Emirates Airline has contracted Lufthansa Technik AG to overhaul the center landing gears of its Airbus A340-300 fleet. The agreement has been signed for two years and includes services for eight aircraft. Lufthansa Technik's landing gear business unit in Hamburg, Germany will be responsible for all necessary maintenance, repair and overhaul works on the A340-300 center landing gears.
READ MOREEverett, Wash., Boeing (NYSE: BA) delivered Qatar Airways its 25th 777 at a ceremony on April 1. The airplane is a 777-300ER (extended range) model, which can carry up to 335 passengers in a two-class configuration up to 7,930 nautical miles (14,685 km).
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Alsalam Aircraft Company has been awarded for a second time a new contract to provide C-130 technical support services to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). The contract which is valued SR 545 million, has a period of performance of five years from 1 April 2011 to 30 March 2016.
READ MORERolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a $200m order from Turkish Airlines for Trent 700 engines to power three Airbus A330 freighter aircraft. The contract includes a TotalCare® long-term service agreement.
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Sharjah-based Air Arabia, through its aviation training arm Alpha Aviation UAE, signed a pilot and ground school aviation training contract with JATS (Jordan Airline Training & Simulation) recently to launch its MPL (Multi-crew Pilot License) program.
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Luxembourg, Cargo 2000 (C2K) an industry group within IATA, consisting of some 80 major airlines, freight forwarders, ground handling agents, trucking companies and IT providers. Announced today at its annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that Cargolux Airlines International S.A. has gained C2K platinum membership status 2012.
READ MOREAbu Dhabi, Etihad Airways and the Engine Alliance have signed agreements for the purchase of the GP7200 engines to power its fleet of 10 Airbus A380 aircraft and for a long-term Fleet Management Agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the engines. The agreements are worth up to $1.5 billion (USD).
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