Boeing and Iraq Announce Airplane Order, Discuss Support for Aviation Modernization
Boeing and the Government of Iraq today announced an order for 30 Boeing 737-800 commercial airplanes, the first step in re-establishing that country's scheduled commercial aviation operations. Iraq has also contracted options for 10 additional 737s. Suppliers/ sup_0089 / 06 May

Final Assembly Begins on Fifth Boeing 787 Dreamliner
This is the fifth Dreamliner to be loaded into the first position of the 787 production system. The static test airframe moved April 25 from the Final Assembly to its test rig in another bay of the Everett, Wash.-based factory. Both the fatigue test airframe and the second flight-test airplane have advanced to the next position in production, where assembly and systems installation work continues. Suppliers / sup_0088 / 02 May

Rockwell Collins awarded communication, data network, landing systems packages for all new A350
The awards include the fully integrated Communication Global Work package, the Avionics Data Network, and landing systems. These awards come in addition to Airbus' previous selection of Rockwell Collins' Trimmable Horizontal Stabilizer Actuator (THSA). Suppliers / sup_0087 / 01 May

LCAL Purchases GEnx Engines for Boeing 787 Aircraft
LCAL has agreed to purchase GEnx engines to power up to 13 of its Boeing 787 aircraft. The engines are valued at more than $350 million list price. Suppliers / sup_0086 / 01 May

Airstream Completes Dry Lease of Two Boeing 737-800 Aircraft
Airstream International Group has arranged the lease of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft on behalf of Hapag-Lloyd, a subsidiary of Tui AG. The aircraft are being leased by Travel Service of the Czech Republic and will operate on charter flights from central Europe to destinations in Europe and North Africa.
Suppliers / sup_0085 / 01 May

Aeroflot Selects Teledyne Controls' Class 2 EFB
Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today that Aeroflot Russian Airlines has selected Teledyne's Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system for installation on its fleet of A320 and B767, encompassing a total of 56 aircraft. Suppliers / sup_0084 / 30 Apr

EMBRAER 190 Jet Receives 120-Minute ETOPS Approval
The EMBRAER 190 jet received ETOPS (Extended Operations) certification for 120 minutes, this month, from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This third member of the E-Jets family, seating up to 114 passengers, had already obtained the same certification from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Agencia Nacional da Aviaçao Civil - ANAC), in February of this year. Suppliers / sup_0083 / 30 Apr

AWAS acquires Airbus A319-100 and Airbus A320-200 from ILFC
AWAS one of the world's largest aircraft lessors has acquired an Airbus A319-100 and an Airbus A320-200 from International Lease Finance Corporation. The aircraft are powered by IAE V2500 engines. Suppliers / sup_0082 / 29 Apr

ARINC Brings Fuel Savings to Airlines with AirPlan enRoute Service
ARINC Incorporated and ATH Group of Lanham, MD today announced the AirPlan enRoute Service to bring much-needed fuel savings to commercial airlines. Based on the proven Attila arrival management system under an exclusive agreement with ATH, ARINC's AirPlan enRoute will be offered to selected airlines beginning this summer. Suppliers / sup_0081 / 26 Apr

AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces First Quarter 2008 Transactions
In addition to transactions closed in the first quarter 2008, AerCap closed two financing transactions during April 2008 which increased available funding by $338 million. Suppliers / sup_0080 / 26 Apr

Air China and AirPlus International Announce Strategic Partnership
AirPlus International and Air China have announced their strategic partnership by unveiling the Air China AirPlus Company Account. The solution provides the airline's corporate customers with a new travel payment option on all national and international Air China flights and tariffs. Suppliers / sup_0079 / 26 Apr

Panasonic Selected by Boeing for Cabin Services System
Today Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced the award by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to provide Cabin Services System (CSS) on every Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to provides easy crew control of lighting, boarding music; address system, dimmable windows, cabin doors, and the emergency evacuation system. Suppliers / sup_0078 / 25 Apr

LCI Expands Asia-Pacific Presence
Lease Corporation International (LCI) has announced the opening of a Singapore office through the formation of a new Singapore based aircraft lessor. Singapore Commercial Leasing Pte Ltd will represent LCI and support its business development in the Asia-Pacific region. Suppliers / sup_0077 / 25 Apr

TAP Portugal selects Star Alliance Common IT Platform developed by Amadeus
TAP Portugal, a member of the Star Alliance network, has chosen the Star Alliance Common IT Platform (CITP) as a replacement for its current IT systems, including reservations, inventory, ticketing and check-in. Suppliers / sup_0076 / 22 Apr

