Category: MANUFACTURERS & MRO

Airbus Beats Boeing on Orders at Farnborough

Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus beat Boeing to end the Farnborough Airshow with 279 orders and commitments worth USD$35 billion at list prices, but orders from both plane makers fell compared with the sister show in Paris last year. Airbus, which had been behind Boeing leading up to the show, reported firm new deals for 197 aircraft worth $26.8 […]

Honda Aircraft Company Receives FAA Production Certificate

Reading Time: < 1 minute Honda Aircraft Company announced that it has earned a Production Certificate from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Honda Aircraft Company is building the HA-420 HondaJet, an advanced light jet, at its world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. Melvin Johnson, FAA Small Aircraft Directorate Manager for the Central Region, presented the Production Certificate to […]

SportJet By Sukhoi Is Unveiled

Reading Time: < 1 minute At Farnborough International Airshow 2016, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft introduce the concept of a new aircraft designed to fly professional sports teams, SportJet by Sukhoi. The airliner is scheduled for release and certification in 2018. SportJet by Sukhoi will be the third product in the range of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft alongside the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and […]

Pratt & Whitney, Wizz Air Ink $2.5B Deal for GTFs

Reading Time: < 1 minute Pratt & Whitney and Wizz Air announced at the Farnborough Airshow the selection of PW1100GGeared Turbofan (GTF) engines for the 110 firm orders and 90 purchase rights the European budget carrier has placed for Airbus A320neos. “Following a detailed review process, we concluded that the geared turbofan engine delivers the best value proposition as well […]

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to Open Its First Overseas Office in China

Reading Time: < 1 minute JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) announces the company’s plans to open its first overseas client liaison office. Beijing office is the first step taken to implement the business strategy focused on the brand’s global marketing and setting up corporate offices in other key markets. Beijing office, scheduled to be opened by the end of 2016, […]

Pratt & Whitney and Lufthansa Technik Sign Strategic Agreement

Reading Time: < 1 minute Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, and Lufthansa Technik, a global leader in aircraft engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), together announced that Lufthansa Technik has signed a strategic network agreement to become a key member of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine MRO network offering the full scope of MRO […]

Airbus Has “One Thing to Say” To Boeing On Its 100th Anniversary

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing this week marks reaching 100 years in business, and the company is dueling with archrival Airbus at the Farnborough Air Show to notch orders and claim supremacy. Airbus, not willing to let the occasion go unnoticed, released this video with company employees describing how the two are “fighting for every order”. Then, in several […]

WOW Air Places $85 Million Order For CFM56-5B Engines

Reading Time: < 1 minute On a special signing ceremony, Iceland-based WOW air announced it has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power four new Airbus A321ceo (current engine option) family aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at $85 million U.S. at list price. The airline, which began commercial service in 2011, currently operates a fleet of seven CFM56-5B-powered A320 […]

Boeing Gets Lifeline Order From Russia For 747-8

Reading Time: 2 minutes Russian specialist cargo company Volga-Dnepr Group has finalized an agreement for the acquisition of 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters. This underpins the operator’s confidence in the future recovery of the air-cargo market, and provides a much-needed lifeline to Boeing’s beleaguered 747 production line. The carrier, which has already taken four of the aircraft announced in the […]

Mitsubishi Aircraft Names PEMCO Preferred MRO Service Provider for MRJ

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) is proud to announce it has been named a preferred MRO service provider of the MRJ aircraft by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. As an alternative solution for airlines performing airframe MRO in-house or through an outsourced third party, Mitsubishi Aircraft and PEMCO will offer airframe related MRO services to North American […]