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                                                  Image courtesy of Airbus  The largest low-cost airline in Asia AirAsia has awarded Dublin aerospace a 5 year contract  to Overhaul 46 sets of Airbius A320 Landing Gears. Dublin Aerospace has just completed a successful 1 year trial period overhauling 9 sets of gears, delivering an on-time, cost effective and quality solution meeting the airline’s scheduled maintenance programme. Anaz Ahmad Tajuddin, Group Head of Engineering for AirAsia and AirAsia X said, “Dublin Aerospace has shown great support towards the needs that the AirAsia Group have and we are happy to ink this 5-year contract with them. Throughout the trial period, we have worked closely together and the process has been seamless throughout the overhaul process, and not to mention their comprehensive reports and competitive prices. We look forward to continued excellence in their services as we enter into this contract.” The AirAsia Group operates an all-Airbus fleet

                                                  Image courtsey of Airbus  Dublin Aerospace has been awarded a long term contract to support Airbus fleet of five Airbus A300-600ST (Beluga) in relation to Component and APU test, repair and overhaul services. These five aircraft perform regular airlift duties carrying fuselage sections and wings between the different European production sites in France, Germany, Spain and UK. The New CEO at Dublin Aerospace, Michael Tyrrell said “We are delighted with the successful outcome and look forward to working closely with the Airbus team in the years to come”. The Beluga is a highly modified version of the A300-600 and features one of the widest fuselage cross-sections of any aircraft, civil or military. Tailored for the transport of heavy and voluminous cargo loads, the Super Transporter is able to carry a payload of 47 metric tonnes (103,616 lb.) over a range of 900 nautical miles (1,667 km). Irish Aviation Research Institute © 2

                                                  Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200ER  AWAS announces promotion of two tenured professionals into key leadership positions AWAS announced that it has promoted two seasoned professionals into key commercial leadership positions. Jennifer Moulton has been promoted to Managing Director EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) within the Commercial Team. Jennifer was previously Senior Vice President EMEA, having joined AWAS in 2000 from Morgan Stanley’s aircraft group. She will report directly to Marlin Dailey, AWAS Chief Commercial Officer. AWAS delivers third of four planned new A320 passenger aircraft to long-time customer VivaAerobus AWAS announced that it has delivered the third of four planned new A320 passenger aircraft to its customer, VivaAerobus, purchasing the aircraft the airline had previously ordered from the manufacturer and then placing it with them on a long term lease. The delivery of this new A320s from a PLB deal agreed in

                                                  Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300 The information contained is sourced  from a variety of sources, though particular credit must be given to the following sites, which are very highly recommended. Chris Witt/Skyliner : http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/ Dublin Movements Blog: http://notam-ireland.blogspot.ie/ Irish Spotters & NLSPOT Yahoo Lists Planespotters.net : http://www.planespotters.net/ EI-EFB Boeing 737-8AS c/n 37532 Jeju Air Air Test at Dublin 09/06/16. EI-FJP Boeing 737-8JP c/n 42077 Norwegian Air International Delivered Boeing Field-Oslo 06/06/16. EI-FNJ Airbus A320-216 c/n 3174 Aer Lingus Ferried Madrid-Dublin 10/06/16 ex EC-KFI. EI-FNW Boeing 737-86N c/n 28642 Meridiana Delivered Budapest-Milan Malpensa 08/06/16 ex LN-NOM. EI-RUV Boeing 767-36N c/n 30111 Celestial Aviation Ferried Shanghai Pudong International-Tel Aviv 08/06/16 in Transaero Airlines colours. EI-XLF Boeing 747-446 c/n 27645 Rossiya Airlines

                                                  EI-EPU Airbus A319-111 Vueling Airlines  The information contained is sourced  from a variety of sources, though particular credit must be given to the following sites, which are very highly recommended. Chris Witt/Skyliner : http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/ Dublin Movements Blog: http://notam-ireland.blogspot.ie/ Irish Spotters & NLSPOT Yahoo Lists Planespotters.net : http://www.planespotters.net/ EI-DBG Boeing 767-3Q8 c/n  24746 TFM Aviation Ferried Teruel-Budapest 28/05/16 in Transaero Airlines colours prior delivery. EI-FNN Boeing 777-212 c/n 28532 Inishcannon Leasing Registered 31/05/16 parked Victorville ex 9V-SVH. EI-FNV Airbus A319-132 c/n 1952 Nesma Airlines Ferried East Midlands-Dublin 27/05/16 after paint prior delivery to become SU-NMD. EI-FRS Boeing 737-8AS c/n 44745 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 27/05/16. EI-FRT Boeing 737-8AS c/n 44740 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 26/05/16. EI-FW

                                                     Blue Air Boeing 737-800  AerCap CEO: Airlines Extend Leases On Older Aircraft Airlines are extending a substantial number of leases for older aircraft to take advantage of lower fuel prices, and are deferring deliveries of new jets, according to AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly. Affected aircraft types are mainly Airbus A340s, and Boeing 747s and 757s. Kelly also expects demand to grow for used Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s, which will be coming off their first leases in significant quantities in the next 1–3 years. “We have seen lots of these cases,” Kelly said on the sidelines of the IATA annual general meeting here. Leases are being extended by 2–3 years before the aircraft are retired, but not if heavy engine maintenance checks would be required to continue operation, he said. Kelly said he has not seen many cases where leases are extended beyond a few years. AerCap Delivers First of Two New Airbus A350 XWB Aircraft to Cathay Paci