Pratt & Whitney Canada to Open New Flight Test Operations Centre at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport
Pratt & Whitney Canada announced today that it will concentrate its flight test operations in a new world-class centre at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport. The new global hub represents an investment of about $90 million. Suppliers / sup_0075 / 19 Apr

V Australia and Sabre Travel Network Sign Distribution Agreement
V Australia, the international airline of Virgin Blue, and Sabre Travel Network, the world's largest global distribution system (GDS), have signed a multi-year distribution agreement that will allow the airline's fares and inventory to be made available to all Sabre Connected travel agents worldwide. Suppliers / sup_0074 / 19 Apr

OpenSkies Selects IMS Portable Media Players for In-flight Entertainment
OpenSkies, the new airline from British Airways that intends to fly from certain European cities to New York beginning this summer, has chosen IMS' PAV-705 touch-screen portable media player (PMP) for its IFE system on its B757 aircraft. Suppliers / sup_0073 / 17 Apr

Aeroflot Russian Airlines Acquires Additional Flash Licenses from Airlogica Corporation
Airlogica Corporation announced today that Aeroflot Russian airlines has purchased three additional Flash licenses to handle duplicate bookings and additional ad hoc needs. Suppliers / sup_0072 / 17 Apr

Priceline.com and Virgin America Sign New Multi-Year Partnership Agreement
Priceline.com and Virgin America today announced a new multi-year distribution partnership agreement. Under the partnership agreement, Priceline.com will have access to all of Virgin America's published fares, schedules and inventory. Suppliers / sup_0071 / 17 Apr

Cebu Pacific Chooses Navitaire's Hosted Reservation and Revenue Management Services
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the leading low fare airline in the Philippines, has converted to Navitaire's New SkiesR hosted reservation services and SkyPriceR revenue management system. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Suppliers / sup_0070 / 17 Apr

ProfitLine/Yield Rembrandt from Lufthansa Systems makes its way into the Russian market
Russian airline UTair will optimize its revenue management processes using ProfitLine/Yield Rembrandt from Lufthansa Systems. The airline has signed a five-year contract to this effect recently. The advanced IT solution will enable UTair to optimize its pricing system and thus increase revenues. Suppliers / sup_0069 / 16 Apr

CIT Signs Leases with nasair for Three New Airbus A320-200s
CIT Aerospace has signed three leases with nasair, the first budget carrier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for three new Airbus A320-200s. This is CIT's first transaction with Riyadh-based nasair and its first commercial aerospace lease in Saudi Arabia. Suppliers / sup_0068 / 13 Apr

Aldus Aviation Purchases 11 Embraer E-Jets from GECAS
Aldus Aviation Limited a newly established Shannon, Ireland-based international aircraft leasing company, has formally launched operations having completed the acquisition of an initial 11 Embraer E-Jets. Suppliers / sup_0067 / 10 Apr

Boeing Revises 787 First Flight and Delivery Plans
Boeing has announced a revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule margin to reduce risk of further delays on the program. Suppliers / sup_0066 / 10 Apr

Amadeus completes flawless global inventory migration at Lufthansa
Amadeus, a global leader in technology for the travel and tourism industry, has announced that following a flawless migration process, Lufthansa has become the first member carrier to cut over to the inventory management module of the Star Alliance Common IT Platform (CITP). Suppliers / sup_0065 / 10 Apr

Embraer Reports First-Quarter 2008 Deliveries and Updates Order Book
Embraer reports that its firm order backlog for the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, and Defense and Government segments increased by US$ 1.5 billion during the first quarter of 2008 (1Q08), totaling a record US$ 20.3 billion. Suppliers / sup_ 0064 / 08 Apr

Amadeus unveils Airline Retailing Platform - a new way forward in GDS distribution
Amadeus has presented the Amadeus Airline Retailing Platform. The new platform will transform the company's global distribution system from a purely distribution channel to a retailing platform through which airlines can also access and leverage functionality to clearly differentiate their brand as in their direct distribution channels. Suppliers / sup_0063 / 05 Mar

Embraer Signs New Brazilian Airline to US$ 1.4 Billion Contract
Embraer signed a contract with the newest Brazilian airline, commanded by the businessman David Neeleman, for the sale of 36 EMBRAER 195 jets. The agreement also includes options for another 20 aircraft and purchase rights for 20 more. The total value of the order, at list price, is US$ 1.4 billion, and could reach US$ 3 billion, if all of the options and rights of purchase are confirmed. Suppliers / sup_0062 / 28 Mar

