Aircraft leasing's slow shift towards vertical integration took another step this week with Tokyo Century's decision to buy out California-based Aviation Capital Group.
Rolls-Royce is fast-tracking the removal of certain older Trent 1000 blades and modifying its blade-life calculation methods in the aftermath of a Norwegian Air 787 incident.
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation is confident technical issues with the engines are being adequately addressed, but will not hesitate to take drastic actions if incidents do not subside as fixes are rolled out.
Following its acquisition of Siemens electric aircraft propulsion activities earlier this year, Rolls-Royce has taken another step towards greener engines via a joint research project with Norwegian carrier Wideroe.
The OEM has just opened a new service center in Appleton and is working to complete construction on four more new or expanded facilities in the U.S. and UK.