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Bombardier and Globalparts enhance parts support for Learjet

planning, stocking and distribution of aircraft parts for Learjet 20, Learjet 30, and Learjet 50 series aircraft. “We are extremely pleased to collaborate with GlobalParts.aero in this venture.” Bill Molloy, vice president of Parts Services, Bombardier Business Aircraft said: “We are extremely pleased to collaborate with GlobalParts.aero in this venture. This agreement will...

United Airlines to "Mobilize" Airport Customer Service Representatives with Apple's iPhone 6 Plus

United yesterday announced the airline will equip its customer service representatives in the company's U.S.-based hubs with Apple's iPhone 6 Plus, enabling agents to meet customers' needs more quickly while having access to additional operational information at their fingertips. United will begin distributing the devices to its more than 6,000 hub-based customer service repres...

Boeing Completes Detailed Design for the 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing has completed detailed design for the 787-10 Dreamliner, achieving another major milestone in the development of the newest and longest member of the 787 family. Boeing engineers reached the key milestone nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The milestone is critical to every development program because it means the information needed to build parts and tools for assembly has been complet...

Embry-Riddle orders 10 more DA42s for pilot training

Diamond Aircraft Industries has sold 10 DA42-VI piston-twins to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) for its multi-engine pilot training course. The first 168hp Austro AE300-powered aircraft will be delivered to the institution’s Daytona, Florida facility in April 2016, and all the examples are expected to be in service by the end of September. Diamond has been a regular supplie...

Flying Colours Corp. Hits Global Heights at NBAA

Troy Funk, Vice President Technical Services of Flying Colours Corp. KSUS was pleased to accept this year's Bombardier Business Aircraft, Authorised Service Facility Excellence Award, in the North American category, during a presentation ceremony at the Bombardier booth at this year's NBAA. Along with President John Gillespie, he accepted the award on behalf of his team at the Chesterfield...

Regional Airlines Seek Reduced Minimum Pilot-Experience Mandate

U.S. regional airlines seek to persuade regulators to ease experience requirements for hiring many future co-pilots, while proposing to significantly enhance training and supervision once the aviators start flying passengers. The initiative lays out a potential alternate path to the cockpit for starting pilots that includes time sitting in airliner jump seats as observers, more-frequent pr...

Air BP signs new agreement with Signature Flight Support

Air BP has signed a new agreement with Signature Flight Support that will enable Air BP Sterling Card customers to access fuel and flight support services at 63 of Signature’s FBO locations in the USA. In a first for Air BP, customers will also be able to purchase other ancillary flight support services using the Air BP Sterling Card. These services will include ramp, lavatory and water s...

Cabin Design Can Make Passengers Love Flying Again Says Boeing

The right cabin design can make passengers feel that they have more room onboard, even when they don’t, and make flying a more pleasant experience. So said Kent Craver, Director Cabin Experience & Revenue Analysis, Boeing, during the recent APEX Asia Conference in Singapore. Craver cited research by Boeing’s cabin development group, which found that passenger perception of th...

NY airports to get $3bn from US budget

The Port Authority posted for public review a proposed $3.0 billion Operating Budget that funds critical planning for future growth in a fiscally responsible manner. The agency also posted a $3.5 billion Capital Budget that funds critical state-of-good-repair to existing transportation facilities and new infrastructure that is needed to sustain and accelerate growth and enhance the overall custome...

ANALYSIS: Bell Helicopter pushing V-22 for USAF search-and-rescue

In March 2011, during Operation "Odyssey Dawn", two US Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22s were instrumental in the rescue of a Boeing F-15E pilot who had ejected from his aircraft deep within hostile territory in Libya after the Strike Eagle succumbed to mechanical failure. Stationed 133nm (246km) away on an amphibious assault ship, the MV-22s – backed up by two McDonnell Douglas A...

American rolls out final heritage jet

American Airlines has unveiled its AirCal heritage livery, the final aircraft in its fleet showcasing the liveries of its predecessors. American Airlines The Boeing 737-800 (registration N917NN, MSN 29572) wears a modified version of the livery AirCal introduced in 1981. The Newport Beach, California-based carrier merged with American in 1987. The livery joins the Reno Air&n...

Flight Attendant Charged with Attacking Crew, U.S. Marshals

An American Airlines flight attendant who described herself as "crazy" and a "train wreck" attacked fellow crew members and U.S. marshals during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Frankfurt, Germany, last week, according to documents filed in federal court. The complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, says Joanne Snow is charged with inte...