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D A Y 3 AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY / AIR TRANSPORT WORLD / SPEEDNEWS February 18, 2016 Singapore Airshow Zetta managing director Geoffery Cassidy (left) and Bombardier Business Aircraft sales VP Peter Likoray toasted MRO is Changing in Asia the deal here yesterday. Lufthansa Technik says deeper pockets will be needed. PAGE 3 No Rolls-Pratt Link Up British maker had its chance, says new P&W president, Leduc. PAGE 10 Saab Enters ASW Market Swordfish anti-submarine system is based on Global 6000. PAGE 18 Buys Two Globals Yak Trainer Sports a Diesel New primary trainer for Russia Singapore-based Zetta Jet has exercised options on two Bombardier Global 6000 jets, and has taken options on an additional has a German engine. PAGE 20 pair, Bombardier said here yesterday. The 6000 “delivers the perfect combination of comfort, range and performance sought by the international traveling elite who make up our clientele,” said Zetta managing director Geoffery Cassidy. The two aircraft will be based at Zetta’s North American hub in Los Angeles. The firm order, including a first Global 6000 announced in December, is valued at approximately US$187 million, Bombardier says. If all options are exercised, the value could reach ST Aero Opens VIP Center US$436 million. Zetta was established this past August. Will furnish/refurbish VIP busi- ness jets in Singapore. PAGE 22 Airbus, Boeing, CFM Win Orders AVIAGE Works to be Global AVIC-GE JV proposes avionics for CFM topped the orders league yesterday The Okay order, which still must be approved new Chinese widebody. PAGE 27 with a US$4.9 billion contract placed by by the Chinese government, is valued at $1.3 Transportation Partners, the leasing arm of Lion billion at list prices and makes the Beijing- Opinion: Forex Wild Card Group, for 348 LEAP-1A engines to power 174 headquarted carrier the Chinese launch opera- previously-ordered Airbus A320neo airliners. tor for the 737 MAX 9. Okay also took options Kevin Michaels discusses the Meanwhile, both Airbus and Boeing secured for eight 737 MAX 8s. impact of foregn exchange. PAGE 30 commitments from Asian airlines, as Okay PAL said its $1.8 billion order will enable Airways signed for 12 Boeing 737 MAX 9s it to replace aging A340s. The carrier plans AESA Radar for Eurofighter and Philippine Airlines (PAL) inked an MoU to operate nonstop A350-900 flights between The first, fitted to a test aircraft, to purchase six Airbus A350-900s. Manilla and New York. was unveiled yesterday. PAGE 52 Indonesian School Buys 25 Cessnas Sekolah Tinggi Penerbangan Indonesia (STPI) flight school confirmed an order at the show for 25 Cessna 172 Skyhawks. Seen here celebrating the deal are MOBILE NEWS ACCESS: (L to R): Tri Andayani, Finance & Human Capital Director, PT Len Industri (Persero), STPI 1st Get the Latest Singapore Assistant Director Bambang Sutarmadji, and Chris Bogaars, International News and Insight Online Vice President, Textron Aviation. Visit AviationWeek.com/Singapore and Deliveries of the Skyhawks will receive the latest news and insight on begin later this year and continue through 2017. your mobile device. The new aircraft will be used to train 300 students at eight locations. C Series Q Series CRJ Series Ingenuity Progress mostly happens in inches, in tweaks, and in increments. But sometimes there’s a shift that changes everything. Those leaps in Flight. require vision, intelligence, and effort. They require the kind of courage that made flight possible in the first place. It’s this boldness that drives Bombardier’s relentless pursuit of excellence, and has seen us create the cleanest, quietest and most profitable aircraft in the skies. Bombardier, C Series, and the Evolution of Mobility, are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. ©2016 Bombardier Inc. All rights reserved. MRO Editor-in-Chief John Morris [email protected] +1 860-316-8750 Senior Editors Ameco Beijing has won a heavy maintenance contract from Condor Airlines for its four Boeing 767s. Scot Greenan, Mike Jerram The first Condor 767 will be inducted for C-check in April. Writers Paul Jackson, Aaron Karp, Guy Norris, Rich Piellisch, Bill Sweetman Copy Editor Polly Watson Ameco Beijing Integration On