AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES signed MOU to order four more 787-8s; it currently has two and wants to increase fleet to 10 by 2030.
ALASKA AIR GROUP ordered eight 76-seat E175s and optioned 13 for delivery to HORIZON AIR in 2023-2027.
AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP announced previously undisclosed order for 12 737-8s and has now ordered 34 737 MAXs.
ABELO, Ireland agreed to order 10 ATR 72-600s for delivery starting in 2023 and 10 ATR 42-600Ss (previously signed by Elix Aviation) for delivery starting in late 2024. Abelo was formed via merger of Elix Aviation and ADARE Aviation Capital.
AFRIJET, Gabon ordered an ATR 72-600 for delivery by end of 2022 to increase its fleet to six.
NOVARIA GROUP acquired STROCO MANUFACTURING, St. Louis (shims/brackets and other metal parts).
HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT GROUP has acquired 96% of Cleveland-based ACCURATE METAL MACHINING.
ATR forecasts demand for 2,450 new >30-seat turboprops over next 20 years to increase fleet from 1,950 in 2022 to 2,660 in 2041 to satisfy ~5% annual regional traffic growth; global fleet of turboprop freighters is to rise to 550 in 2041.
BOEING has BBAM order for nine more 737-800BCFs at KF AEROSPACE, Canada starting 2023; it has now ordered 90.
AKKODIS has Nordic Aviation Capital order for five freighter conversion kits for ATR 72-600s for delivery from 1Q23.
DE HAVILLAND CANADA has commitment from Ethiopian Airlines to provide two Dash 8-400 freighter (large cargo door) conversion kits with option for two more.
UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN has Avmax Aircraft Leasing order to convert 20 ATR 72-600s/Dash 8-300s to run on hydrogen fuel.
WENCOR secured contract extension from ALP Aviation, Türkiye to provide consumable and expendable (C&E) parts through 2027.
GE AVIATION has 5-year TrueChoice material service agreement with Korean Air to provide spare parts, component repair and used serviceable part upgrades for its GE90-115Bs; KAL currently has 52-GE90-powered 777s.
SR TECHNICS was selected by Vietravel Airlines for CFM56-5B maintenance (three A321s) and engine lease support.
AIR NOSTRUM ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE was authorized by Mitsubishi Aircraft for MRJ maintenance.
ATR has 8-year Emerald Airlines contract for component maintenance for its ATR 72-600s on pay-by-the-hour basis.
ROLLS-ROYCE announced TotalCare support services contracts from flypop, UK (for four Trent 700-powered A330s), Norse Atlantic Airways (for 15 Trent 1000-powered 787s) and ITA Airways for (for six Trent XWB-powered A350-900s).
EMBRAER and FOKKER SERVICES announced intention to deepen collaboration in services and support fields, including aircraft mods/customization, engineering/repair/logistics support and development of hydrogen-powered aircraft.
PILATUS AIRCRAFT opened new $15m, 28,445 sq ft paint facility (with three booths) at Broomfield, CO.
THYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS SERVICES extended deal with ITP to supply stainless steel/nickel products through 2024.
INCORA, TX has 3-year KAI contract to supply parts in support of its military programs/commercial aerostructures work.
CURTISS-WRIGHT was selected by Airbus UpNext to provide custom actuation technology for use on the eXtra performance WING demonstrator project to explore active control technologies to improve wing performance.
BOEING was selected by Virgin Atlantic, Corendon Dutch Airlines and Albawings to provide its Jeppesen FliteDeck Advisor (FDA) to optimize operational efficiency and reduce fuel consumption; and by Air France for Jeppesen Crew Rostering solution to optimize crew schedules.
BEACON (Embraer) secured Binter as European launch customer to test its maintenance coordination platform with five E195-E2s starting September.
PRATT & WHITNEY says it has booked >1,000 GTF orders in 2022 for the A320neo, A220 and E2 aircraft families.