Air Transport

SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL had $200m pretax profit on $597m revenues for six months ended September 30 vs $168m on $490m a year ago; it has 237 owned

GE AVIATION began preliminary discussions with Airbus about using an advanced GEnx that uses GE9X technologies for use on a potential re-engined

L3HARRIS redelivered its third custom widebody paint completion in 2019 out of upgraded 73,000 sq ft hangar in Waco, TX.

DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT renewed Smart Parts agreement with Falcon Aviation Services to support its three Dash 8-400s for another five years. FALCON was

GE AVIATION signed MOU with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering to help improve CFM56-7B overhaul process.

EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING was named by Boeing as its first maintenance supplier in Africa/Middle East for aircraft, engines and components

SANAD AEROTECH was selected by GE Aviation as its LEAP service center in SAMENA region; deal is valued at AED500m and includes full overhaul on 315

GE AVIATION has >$100m TrueChoice overhaul service agreement with LOT Polish Airlines to support CF34s for 18 E-Jets.

VOYAGEUR AVIATION is setting up Dash 8/CRJ spare parts depot in Dubai in partnership with SEGERS AVIATION.

MEDAVIA was named by De Havilland Canada as authorized Dash 8-400 maintenance center.

HONEYWELL was selected by Lufthansa Technik to provide its Forge for Airlines data analytics solution for integration into AVIATAR maintenance

SANAD CAPITAL completed 12-engine, $280m sale/leaseback with Etihad Airways: seven GEnx; four GP7200; V2500.

FIRST CLASS AVIATION SERVICES opened 1,300 sq meter wheel/brake overhaul facility in Riyadh to handle 80 wheels/month.

COLLINS AEROSPACE was selected by Turkish Airlines to supply Essence premium galley inserts for 25 A350s and 25 787s.

AVCORP INDUSTRIES had C$7.9m net loss on C$37.4m revenues in 3Q19 vs C$41.4m profit on C$44.9m in 3Q18.

AIRBUS unveiled fello’fly project for optimizing long-haul flights by flying two aircraft together; a follower aircraft will retrieve energy lost by

SCHOTT, JETLITE, ETIHAD ENGINEERING and LUFTHANSA TECHNIK teamed to further develop human-centric cabin lighting technology, based on SCHOTT’s

SAFRAN CABIN developed SOPHY smart trolley solution for 777 ecoDemonstrator that collects, shares, and communicates real-time data with other SOPHY

BOEING GLOBAL SERVICES was selected to provide aftermarket services to FlySAFAIR (Maintenance Performance Toolbox), TAAG (Global Fleet Care for eight

LOCKHEED MARTIN received its type design update certification from FAA for LM-100J commercial freighter (C-130J Super Hercules) to operate from any

EMBRAER has re-designated the KC-390 multi-mission medium aircraft as the C-390 Millennium in anticipation of tie-up with BOEING, which will be called

SF Airlines, the air freight arm of China’s largest courier company, plans to raise CNY5.8 billion ($825 million) with a corporate bond sale for the acquisition of new aircraft and logistics technology.

South African Airways (SAA) is suspending all services between Johannesburg and Hong Kong from Saturday, 23 November until and including, 14 December 2019.

Surprise last-minute contract vaults UAE into manned military aircraft manufacturing club.

New engines on existing aircraft is a tried-and-tested formula and could buy time for radical concepts to come as propulsion providers look for applications.