Bombardier announced the appointment of Danny Di Perna as Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace, effective September 15, 2018. In this new position, Danny will report directly to Alain Bellemare, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bombardier Inc. and assume responsibility for leading the company’s aerospace engineering, procurement and transformation functions. Bombardier’s Aerostruct...
The Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA) is the organizer of conference program at the RUBAE show, which will take place at Vnukovo-3 airport in Moscow from 12th to 14th September 2018. The program will comprise a number of meetings with experts in different areas. Flight safety and quality management systems are to become key topics, which will be covered at a separate ev...
Jet Aviation recently received EASA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for ADS-B Out compliance for the B747 series aircraft, some 2 years ahead of EASA and FAA 2020 mandates. With this approval, Jet Aviation’s MRO and Completions facility in Basel is authorized to configure and install ADS-B Out systems on B747 aircraft subject to specific equipment configurations. ADS-B...
Satcom Direct, the business aviation connectivity, software and hardware provider is participating “virtually” in Australia’s most challenging aviation competition – The Classic Safari Company Outback Air Race time-trial. As sponsor of theOutback Aviatorsteam, SD is providing aviation connectivity services to seamlessly maintain constant contact between the...
ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group, is celebrating its tenth FBO to receive recognition from the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH), after its Munich facility was awarded IS-BAH Stage I accreditation. The FBO, which was fully refurbished last year, is located at Munich International Airport, just 20 minutes from the city centre. Guests can take a virt...
North America-based completions and MRO specialist Flying Colours Corp., has completed its first Ka-band installation on a Gulfstream GV airframe. Installation by the Flying Colours avionics team required the mounting of the radome, tail antenna and cabin hardware to bring powerful connectivity to the cabin and flight-deck. The work, part of a major refurbishment of the cabin interior, and revamp...
The first Airbus A380 has been dismantled and will be sold as spare parts as a new lessee or buyer could not be found following expiry of the 10-year lease in October 2017. For investors, this is likely to mean a modest end to their investment, according to research by Scope Analysis. After the 10-year lease with Singapore Airlines expired, shareholders in DS 129, the A380 fund launched in 2007...
Satcom Direct Brazil, the regional headquarters for business aviation connectivity, software and hardware provider SD, appointed São Paulo-based Avionics Services as the first SD hardware dealer and installer in Latin America during LABACE 2018. The deal gives Latin American business jet owners and operators a single, local, source for purchasing, installing and supporti...
Garmin International Inc. announced the addition of new, cost-effective Garmin Navigation Database information for South America. This database will soon be available in the newly expanded Americas OnePak, which offers coverage in North, Central and South America and provides database updates across all Garmin avionics and a portable in a single aircraft. “Given the tremendous succes...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published the results of a global survey of Human Resources professionals in the aviation industry highlighting key challenges in talent acquisition, training and retention*: More than 73% of respondents expect the major areas of job growth to be in ground operations, customer service and cabin crew. 48% report that finding new talent is a...
Avinode, a leading technology and data partner for the business air charter industry, is announcing a 47% year-on-year rise in searches made through its external application programming interfaces (APIs), demonstrating the power of its bespoke B2B2C products for members' businesses. While only one in ten of Avinode's members (who make up 80% of the broker and operator marketplace) use i...
The Latvian airline airBaltic in July 2018has transported a record high number ofpassengers – 452 646 or 15% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.From January till July 2018, 2 329 485 or +19% passengers travelled with airBaltic. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic:...
