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Pratt & Whitney to Open India Engineering Center in 2023

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 18, 2022 – Pratt & Whitney today announced the establishment of a state-of-the-art India Engineering Center (IEC) in Bengaluru, India which is slated to commence operation in January 2023. The new center will focus on providing contract engineering services. The IEC is expected to employ 500 engineers and professionals when fully staffed. […]

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ST Engineering and Safran Aircraft Engines Sign Agreement for Aircraft Engine Maintenance Offload

Singapore, 9 June 2022 – ST Engineering today announced that its Commercial Aerospace business has signed a five-year agreement with Safran Aircraft Engines, a world-leading aerospace engine manufacturer, for ST Engineering to provide engine maintenance (shop visit) offload for the CFM56-5B and -7B engines1. This multi-year agreement will allow ST Engineering and Safran Aircraft Engines […]

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SIA Engineering Company wins Airline Economics Magazine’s Asia-Pacific MRO of the Year Award 2022

SINGAPORE, 17 May 2022 – SIA Engineering Company Limited (“SIAEC” or the “Company”) is honoured to be awarded the Asia-Pacific MRO of the Year Award by Airline Economics magazine for the second consecutive year. The accolade is part of Airline Economics magazine’s annual Aviation 100 Awards, which recognises leading companies in the aviation industry across […]

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Rolls-Royce signs TotalCare Agreement with South Korean Airline T’way as Trent 700 Sets New Milestone

Rolls-Royce and South Korean airline T’way have signed a TotalCare® service agreement for Trent 700 engines that will power three Airbus A330 aircraft. The agreement is the first time T’way has selected TotalCare – adding another new member to the global family of operators relying on this service. It also marks the first time Trent […]

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Skyports partners with Japan’s Park24 Co., Ltd., Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. and Kanematsu Corporation to develop Vertiport Infrastructure In Japan

Singapore, 27 May 2022 – Leading air taxi vertiport developer and operator, Skyports, and Japan’s largest parking lot and car sharing operator, PARK24 CO., LTD. (“PARK24”), announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development and integration of vertiport infrastructure of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) into PARK24’s parking and car sharing […]

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Airbus and Kansai Airports partner to study the use of hydrogen in the decarbonisation of the aviation sector in Japan

Singapore, 13 June 2022 – Airbus and Kansai Airports have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the use of hydrogen at three of the Group’s airports in Japan (Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport, and Kobe Airport). Through this partnership, Airbus and Kansai Airports will jointly prepare a roadmap to address challenges and […]

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Japan’s first SAF helicopter flight with H215

Singapore, 1 June 2022 – Airbus Helicopters in Japan and Japan’s leading helicopter operator Nakanihon Air (NNK) have jointly performed the country’s first ever helicopter flight powered with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). NNK’s H215 helicopter conducted a 30-minute flight at Nagoya Airport in Aichi Prefecture today. The aircraft was fueled with 600 litres of “SUSTEO […]

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