Weekly Newsletter - 02 Feb 2023
MRO Insider, a tech-based company with a network of service providers across many business?aviation?sectors has announced the addition of 30 AOG provider locations in the United States during January 2023. The latest addition of AOG on the MRO Insider platform takes the platform’s total number of business aviation service providers to over 450, all linked within the app. Read More.
Emirates has completed the first demonstration flight on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft by powering one of its engines with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The test flight took off from Dubai International Airport (DXB), and was commanded by Captain Fali Vajifdar and Captain Khalid Nasser Akram, flying for more than one hour over the Dubai coastline.?Read More.
Boeing has announced that the company secured a defence contract worth $2.3 billion from The U.S. Air Force. The newly signed contract is for the ninth production lot of 15 Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. will be expanding its fleet of the world’s most advanced multi-mission aerial refuelers.?Read More.
Lufthansa Technik AG has announced that the company has secured a three-year contract from FLYR AS,?a Norwegian low-cost passenger airline. According to the newly signed contract, Lufthansa Technik AG will perform extensive base maintenance services for the Norway-based FLYR AS Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737-800 aircraft fleet. Read More.