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FOKKER AND NLR SIGN

LETTER OF INTENT FOR

COMPOSITE MANUFACTURINGFACILITY IN MARKNESSE (NL)

Fokker Landing Gear (FLG), part of Fokker

Technologies and the Dutch National Aerospace

Laboratory (NLR) have signed a Letter of Intent for the

realization of highly automated and state-of-the-art

manufacturing facility for composite landing gear parts

at the NLR in Marknesse (NL). The signing ceremony

w as attended by the Dutch Minister of Economic

Affairs, Mr Henk Kamp during this year’s Composite

Conference (JEC) in Paris.

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EASYJET CELEBRATES ITS

HISTORIC DEAL WITH AIRBUS

easyJet, the UK’s largest and France’s second largest

airline, has commemorated the deal it agreed last June

w ith Airbus for 135 Airbus A320 aircraft in Paris today,

w ith an off icial signing ceremony. Attending the

ceremony w ere Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of

easyJet, Frédéric Cuvillier, Minister of Transport,

Hunting and Fishing and Fabrice Brégier, CEO and

President of Airbus.

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World’s first AW189 full-flightsimulator ready for training

Rotorsim, the joint venture ow ned equally by CAE (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) and

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, today announced that a joint team from

ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and the European Aviation Safety Authority

(EASA) has certif ied the w orld's f irst AW189 full-f light simulator (FFS) to Level D, the

highest qualif ication for f light simulators.

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Eclipse Aerospace delivers first Eclipse550 jet

Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) is proud to announce the f irst customer delivery of an

Eclipse 550 Tw in-Engine Jet in Albuquerque, N.M. follow ing Federal Aviation

The popularity of narrow body

aircraft to increase the demand

for modernization

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Administration (FAA) certif ication.

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Locatory.com revolutionizes aircraftspare parts search with ArtificialIntelligence

While the immense importance of spare parts to the aviation industry suggests that this

MRO segment should be one of the most advanced, some of the processes related to

the procurement of aircraft spares and components are still largely underdeveloped

and conducted manually. How ever, Locatory.com is here to change all that.

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Boeing Begins Expansion of 737Commercial Delivery Center

Boeing (NYSE: BA) today kicked off expansion of its 737 Commercial Delivery Center

(CDC) at Boeing Field in Seattle. The project more than doubles the space that w ill be

available for customers and groups supporting increased 737 deliveries.

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150 units of An-148T will be made byAntonov State Enterprise and UnitedAircraft Corporation

President of Motor Sich, Vyacheslav Boguslaev stated that jets w ill be manufactured

by Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (VASO).United Aircraft Corporation

(UAC) and Antonov State Enterprise plan to manufacture 150 An-148T transport

aircraft in four years.

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GE Aviation selects Indiana for $100million jet engine assembly factory

GE Aviation, a global leader in jet engines and aircraft systems, announced today at

ceremonies here that it w ill break ground this year on a new $100 million jet engine

assembly facility in neighboring Lafayette, Indiana.

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India needs over 1,290 aircraft

w orth US$190 billion in next 20

years

Mobile should become the new

normal in aviation aftermarket

ANA Group to place record 1700

billion yen order for 70 new

aircraft

Fokker signs deal for 60 Million

US$ for engine w iring w ith

Snecma

EXECUTIVES

Øyvind Hasaas new Managing

Director of Oslo Airport

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AFI KLM E&M acquires 100% ofBarfield from Sabena

“With this signif icant investment, Air France-KLM, the w orld’s second-ranking multi-

product MRO provider, continues to develop its activity on high-grow th market

segments. This constitutes one of the major lines of development of the Transform

2015 plan and confirms the key role of maintenance activity in the Group’s on-going

recovery Air France-KLM Chairman and CEO, Alexandre de Juniac"

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EXPERT OPINION

Cheap oil: how can it change the futureof the global aircraft fleet?

Few w ill dispute that energy commodities are among the goods w hich are the most

sensitive to changes in the global political arena. The recent developments in the Black

Sea region have pushed the prices for Brent crude oil to 111.71 USD/bbl., reaching its

f ive months’ maximum.

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Fleet-related dynamics in the AsiaPacific to influence the demand forqualified technical personnel

The last several years have been especially favourable for the aviation industry in the

Asia-Pacif ic, especially so for the local low cost carriers. According to the latest

estimates, at the moment there are 47 LCCs in the region, operating around 1,000

aircraft and accounting for about 20% of the region's seat capacity.

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Is Middle Eastern in-house engineMRO on the road to overcapacity?

Due to the on-going rapid f leet expansion process in the region, the engineering

divisions of airlines based in the Middle East as w ell as third-party MRO providers have

been building up their engine overhaul capabilities. Moreover, the local players are

ambitious enough to project the possibility of not only becoming independent from the

providers in Europe or Asia, but also of grabbing the slice of the global aftermarket.

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High season in aviation: no grounds forlong-term personnel investments

Today the air transport industry operates a netw ork of around 40.000 routes and is

expected to carry over 3.3 billion people and 50 million tonnes of cargo in 2014.