Schedule Senior Art Director & IT Manager Kirk Fetzer Lufthansa Technik expects integration of Air China Technic into Art Director Ariel Fristoe the Ameco joint venture to be completed by the end of this year. Photographer Mike Vines Lufthansa Technik CEO Johannes provide services for anchor fleets – large Digital Photo Editor Bussmann said at the Singapore framework agreements with airlines. The Fran Vines Airshow that integration work has been company is in talks with several potential Digital Data Manager Theresa Petruso ongoing for ten months and is on sched- candidates and would be prepared to add Managing Director ule. The Beijing-based heavy maintenance to its Asia-Pacific bases in case it could Iain Blackhall [email protected] organization had been operated as a joint secure a large base volume. venture between Lufthansa Technik and One focus could be narrowbody base U.S./CANADA ADVERTISING SALES Beth Wagner – [email protected] Air China, with the German company maintenance. At its existing Lufthansa Tom Davis – [email protected] Rob Howlett – [email protected] holding a 49% stake and providing strong Technik Philippines facility, preparations Leah Vickers – [email protected] management expertise. As part of the inte- are geared up to expand capacity for A380 Tim Reed – [email protected] Richard Brown – [email protected] gration of Air China’s other maintenance and Boeing 787 heavy maintenance. Greg Smith – [email protected] David Seaberg – [email protected] business, Lufthansa Technik’s stake is Lufthansa Technik is carefully watch- Miguel Ornelas –[email protected] Chris Salem – [email protected] reduced to 25%. ing Asian airline performance ahead of INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES Bussmann believes that the competi- any further decisions. “The markets are Andrea Rossi Prudente [email protected] tive landscape in the Asia-Pacific MRO really soft. Demand is good, but yields are Germany, Switzerland sector is going to change as new aircraft really low,” Bussmann points out. He is Robert Rottmeier – [email protected] and engine types have to be dealt with and concerned that the massive influx of new France, Portugal, Spain, Benelux [email protected] the overall market growth requires provid- capacity could make the trends toward United Kingdom, Ireland ers to make significant investments. “You lower yields even worse. On the other Michael Elmes – [email protected] need a lot more scale,” Bussmann believes. hand, he remarks that “we will have to see Ann Haigh – [email protected] Lufthansa Technik expects significant whether all the deliveries to Asia will really Operations Manager —Jens Flottau Erving Dockery growth in the region based on deals to take place.” Marketing Communications Manager Elizabeth Sisk Printing & Distribution Management MM Print Services Limited www.mmprintservices.com MRO Asia-Pacific in September ShowNews is published by Penton Media Inc., 9800 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66212-2216. 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MRO Asia-Pacific attracts attendees “MRO Asia-Pacific,” she said, “sets the Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission. from dozens of countries including industry standard.” AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | February 18, 2016 3 Boeing Reportedly Nears Launch Decision on Midsize Boeing appears to be nearing a decision about a new aircraft that would potentially fill the gap between the 737 MAX and 787. oeing Commercial from the 737.” In addition to internal meeting.” B Airplanes president and a product decision he is also Airbus has attracted almost CEO Ray Conner is reported reported to have announced 4,500 orders for the A320neo to have told employees in an significant cost reduction mea- family, compared to Boeing’s internal webcast that such a sures, including job cuts. He is 3,092 for the 737 MAX, which decision could come as early reported to have stressed the was launched eight months as this year, mainly because need for lower costs “because later. The 737 MAX 9 has been Boeing needs to find a competi- Boeing cannot compete with slow selling thus far: Boeing tive response to the fast-selling Airbus right now on prices.” had little over 200 orders for the Airbus A321neo.