News from Boeing

Azerbaijan Airlines has signed an agreement to substitute two next-generation 737 aircraft for one 767-300ER and two 767 Freighters, a new model type for the Baku-based airline.

Azerbaijan Airlines now has a total of eight Boeing aircraft on order: two 767-300ERs, two 767 Freighters, two Next-Generation 737s and two 787-8s.

"With our centralized geographic location, Azerbaijan is becoming a busy hub in the region between east and west and north and south," said

According to Azerbaijan Airlines‘ president Jahangir Askerov, Azerbaijan is becoming a busy hub in the region between east and west and north and south, due to its centralised geographic location. He added that the airline is capitalising on this development by expanding its cargo business with the proven efficiencies of the 767 Freighter.

Latin American cargo airline, LAN Cargo, will join Boeing’s Component Services Program (CSP), which will provide LAN Cargo with timely, worldwide access to spare parts for the carrier’s 777 Freighter fleet.

LAN Cargo becomes the twelfth airline in the 777 CSP, which is offered jointly by Boeing and Air France Industries/KLM Engineering & Maintenance.

CSP allows airlines to outsource the cost and logistical issues associated with keeping important parts on hand, while significantly reducing inventory. The inventory required to support an aircraft type can cost millions of dollars.

Dale Wilkinson, vice president of Material Services for Commercial Aviation Services at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said that the program will enable LAN to stabilise its long-term 777F maintenance budget planning.

The program provides 24-hour access to a dedicated inventory pool of selected high-value, dispatch-critical components, enabling airlines to remove and replace faulty components quickly, and thus maintain departure schedules.