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​Boeing opens engineering centre in Brazil
October 12, 2023
Boeing has inaugurated an engineering and technology centre in Sao Jose dos Campos as part of wider investment in Brazil. Around 500 engineers are employed at the centre, one of 15 Boeing has internationally, the US airframer says, noting that its operations in Sao Jose dos Campos, Embraer's home city, began in 2014. Prior the pandemic, Boeing and Embraer had agreed a merger proposal under which the Brazilian airframer's commercial aircraft and aftermarket activities would be established as a joint venture 80% owned by its US counterpart and named "Boeing Brasil". However, Boeing abandoned the plan amid the Covid outbreak in 2020. Beyond the new engineering centre, the US airframer has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state of Sao Paulo to support education focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to further strengthen talent development throughout the Brazilian aerospace ecosystem. Under the accord, Boeing and the state intend to establish a joint agenda of industrialisation and innovation. "Sao Paulo has all the conditions to strengthen aerospace technological development, an important sector that drives the economy of the state," asserts the regional government's secretary of economic development Jorge Lima. "With this MoU, we aim to generate more jobs and income for our state, which is one of the main purposes of the partnership with the private sector." Boeing will also establish an internship programme in Brazil for students in their final year of engineering studies. Under an existing partnership with the State University of Campinas, meanwhile, Boeing will provide additional funding for development of a web-based database called SAFMaps, focused on the feasibility of sustainable aviation fuel production in Brazil. The project, led by the university, includes 13 Brazilian states with the greatest potential for biomass production, Boeing says. Its president for Latin America and the Caribbean and vice-president of global policy, Landon Loomis, describes Brazil as a "strategic partner in solving some of the biggest challenges in the global aerospace industry. "By expanding our collaboration in Brazil," he states, "the country also can play a larger role in meeting global demand for commercial airplanes valued at $8 trillion over the next 20 years." Citing the 90-plus-year history of Boeing's links with South America's largest nation, the airframer's vice-president of engineering, strategy and operations Lynne Hopper, states: "We have collaborated with the Brazilian aerospace industry and community to tap into the incredible technical abilities and problem-solving skills of Brazilian engineers."


Emirates to buy two A380s from Doric Nimrod Air Two
October 11, 2023
Doric Nimrod Air Two has agreed to sell two Airbus A380s placed with Emirates to the Dubai-based carrier. Emirates will buy the two widebodies (MSNs 077 and 090) for £28.9 million ($35.3 million) at the end of their respective leases, scheduled for 14 October and 2 December, the asset manager says in a regulatory filing. Until the relevant lease-end date, the operating leases in respect of the assets will continue as contracted between the parties, Doric Nimrod Air Two states. The fund manager purchased the two jets in October and December 2011. The directors of the fund intend to make a capital distribution to shareholders "as soon as practicably possible" following the later of the two lease-end dates, and is expecting to do so early in the first quarter of 2024.


TAAG orders four 787s
October 11, 2023
TAAG Angolan Airlines has ordered four Boeing 787s from the US airframe. Boeing notes that TAAG is a new customer for the Dreamliner. The manufacturer has not disclosed which 787 variant TAAG has ordered or when the aircraft will be delivered. Fleets data shows TAAG has five 777-300ERs, three 777-200ERs, one Airbus A330-200, six 737-700s, one 737-800 conversion freighter and six de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprops in its current fleet. It also has 15 A220-300s on order, via lessor deals with Aviation Capital Group, Air Lease, Azorra Aviation and Nordic Aviation Capital. "Our goal is to work with the best manufacturers in the world towards a multi-type fleet, in order to ensure we have the appropriate airplanes for each flight typology, namely our intercontinental connections," states TAAG chief executive Eduardo Fairen. "The 787 option suits our intent for modern, size-wise and efficient equipment, able to progressively replace our current widebody fleet, and provide our customers with an improved flight experience." Boeing predicts that air traffic in Africa will grow at 7.4% over the next 20 years – above a global average of 6.1% – and that operators in the region will need 1,025 aircraft.

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