Lufthansa Systems helps AirBridgeCargo to optimize take-off and landing
Russian cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo has opted for the Lido Take-off Performance Analysis (Lido TOPAS) solution from Lufthansa Systems to optimize its take-off and landing processes. A five-year contract to this effect was signed recently. Suppliers / sup_0061 / 28 Mar

Air Canada Selects Altitude MPP from Kronos
In an effort to strategically plan cost-effective and qualified crew manpower levels, Air Canada Flight Operations has selected Altitude MPPT (Manpower Planning) from Kronos Incorporated. Suppliers / sup_0060 / 26 Mar

Boeing to Provide Airplane Health Management System to Qantas
The Boeing Company has announced that Qantas Airways' fleet of 747-400 airplanes will be monitored by Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM), a software system that helps airlines improve the management of unscheduled maintenance events. Suppliers / sup_0059 / 25 Mar

Sabre Renews Oman Air Contract with Air for Three Years
Sabre Travel Network Middle East has today signed an expanded service agreement with Oman Air the sole national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, to continue to host the airline's inventory mainframe and to provide additional functionalities, including tools to manage group travel and limousine bookings. Suppliers / sup_0058 / 25 Mar

Rolls-Royce and US Airways Announce Engines and Services Business
Rolls-Royce announced today that US Airways has chosen Trent 700 engines to power up to 30 Airbus A330-200 twinjets. The value of the new business is approximately $2 billion and includes two long-term TotalCareR services agreements for the Trent 700 and RB211 engine fleets. The A330 order comprises engines for 15 firm and up to 15 additional aircraft. Suppliers / sup_0057 / 15 Mar

CIT Places Order for New Airbus Aircraft
CIT Group Inc has announced that CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT, has signed contracts with Airbus for 20 new aircraft (fifteen A320 family aircraft and five A330) worth approximately $1.9 billion at list prices. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered beginning in 2011 and continue through 2014. Suppliers / sup_ 0056 / 13 Mar

Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M Engine Certified to Power ATR Regional Turboprop Aircraft
Pratt & Whitney Canada has received type certification from Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency for the PW127M engine, the newest member in the PW100 regional turboprop family. Suppliers / sup_0055 / 12 Mar

DAE Services strengthens its airline technology-solutions offering
DAE Services, the aviation technology division of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has acquired flugwerkzeuge aviation software (f:wz), a privately-held Austrian software firm that develops and distributes cost-optimising flight planning solutions for airlines for US$25 million. Suppliers / sup_ 0054 / 11 Mar

Boeing Completes 50-Percent Design Release for the 747-8 Freighter
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed 50 percent of the design releases for the new 747-8 Freighter. The program has released the 747-8 Freighter's detailed designs to Boeing factories and its suppliers in order to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane.
Suppliers / sup_0053 / 07 Mar

Oliver Wyman and airconomy GmbH Collaborate to Create a Premiere Aviation Network Planning Consultancy
Leading international management consulting firm Oliver Wyman and Frankfurt-based global consultancy airconomy have entered into an agreement to collaborate on future airline network strategy consulting projects. This alliance creates a leading network strategy consultancy serving the global aviation industry. Suppliers / sup_0052 / 06 Mar

B/E Aerospace Selected for International Airline First Class Program Awards Initially Valued at More Than $200 Million
B/E Aerospace has been selected by unnamed leading global airlines to retrofit their existing international wide-body fleets and to outfit their new wide-body aircraft with Super First Class suites. The awards are initially valued at more than $200 million. Suppliers / sup_0051 / 06 Mar

New technology will save BA $10m a year
British Airways has always ensured customers enjoyed the best value airfares but it can now optimise these within the same selling day thanks to ground-breaking new software from the aviation IT specialist, SITA. The airline also expects to save millions from the elimination of expensive legacy technology and introduction of state of the art business practices to enable insightful market based pricing. Suppliers / sup_0050 / 06 Mar

Boeing Delivers 700th 777
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] Friday delivered its 700th Boeing 777 airplane, a 777-300ER (Extended Range), to International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) and its customer, Cathay Pacific Airways. Suppliers / sup_0049 / 06 Mar

Rolls-Royce Wins $2.6 billion Trent 1000 Oorder from Virgin
Rolls-Royce today announced a $2.6 billion order for its Trent 1000 engines and associated services from Virgin Atlantic. The company also revealed that it is forming an environmental partnership with the airline to cut carbon emissions. Suppliers / sup_0048 / 04 Mar

gategroup Member Company Acquires Manchester Airline Caterer
Gate Aviation, a member of the gategroup, is further expanding choices for customers through the acquisition of The Caterers UK Ltd., an airline provisioning and catering company based at Manchester Airport. Suppliers / sup_0047 / 29 Feb

