Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific.Oct 2, 2006 Air Deccan, Lufthansa Technik Air Deccan COO Warwick Brady said, "The new cooperation with Lufthansa Technik is part of our endeavor to ensure the most reliable operation and to provide inter-metro as well as regional connectivity across India. The commitment and expertise of the leading MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. provider globally and in India will facilitate our growth plans and strengthen our position in a tough aviation environment." Sep 28, 2006 Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde Industries, China Eastern Airlines China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (Simplified Chinese: 中国东方航空股份有限公司) (SSE: B>600115 , Airbus Air France Industries was selected by China Eastern Airlines to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul or MRO is a multi-billion dollar industry which works on international authorization rules to deliver a safe airline operation and to assure reliability and availability of customer fleets. services for the CFM56-5Cs powering its five A340-300s and CF6-80C2s powering its 10 A300-600s. The CFM56 work will be done in the AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación shop at Paris Orly while the CF6-80C2s will be serviced at Orly or the new KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Engineering & Maintenance facility located at Amsterdam Schiphol. Sep 26, 2006 All Nippon Airways, boeing ANA, which recently took delivery of its fourth 767-300F, will launch a six-times-weekly Nagoya-Chicago freighter service via Anchorage. Sep 28, 2006 China Aircraft Services China Aircraft Services Ltd. signed a franchise agreement with Airport Authority Hong Kong The Airport Authority Hong Kong (abbreviated as AA or AAHK) (Traditional Chinese: 香港機場管理局 that will permit it to add base maintenance services to its existing line maintenance offering at Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport, due to the fact that it was built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation. when the current agreement expires in 2008. The new agreement will have a 25-year term. Oct 2, 2006 Lufthansa Technik, Air Deccan, Airbus Lufthansa Technik yesterday announced a Total Component Support Agreement with Air Deccan covering the Indian LCC's newly arriving fleet of up to 60 A320s for a period of 10 years. Under terms of the $150 million deal, LHT LHT Long Haul Trucker (bicycle) LHT Long Holding Time LHT Long Haul Transmission LHT Lord High Treasurer LHT Low Harmonic Technology (Siemens) LHT Long Haul Terminal (Alcatel) and its Indian subsidiary, One Stop Airline MRO Support, "will independently serve" the Air Deccan fleet with the provision of components at the carrier's Bangalore hub. According to LHT, the arrangement enables the airline to participate "in one of the world's largest pools for aircraft components [in which] nearly 1,000 different part numbers of LRUs have been pre-selected." Sep 28, 2006 Phoenix Aircraft, Airbus Phoenix Aircraft Leasing of Singapore purchased two PW4000-powered A310-200s from China Eastern Airlines. Sep 29, 2006 Saab Aircraft Leasing, Regional Express Regional Express of Australia will lease 25 Saab 340Bs from Saab Aircraft Leasing as part of its fleet modernization and expansion program. The first aircraft will arrive in January. Sep 29, 2006 Singapore Airlines, Boeing, Panasonic Avionics Singapore Airlines plans to install Panasonic Avionics' new eX2 IFE Ife (ē`fā), city (1991 est. pop. 262,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a farm region, the city is an important center for marketing and shipping cacao. According to tradition, Ife is the oldest Yoruba town (founded c.1300). system on its 777-300ERs and A380s currently on order. Sep 27, 2006 Uzbekistan Airways, Rockwell Collins Uzbekistan Airways said it successfully tested an IL-114-100 retrofitted with Rockwell Collins digital avionics and Pratt & Whitney engines. The revamped aircraft, which the carrier said meets ICAO ICAO abbr. International Civil Aeronautics Organization Noun 1. ICAO - the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation International Civil Aviation Organization standards, was remodeled in cooperation with Tashkent Aircraft Production Corp., the Ilyushin Design Bureau and the Russian Research Institute. The airline intends to use 10 such aircraft on domestic routes. Sep 26, 2006 Vietnam Airlines, AFI, Airbus AFI signed a contract with Vietnam Airlines to provide fleet support for four A330s to be delivered from October. Under the agreement, AFI will provide engineering services and will assign staff to Hanoi for line and light maintenance services. It already provides full MRO support for the GE90s powering the airline's 777s. Sep 26, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Sep 25, 2006 |
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