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ISSN 1718-7966 June 18, 2018/ VOL. 645 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS COMAC and Teledyne Controls team up for ARJ21 Teledyne Controls, the Flight Data Management business, has an- nounced a partnership with the Chi- nese aircraft manufacturer COMAC to build a Real Time Monitoring Sys- tem (RTMS) for ARJ21 aircraft. At the heart of the solution is the Teledyne Controls’ Real-time Monitoring Unit (RTMU) that will be used in all ARJ21 aircraft after the unit’s certification. The RTMU provides COMAC with a state-of-the-art hardware and soft- ware solution for data acquisition, aircraft condition monitoring and data recording. Rolls-Royce cuts come amid Pegasus signs codeshare 787 engine agreement with Nile Air troubles. Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus has Photo: Boeing signed a codeshare agreement with Nile Air, Egypt’s largest private airline. Rolls-Royce restructuring Through the codeshare partnership, Pegasus guests will be able to pur- 4600 jobs to go at engine maker chase flights from Pegasus channels Rolls-Royce is cutting 4,600 jobs over and people with a view to creating are expected to leave by the end of for the Nile Air flights between Istan- the next two years - most of them in a much simpler, healthier and dy- 2018. The programme is expected bul Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Cairo the UK - amid a further restructur- namic organisation with clearer ac- to gain further momentum through as of 15 June 2018. With the addition ing drive to save £400m a year and countabilities, greater productivity 2019, with full implementation of of Nile Air, Pegasus now operates six simplify the business. and quicker decision-making, the headcount reductions and structural codeshare partnerships, with agree- company hopes. changes by mid-2020. ments also in place with KLM Royal Following the an- Dutch Airlines, Flynas, Alitalia, Qatar nouncement in January Chief Executive Warren Airways and Delta Air Lines. that the engine OEM “These changes will help us deliver East said: “Our world- Aer Lingus orders A330 cabin would simplify the over the mid and longer-term a level leading technology service trainer from Spatial Group into three cus- gives Rolls-Royce the Following Spatial’s successful comple- tomer-focused business of free cash flow...” potential to generate tion of upgrade works to Aer Lingus’s units, this proposed re- Warren East, CEO Rolls-Royce significant profitable A320 Cabin Emergency Evacuation structuring, according growth. The creation Trainer and A330 Door Trainer in 2017, to Rolls-Royce will create smaller Over the next 24 months, Rolls of a more streamlined organisation Spatial has been appointed to manu- and more cost effective corporate -Royce expects that the proposed with pace and simplicity at its heart facture an A330 Cabin Service Trainer. and support functions and reduce restructuring will lead to the re- will enable us to deliver on that The device will replicate the latest management layers and complex- duction of around 4,600 roles, pre- promise, generating higher returns finishes in Aer Lingus’s Business and ity, including within engineering. dominantly in the UK where most of while being able to invest for the Economy cabins to allow the airline to It follows a comprehensive review corporate and support functions are future. further enhance its service offering. of the structure, culture, processes based. 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AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus Universities order more R44 Cadets Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries RobinsonAerCap leased,Helicopter purchased Company and has soldreceived 114 MayAirbus 2018 v YTD Boeing: Orders and Deliveries ordersaircraft for in additional the first R44quarter Cadets of from 2018 the uni- March 2018 YTD Airbus Boeing versities of North Dakota (UND) and Southern AerCap has announced its major business trans- Type AirbusOrders Deliveries Type OrdersBoeing Deliveries Utahactions (SUU). during This the will first be UND’squarter second of 2018. Cadet The andCom- A320Type Family Orders108 Deliveries172 Type737 Orders193 Deliveries213 SUU’spany signedthird. Scheduledlease agreements for delivery for 83in Septemaircraft,- ber,including both 15aircraft wide-body will be aircraft equipped and for 68 VFRnarrow- and A330A320 Family 37-4 1595747 737 17114 1322 IFR training with a fully integrated glass cockpit body aircraft. AerCap purchased seven aircraft, A340A330 -60 08767 747 147 72 featuringincluding Garmin’stwo Airbus 1060 A320neo TXi (touchscreen) Family aircraft, flight display,two Airbus Garmin’s A350s GTNand threenavigator, Boeing and 787-9s Garmin’s and A350A340 -70 320 777767 97 194 GTXexecuted 345 saletransponder transactions with for ADS-B 24 aircraft, In/Out. includ The- A380A350 140 174 787777 835 5512 two-placeing 11 Airbus Cadet A320 offers Family a spacious aircraft, baggage four Airbuscom- TotalA380 11114 2231Total 787 30624 29634 partment,A330s, one increasedAirbus A340, performance one Boeing 737margins Classic, at Source: Airbus Source: Boeing highone Boeingaltitudes, 737NG, and two a 2400-hour Boeing 777-200ERs time between and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 overhaul.one Boeing 787-8 from AerCap’s owned port- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing Airbus’ new business in May was paced by 16 bookings for widebody A350 XWB and A330 folio and two Airbus A320 Family aircraft and jetliners, with orders logged as well for nine single-aisle A320 Family aircraft. A total of 51 one Boeing 737 Classic from AerCap’s managed Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions deliveries were made during the month from Airbus’ A320, A330 and A350 XWB product lines. portfolio. The Company continues to manage 12 during March, while delivering 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s in-produc- Canada Jetlines prepares for take-off with Boeing generated 43 orders in May and deliveries for the month amounted to 68 aircraft. aircraft that were sold from its owned portfolio tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. lease agreement for two A320 aircraft during the quarter. AerCap has signed financing Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in Canadatransactions Jetlines for hasUS$2.9bn. partnered with AerCap, a the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. global leader in aircraft leasing and aviation fi- nance, and has signed a Definitive Lease Agree- to commence operations at an earlier date. Skyworld Aviation arranges additional mentLion Airfor twoGroup Airbus orders A320 50aircraft, 737 MAX effective 10 air June- The sister aircraft are 12 years old. The pre-ex- lease of one Saab 2000 to Skywork Airlines 12, 2018. Delivery of the two aircraft is expected istingtified purchaseon Boeing’s agreement Orders &with Deliveries Boeing forwebsite. the planes SkyworldJetBlue selectsAviation Pratt has delivered & Whitney a further Geared Saab by the first half of 2019. The two committed 737-MAX’sThe Lion Air for Group delivery was in the