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Marana Aerospace Solutions is the new name for Evergreen Maintenance Center, which was acquired by Relativity Capital in 2011. The 460-acre facility has a storage capacity to accommodate 400 aircraft.

Honeywell signed a general term agreement with Emirates that extends until 2019, and includes a specific business agreement for Honeywell to provide repair and overhaul support for Emirates Boeing 777, Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft over five years.

Air Canada posted higher maintenance costs recently. What are the reasons? Butterfield: Costs are going up based on cyclical costs and a couple of contracts that were structured in a manner where you paid more on the back half than you did on the front half. So, it is true, but we have some mitigating plans that we are going to employ over the next year that can change that as we go forward.

A J Walter Aviation signed a deal with GMF AeroAsia to provide integrated consumables management services for the MRO's 737NG maintenance program. A J Walter will position a spares consignment with GMF in Jakarta for replenishment on demand with payment on consumption.

Lufthansa Technik opened a component pool storage facility in Singapore. The warehouse will be operated by Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services and sits near Changi International Airport.

FlightSafety International added Bob Reding to its staff as senior advisor to the CEO. He most recently served as EVP operations for AMR Corp.

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