Safran Signs Maintenance Agreement With AJW Group

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Safran and AJW Group have signed a contract to maintain electrical power generators, electrical contractors, and ventilation systems equipment. According to Safran, this contract covers more than 350 Airbus A320 and A330, including AJW Group’s flagship customers’ fleets. This is an exclusive contract for a period of five years and will support around 50 Auxiliary Power Units generators (APUs) and …

Airbus 2020 Deliveries Demonstrate Resilience

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Airbus reveals that it delivered 566 commercial aircraft to 87 customers in 2020, in line with the production adaptation plan set out in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Airbus states that in order to overcome international travel restrictions, the Airbus team developed an innovative e-delivery solution which represented more than 25% of the 2020 deliveries, allowing …

Airbus New Solution To Offer Cargo Benefits For Wide-Body Aircraft Operations During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Airbus has announced it is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks, after removal of the economy-class seats.   This solution will help with the airlines’ own business continuity, and also alleviate the global shortage of ‘belly-freight’ air cargo capacity due to the …

First Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 Production Engine Despatched – By Roland Ohaeri

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The first Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 production engine has been despatched to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, in readiness to power Airbus’s latest aircraft, the A330neo, into service. Formal certification of the engine will also follow imminently, making the Trent 7000 the fourth Rolls- Royce engine to receive formal certification in just 12 months, following in the footsteps of the Trent …