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easyJet appoints new Head of

European Sales

Sjoerd Vollebregt hands over

Fokker leadership to Hans

Büthker

Johan Bank Appointed Vice

President Engineering, KLM

Engineering & Maintenance

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Will China’s slowing aviation growthsolve its personnel-related issues?

The most common aviation related topics discussed in the last several years include a

grow ing number of aircraft sales orders, rapidly accelerating production and an

increasingly complex backlog. Last year alone airlines w elcomed 1.274 aircraft w hich

is tw ice the volume of aircraft produced nine years ago.

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

ILFC reaches leasing milestone w ith Boeing 787

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Tw o Leased Boeing 737-800s to

Aerolíneas Argentinas

Europe’s regional carriers return to grow th

Skymark Airlines becomes f irst Japanese A330 operator

Malaysia Airlines Inks IT Solutions Deal w ith Ramco Systems for Greater

Eff iciency

Avolon has acquired a Boeing 737-800 NG on lease to Garuda Indonesia

Qatar Airw ays reveals its First Class A380 seat at the show

SkyTeam Announces Garuda Indonesia’s Date of Joining

Sideral Air Cargo orders tw o more AEI B737-400SF 11 pallet conversions

Rossiya Airlines successfully put paperless cockpit concept into operation

UTair Receives First Airbus A321 w ith Sharklets

Air Arabia receives the 6000th Airbus A320 as part of its f leet

Air Lease Corporation Announces the Placement of a New Boeing 777-300ER

w ith KLM

New ly launched airline, SaudiGulf orders four Airbus A320ceo aircraft.

Airbus starts f inal assembly of best-selling A320neo

Turkish Airlines Mark Delivery of First Airplane Featuring Galleys from Turkish

Cabin Interiors

Associated Air Center Signs 12th BBJ 12-Year Inspection Customer

Comair places $210 million LEAP-1B engine order

Tigerair Selects PurePow er® Engines for New Airbus Aircraft

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Optimizes Airlines Costs: the Aircraft is RNAV 1 and P-

RNAV Certif ied Now

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MRO

Landing gear overhaul contract for Boeing 777-300ER for Emirates

AFI KLM E&M to Paint Etihad Aircraft

FL Technics Jets successfully performs C-Check on its firstBombardier CRJ 200

United Airlines Opens New Widebody Hangar at Newark Liberty

First delivery from new GKN Aerospace business jet engineintegration facility

SR Technics and Universal Asset Management enter aircraftcomponent cooperation

Air Safety Agency Certifies Iberia to Maintain V2500 Aircraft Engines

GMF AeroAsia reaches agreement with Sriwijaya Air and Honeywell

Frontier Airlines Chooses AirVault® Cloud-Computing RecordsManagement System for Aircraft Maintenance and Business

Dr. Srinivasan Dw arakanath

appointed CEO of Airbus India

OTHER NEWS

Cessna launches Alpine Edition

CJ2+

Embraer delivers f irst E-Jet to

SkyWest Inc.

Long-Time Bombardier Customer

Adria Airw ays Orders Tw o

CRJ900 NextGen Aircraft

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Operations

Lufthansa Technik: higher revenues, operating result increased

AAR Signs LOI with Mesa Airlines for Total Support of New E175s

Fokker and NLR sign letter of intent for composite manufacturingfacility in Marknesse (NL)

Chromalloy Completes First Delivery of New Components For Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Aircraft Engine Production

AJW Aviation signs CFM56-7 Fan Blade Exchange Agreement

Best Fly Maintenance opens part 145 line station in Luanda

FL Technics Training joins European Aviation Maintenance TrainingCommittee

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AIRPORTS

Copenhagen Airport to grow but not in emissions

Preparation Stage for Reconstruction of Yermolino Airport Complex Complete

Singapore’s First Air Traff ic Management Research Institute Takes Shape

New European rules for airports safety

European airports report 6.3% passenger grow th during January

Asia-Pacif ic, Middle East airports record strong grow th

Dubai International w ins Airport of the Year at ATN Aw ards

Edinburgh Airport Introduces State-of-the-art Bag Drop Facility

Groundbreaking for the new Hamburg Airport Cargo Center

Dubai International passenger traff ic tops 5.6 million in February

Sea-Tac Airport Unveils Electrif ication Project to Save Airlines Millions in Fuel

and Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Fraport: Public sector strikes on Thursday, March 27

HAITEC to invest around €30m at Hahn Airport, Germany

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MILITARY

Lockheed Martin Receives $92 Million U.S. Army Apache Targeting and

Pilotage System Sustainment Contract

Sikorsky and Turkey Sign BLACK HAWK Helicopter Licensing and

Manufacturing Agreements

Singapore selects Airbus Defence and Space A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker

Transport

Boeing Receives $2.4 Billion Contract for 16 P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

Luke Air Force Base Receives First F-35A Lightning II

Alenia Aermacchi signs a EUR 280 million contract w ith Poland for eight M 346

AgustaWestland and Italian Air Force Sign Letter of Intent for Training

Alenia Aermacchi roll-out of f irst M-346 for Israeli MOD and the Israeli Air &

Space Force

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