Rolls-Royce and its partners have received regulatory approval and met all other closing conditions for its previously announced changes to three Approved Maintenance Centre joint ventures. Approved Maintenance Centres (AMCs) support Rolls-Royce’s strategy to develop a competitive, capable and flexible Trent Service Network to meet the changing needs of customers across the lifecycle of e...
GlobalAir.com is pleased to announce the opening for application submissions for the GlobalAir.com Calvin L. Carrithers Aviation Scholarship. The scholarship is offered to all students who are U.S. Citizens and currently enrolled in an accredited university or college aviation program for the 2016-2017 school year. Students from around the United States have benefited from the Calvin L. C...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that its super mid-sized Gulfstream G280 set a speed record between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Luton, England, completing the flight in just seven hours and boosting the aircraft’s record-setting tally to 54. The aircraft departed Gerald R. Ford International Airport near Grand Rapids at 7:43 a.m. local time and arrived at London Luton Airp...
Air Partner, the global aviation services group, is pleased to announce the appointment of AVIAREPS as its new General Sales Agent (GSA) in the Swiss market, effective 1 July 2016. AVIAREPS is a global leader in tourism, aviation, hospitality and trade promotion representation, with its Swiss office located in Zurich. A small team of AVIAREPS employees will support Air Partner’s sales activ...
Switzerland-based Vertis Aviation is further expanding its ultra-long range capabilities with the addition of a second Gulfstream G550 to its portfolio. The aircraft, a 2006-built G550, N-G5V, which can seat up to 13 passengers, is operated by 24 year old Executive Air Services (EAS), a Miami, FL based aircraft management, sales and charter company. The new trans-Atlantic partnership will see Vert...
Switzerland’s business aviation industry is an important economic sector that is set for further growth, so long as capacity and regulatory issues do not stifle its potential, according to industry players gathered for discussions in Bern. The occasion was the first ever Business Aviation National Forum in Switzerland, held at the Bellevue Palace in Bern on 30 June 2016, hosted by the Europe...
Jet Aviation is pleased to announce that Airbus has appointed its Maintenance, Refurbishment and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Basel an Authorized Service Center (ASC) for Airbus Corporate Jets. The agreement was signed at the 2016 EBACE Convention in Geneva. To enhance the choice and geographical reach of support services for ACJ customers and operators in Europe, Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ...
Phase one of brand new app – fly., has now launched and is available to download. Creative Director Jeremy Jones said, “SHY wanted to create an App that would act as a support to our global offices, existing clientele and reach out to new audiences. It is a platform we look forward to developing even further over the next few years”. Fly. provides clients with access to our gl...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that its Savannah Completions Center has incorporated 3-D projection technology into the process of designing and executing aircraft paint schemes, resulting in increased flexibility and enhanced design quality. Gulfstream engineers helped design the software that projects a multi-dimensional paint scheme onto the aircraft, taking into account how the...
By Scott Hamilton Bombardier which was founded as a snow machine company and grew into a storied aviation firm, was beset by bad management, bad luck and events outside its control as it attempted to leap from a regional jet supplier to the world’s airlines to a serious challenge to Airbus and Boeing BA +2.50% for the low end of mainline jet traffic. Bombardier nearly went bankrupt in the...
Some airlines are fatiguing pilots by forcing them to work for 20 hours without an adequate break, sparking concerns about safety and raising the prospect of strike action towards the end of the summer holidays, the pilots’ union has warned. Brian Strutton, the new general secretary of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BAPLA), said that employees at one major, unidentifi...
Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 8X has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. FAA certification, just after receipt of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificate, brings the big new trijet’s certification and flight test campaign to a successful conclusion. The Falcon 8X is now preparing for entry-into-service which is scheduled for early fourt...
