June 2015 - www.avitrader.com PARIS LOOKS TO THE SKY Paris Air Show Special Interview - Pratt & Whitney Company Profile Aerostar MRO News from around the world People on the Move latest appointments ICF Analysis Editor‘s Page 2 Plane mad For those of us die hard aircraft enthusiasts re- Interestingly, just as the dust settled, low cost certainly one of the highlights of the show, it was turning to Paris every two years is like a pilgrim- carrier Wizz Air sneaked in a massive order for also joined by an A380, a Vietnam Airlines 787 age. Nothing beats being in the company of like- 110 A321neo. The new aircraft will both replace and an A350 in house livery performing excep- minded people sharing a passion for aviation… current aircraft when they are returned to lessors tional flight displays. and business. as well as provide additional capacity for Wizz Air’s further growth. At current list prices, deal As an aircraft fanatic, Paris was certainly a mem- As always Airbus and Boeing went head to head in is worth in excess of US$12.5billion although dis- orable and enjoyable event and despite being a the battle for supremacy. The European manufac- counts will be granted according to the airline. week-long event it seemed over all so quickly. turer claimed victory over Boeing and took home $57 billion worth of business for 421 aircraft, Of particular interest at this year’s show was Keith Mwanalushi mostly for the A320. Boeing sold 331 commercial the presence of Bombardier’s Cseries. A CS300 Editor aircraft but most of these were high value wide finally took to the sky in a flying display, it was bodies. Airbus had no A380 order announcements a much needed push for the programme which and only one firm A350 XWB order. has been dogged with problems. The CS300 was Published monthly by AviTrader Publications Corp. Suite 305, South Tower 5811 Cooney Road Richmond, British Columbia V6X 3M1 Canada Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 (424) 644-6996 www.avitrader.com Editorial Keith Mwanalushi, Editor Email: [email protected] Mobile: +44 (0) 7871 769 151 Design Volker Dannenmann, Layout & Design Email: [email protected] Paris once again provided for a show stopping performance. Photo: Keith Mwanalushi Mobile: +34 657 218706 Contents Advertising inquiries Paris Air Show News . 4 Jenny Falk Head of Sales & Marketing MRO and Production News . 11 Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0) 8761 346007 Finance News . 17 Other News . 17 Registration Cover story: Paris has the wow factor . 19 AviTrader MRO is a subscription-free Paris Air Show: The American dream . 22 monthly publication. To receive a personal copy in your inbox every month, Company profile: Aerostar . 25 please click here to subscribe. 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EngineLife®, we care for your engines the same way we build them. www.snecma.com * CFM 56 engines are a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE. Paris Air Show - MRO and Production News 4 GE news from the Paris Air Show its experience of phase outs and major compli- industry. Fokker Services supplies integrated ance issues in connection with components of maintenance support and VIP completion and Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions aircraft retired from a commercial fleet. modification services to manufacturers, owners (LMCES) and GE Aviation signed two OnPoint and operators. Fokker Services is an authorised Air China Cargo, the freight specialist arm of Boeing Business Jet Completion Center. solution agreements for the material to over- Chinese flag carrier Air China, just inked an ex- haul CF6 and CF34 engines. The one-year agree- clusive long-term engine support contract with ments are valued at US$10m over the life of the AFI KLM E&M covering its fleet of Boeing 777 agreement. freighters. Six of the projected eight-strong fleet are already in revenue service and two Unison Industries signs 10-Year services GE Aviation signed SkyWest Airlines to a 18- agreement with Qatar Airways year OnPoint solution agreement for material more are due to join the fleet in September. to support its 86 CF34-8E engine fleet that pow- The contract extends the 2014 partnership deal Unison Industries signed a 10-year Material Ser- ers its EMBRAER 175 aircraft. The agreement is between Air China and AFI KLM E&M, which vices Agreement with Qatar Airways in support valued at more than US$550m over the life of was entrusted with exclusive full support of the of Qatar Airways’ unprecedented fleet growth the