Air New Zealand will use the GEnx-1B engine to power its eight Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft with option up to 20 aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at more than $480 million list price. Aircraft delivery will begin in 2022. Air New Zealand and GE also...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Rolls-Royce gains Trent XWB order from Fiji Airways
Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement with Fiji Airways to power two Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. The group will also provide its TotalCare long-term services. Rolls-Royce TotalCare is a long-term services agreement, under which Rolls-Royce takes responsibility for engine...
AeroBase Group receives AS9120 Rev B certification from Society of Automotive Engineers
AeroBase Group, an aircraft and defense part distributor located in the Melbourne, Australia area has recently received a prestigious certification, the AS9120 Rev B. This certification is based on a standard developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and...
China orders 290 A320 Family and 10 A350 XWB family aircraft
Airbus and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) have signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) covering the purchase by Chinese airlines of a total of 300 Airbus aircraft. The GTA was signed in Paris, France by Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus Commercial...
JAL works with Accenture to pilot artificial intelligence-enhanced airport service
Japan Airlines (JAL) is working with Accenture on a new service that applies artificial intelligence (AI) to answer passenger requests at the airline’s check-in counters. The service assesses what check-in counter agents are saying to passengers and then pushes...
Manta Air Goes Live with Rusada’s ENVISION
Manta Air, the Maldivian domestic airline, has gone live with Rusada’s maintenance management software, ENVISION, after a successful deployment. Manta Air is the newest airline to serve the Maldivian domestic market, having successfully commenced operations last...
AirAsia and Navitaire forge long term partnership
AirAsia has renewed its agreement with Navitaire, an Amadeus company. Under the terms of the contract, AirAsia will use Navitaire’s advanced ancillary, loyalty and reservations platforms including digital, merchandising, distribution and departure control until 2028,...
ST Engineering Aerospace signs new contract
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) aerospace sector has signed an agreement with a contract value of about US$600m (approximately S$813m) to provide aircraft heavy maintenance services to a major North American operator. ST Engineering will support...
Pratt & Whitney delivers GTF PW1900G engines for E195-E2 Program
Pratt & Whitney and Embraer have celebrated delivery of the GTF PW1900G production engines for the E195-E2 aircraft at Embraer’s E2 final assembly line in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. The E195-E2 is expected to enter into service in the second half of...
SriLankan Airlines selects two Safran NacelleLife service solutions
Safran Nacelles has been selected by SriLankan Airlines for two long term agreements to provide asset management and unscheduled cover of the nacelles that equip the airline’s Airbus A330ceo jetliner fleet powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines and Airbus...
Singapore Airlines’ SilkAir selects Thompson Aero Seating
Thompson Aero Seating has been selected for the upgrade of business class seats on Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) regional arm SilkAir on its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet. The upgrades will commence in May 2020 and are part of a significant investment programme that will...
Qantas signs new distribution agreement
Qantas has signed a new distribution agreement with Amadeus, that includes a private channel. The private channel will be known as the Qantas Channel and will come into effect on 1st August 2019. The agreement ensures that Amadeus travel sellers that sign up to the...