Paris, Amstelveen, Aigle Azur has signed with Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) a component support contract for its fleet of A320s. The new contract is a flight-hour agreement for component support, with pool access and repairs. It additionally covers major overhauls (C-checks) on a non-exclusive basis.
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Honeywell (NYSE:HON) made two product announcements HFT7000 engine upgrade and availability of its SmartView Synthetic vision system for PILATUS PC-12 NG aircraft
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Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union has just released figures on air transport. In 2010, London/Heathrow remained the EU’s busiest passenger airport, with 66 million passengers handled, down by 0.2% compared with 2009. Paris/Charles de Gaulle (58 mn, +0.5%) and Frankfurt/Main (53 mn, +4.1%) were the second and third busiest airports, followed by Madrid/Barajas (50 mn, +3.9%) and Amsterdam/Schiphol (45 mn, +3.7%).
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Geneva, Switzerland, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a guarantee of a $350 million loan facility to provide the funds to assist Textron Inc. in financing the exports by two of its companies, Cessna Aircraft Company and Bell Helicopter Textron. The guaranteed lender is PNC Bank in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Geneva, Switzerland and Dallas, Flexjet a subsidiary of Bombardier has signed an agreement with Qatar Airways to offer its fractional owners premium benefits when traveling through Qatar Airways’ four North American gateways to and from the Middle East and beyond.
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EBACE, Geneva, Oryx Jet, the Biggin Hill based aircraft management and charter company, was recently granted the electronic flight bag (EFB) approval from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority - CAA for use on its Hawker 900XP aircraft.
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Zurich, Switzerland, SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, has signed its second VIP aircraft contract with an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer. Under the agreement, the aircraft will receive a complete cabin refurbishment to an “as new” condition.
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