agreement. Chinese carrier’s 777 aircraft engines. rate. The agreement extends through 2024 and Following a Memorandum of Understanding covers external Unison new parts and compo- (MoU) established in 2014 between GE Avia- nent repairs for all engine lines in the Qatar Air- ways fleet which includes the CF6, CFM, V2500, tion’s Hamble facility and India’s Mahindra Aero- Bombardier signs Smart Parts agree- space, the two companies have further devel- ments covering 31 Q400 aircraft GEnx, GE90 and GP7200. oped their relationship by signing an agreement that will initiate manufacture, following Airbus SpiceJet of India, Poland’s LOT Polish Airlines and transfer of work approval, of an Airbus Single Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services have Aisle package of work. The initial MOU enabled signed agreements to enroll in Bombardier’s Liebherr-Aerospace signs agreement on both companies to work together on potential Smart Parts after-market support program, to E-Jet 170 and 190 landing gear overhaul opportunities in manufacture of aerostructures. provide value-added dispatch availability and with HOP! This new agreement will see them collaborate to cost predictability for their growing fleets of produce small, metallic complex structural sheet Q400 aircraft. The agreements are each for Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH and details and assemblies within Mahindra’s new 5-year terms. Enrolling in Bombardier’s Smart HOP! Air France entered into an agreement cov- Aerospace facility in Bangalore, India. Parts program allows customers to focus on their ering the overhaul of the landing gear systems GE Aviation recently delivered the 10,000th business of flying and optimize on their business on board the airlines’ Embraer E170 and E190 flight management computer (model 2907C1) to plans while minimizing the lifecycle cost of the aircraft. The contract was signed at the Paris The Boeing Company marking an era of continu- aircraft and ensuring superior dispatch reliability. Air Show on June 17th, 2015. French carrier ous partnership in support of the versatile 737 HOP!-REGIONAL, which is based in Nantes and airplane. “GE’s flight management system has part of HOP!, an Air France subsidiary, decided been standard fit on the Boeing 737 since 1984. to renew its confidence in Liebherr-Aerospace for the overhaul of Embraer landing gear sys- The current system, now in its 4th evolution, will Air Canada, CFM sign 20-year RPFH tems. Following a program signed in 2007 for 37 meet 737 needs into the future,” said Alan Ca- agreement slavka, president of Avionics and Digital Systems EMB135/145 aircraft, the companies now con- for GE Aviation. More than 4,500 Next Genera- cluded an overhaul agreement for the airline’s Air Canada has signed a long-term Rate per fleet of 26 Embraer E170 and E190. Liebherr- tion 737s have been delivered with GE’s current Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement with CFM to flight management computer (FMC) and various Aerospace will carry out all overhaul activities support 122 LEAP-1B engines powering the air- at its facility in Lindenberg (Germany). 737 Classic airplanes have been retrofitted. line’s 61 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes it ordered in 2014. Under the terms of the 20-year agree- ment, CFM will guarantee maintenance costs for the entire Air Canada LEAP-1B fleet on a rate AFI KLM E&M inks new contracts with per engine flight hour basis. Moroccan flag carrier signs component Royal Jordanian and Air China Cargo pooling contract with Spairliners for four Embraer 190 aircraft Royal Jordanian, the Jordanian flag carrier has Royal Air Maroc entrusts Spairliners with its decided to renew the contract signed in 2011 Fokker Services choose Aviointeriors component pooling and maintenance expertise with AFI KLM E&M covering component sup- for B737-800 VIP completion port for its Airbus A330s. The agreement in- regarding a support of the new Royal Air Ma- roc E-Jet fleet. The Casablanca based airline is cludes repairs and access to the spares pool Fokker Services has decided to select Avioint- on a flight hour basis.The special feature of this Spairliners’ 11th E-Jet customer for long-term eriors for the provisioning of the Business Class component pooling and repair solutions. With contract is that it is set to run until the sched- “Andromeda” and the Economy Class “Centau- uled retirement of the aircraft from the Royal the addition of Royal Air Maroc, Spairliners, the rus” seat models for its B737-800 VIP program.