Uzbekistan Airways Selected CFM56-5B to Power new A320 Aircraft
Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of Uzbekistan, has become CFM International newest customer with an order for CFM56-5B engines to power six new Airbus A320 aircraft scheduled to begin delivery in 2011. The order is valued at more than $80 million at list price. Suppliers / sup_0046 / 26 Feb

Mercator on Rapid expansion
Philippine Airlines has become the latest customer for RAPID, the integrated solution for airline revenue accounting developed by Mercator, the IT division of the Emirates Group. Suppliers / sup_0045 / 25 Feb

Bombardier Grants Authority To Offer CSeries - The New Generation Five-Abreast Commercial Aircraft 
Bombardier announced today that its Board of Directors has granted Bombardier Aerospace the authority to offer formal sales proposals of the optimized CSeries aircraft family to airline customers. Suppliers / sup_0044 / 22 Feb

Austrian Airlines Chooses CabinVu-123 from AD Aerospace
Austrian Airlines AG, the Austrian flag carrier, has selected AD Aerospace to supply Cockpit Door Monitoring Systems (CDMS) for its fleet of six Boeing 767 aircraft.  Suppliers / sup_0043 / 21 Feb

Air China selects Rockwell Collins avionics for Boeing 737 aircraft
Air China has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for 11 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which are being leased from GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS). Delivery begins in 2008 and continues through 2010. Suppliers / sup_0042 / 19 Feb

Final Assembly Begins on Another Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Final assembly started today on the second flight-test airplane for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Suppliers / sup_0041 / 18 Feb

Rolls-Royce trent 900 Engines Selected for Additonal Order of A380-800 Aircraft
Singapore Airlines has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine to power its nine additional Airbus A380-800’s, which were ordered in 2006 for delivery between 2010 and 2011. Suppliers / sup_0040 / 18 Feb

Rolls-Royce to Power up to 20 A350 XWBs in $880 Million Agreement with Synergy Group
Rolls-Royce has announced an agreement with Synergy Aerospace, part of the Synergy Group Corp. of South America, for Trent XWB engines to power its next-generation widebody fleet of 10 firm and up to 10 option A350 XWB aircraft, due for delivery from 2015. The business has a potential value of $880 million at engine list prices. Suppliers / sup_0039 / 14 Feb

Curtiss-Wright Awarded $16 Million Contract From Saab
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) announced today that it has entered into a multi-year agreement valued at over $16 million from Saab Aerostructures to provide the large cargo door mechanical actuation system for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Suppliers / sup_0038 / 14 Feb

Boeing Enters Into Agreement with TAL Manufacturing Solutions
Boeing has entered into an agreement with India-based TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd for manufacturing structural components for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner airplane program. Under the agreement, TAL Manufacturing Solutions will build floor beams for the 787 using new technology with advanced titanium and composite materials. Suppliers / sup_0037 / 07 Feb

ATR and Lonrho sign 2 additional ATR 72-500s for airline Fly540
ATR and the pan-African investing conglomerate Lonrho today announced the signature by Lonrho’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Lonrho Air, of a MoU for the purchase of 2 ATR 72-500s. Suppliers / sup_0036 / 07 Feb

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft lease of six more ATPFs to Atlantic Airlines of the UK
The addition of the six leased ATPFs will bring the airline’s operational fleet of this 8-tonne freighter aircraft type to eleven. The first two leased aircraft were delivered in the last quarter of 2007 to Atlantic Airlines’ engineering facility at Coventry Airport, following conversion into a Large Freight Door (LFD) variant at the Romaero plant in Baneasa, Bucharest. Suppliers / sup_0035 / 04 Feb

AWAS annouces operational review for 2007
AWAS, which in 2007 established itself as one of the world’s premier aircraft lessors, has in its Operational Review for 2007, stated that it was a “spectacularly successful year for the company”. Suppliers / sup_0034 / 04 Feb

Airbus Selects B/E Aerospace to Supply Passenger and Crew Oxygen Systems for New A350 XWB
B/E Aerospace today announced that Airbus has selected B/E Aerospace as its supplier of next generation passenger and crew oxygen systems for the new A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) aircraft. The award is initially valued at more than $125 million. Suppliers / sup_0033 / 01 Feb