAR Wins China Landing Gear Work

Wood Dale, Illinois-headquartered AAR is to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the landing gear of Boeing 767-300s operated by Shanghai

P&WC To Service Air Deccan ATR Engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Avions de Transport Regional to maintain engines for Air Deccan’s fleet of A
FBOs

TAG Aviation Has New Office in Hong Kong

Business aviation services group TAG Aviation (Stand A405) has opened a new office in Hong Kong.

Boeing, Alteon Offer Third-Party Training

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training and Australian flag-carrier Qantas plan to offer third-party training services under a letter of intent signed here yeste

Embaer: Sales of Regionals Will Drop Here

Embraer has lowered its 20-year projection for deliveries of small commercial airplanes to reflect a less optimistic outlook for both China and the rest of

Selex developes surveillance system for Britten-Norman 4000

The Airborne Tactical Observation & Surveillance (ATOS) system developed by Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems (Stand A1029) has been a key feature of the

Tadiran has cell net encryption

Tadiran (Stand A943) is here introducing its MobileNet military cellular mobile network for encrypted communications.

ST Aerospace To MRO Panama’s Narrowbodies

Singapore Technologies Aerospace and the Panamanian government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an airframe, heavy maintenance,

BVR Buys blue ridge sims

BVR Systems is to acquire Blue Ridge Simulation, a leading U.S.

Fresh power for Indian, Chinese jets

Both China’s J-10 fighter and the Indian air force Bakhadur MiG-27ML fighter bomber are set to be re-engined with two new variations of the Russian Salyut
Aircraft

Boeing speeds into AA06 on a road to redemption

Boeing employees who remember the sorry state of the airline industry and, frankly, their company during the last Asian Aerospace exposition in 2004 should
Aircraft

USAF Counts the True Cost of B-2 Stealth

Brian Kilburn of the Boeing B-2 System Program Office presented insights into the true cost of a stealth operation at the Stealth Conference conducted rece

New Piper creates dealership for UK and Spain

New Piper Aircraft has appointed its German dealer, Piper Generalvertretung Deutschland AG (Piper AG), to run a new dealership covering the UK and Spain–ta
Training and Workforce

AirData to launch flight-planning software package

AirData, the flight planning specialist, is preparing to launch its new SwiftOps.com online flight planning and crew briefing system this fall.

Universal Offers PC-12 Display Mod

Universal Avionics has joined forces with the Kansas City Aviation Center to develop a three-screen LCD upgrade for the Pilatus PC-12.
ATC

Preparing for the Future

Looking to the future of air traffic management, that is, beyond 2010, SESAR (single European sky ATM research) hopefully will pave the way for how the ATM
Aircraft

JSSI Provides Maintenance Coverage for Piaggio Avanti II

The first delivered Piaggio Aero P180 Avanti II will be covered by Jet Support Services, Inc.’s (JSSI) Tip-to-Tail hourly maintenance cost program.

Harrods and London Executive Win Charter Awards

Harrods Aviation has been honored as best handling agent in the Excellence Awards voted for by members of the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).

Handling Group Feras Introduces New Sales Director

Handling and flight planning specialist Feras has appointed Otto Wright as its new sales director.

Montreal To Host Canadian Bizav Show

Next month Montreal will host the 45th annual Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) convention (June 13 to 15).