Airbus Helicopters officially opened its new logistics hub at Albacete, Spain, which is equipped and operated by Daher as the lead logistics partner. Located adjacent to the Airbus Helicopters production facility at Albacete, this 50,000 square meter warehouse will optimize operations and create several hundred new skilled jobs for the wider Castilla-La Mancha region. During the design of...
Archer has received an additional $55 million investment from Stellantis under the companies’ strategic funding agreement following the achievement of its transition flight test milestone last month. This latest investment builds on Stellantis’ series of open market purchases of 8.3 million shares of Archer’s stock in March of this year that was previously announced. During...
Airbus delivered the first H160 in the U.S. to PHI, marking the beginning of H160 operations in the country. This is the first of the initial four H160 helicopters that PHI will operate for offshore transportation in the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to beginning commercial operations, the helicopter will be used in a route-proving programme designed to demonstrate the H160’s ca...
Airhub Aviation, a prominent asset management and fleet support services provider, has signed a new multi-year services agreement with AAR subsidiary Airinmar, a leading independent provider of component repair cycle management and aircraft warranty solutions. This agreement will support Lithuania-based ACMI operator GetJet Airlines in optimizing their repair processes and reducing maintenance cos...
Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a major support-by-the-hour contract with Airbus Helicopters for the engines powering the German Bundeswehr's new fleet of Airbus H145M helicopters. This Support-By-the-Hour contract covers in-service support and MRO for more than 124 Arriel 2E engines, from helicopter entry into service to 2030. This contract is in addition to the SBH contracts already sig...
GAMIT, an AMAC Aerospace Company, based in Stansted, UK has been awarded a long-term contract to digitize the technical records of flag carrier Air Tahiti Nui’s fleet using the aerospace industry leading software produced by GAMIT called ROAM (Records Online Asset Management) which is a digital records management solution. Air Tahiti Nui will utilize ROAM to further modernize its operatio...
American Airlines has entered into a conditional purchase agreement with clean aviation innovator ZeroAvia for 100 hydrogen-electric engines intended to power regional jet aircraft with zero inflight emissions save for water vapor. In addition, American has increased its investment in ZeroAvia. American made its first investment in ZeroAvia in 2022 and has also now participated in the c...
SmartLynx Training Centre (ATO) celebrated a significant milestone: the graduation of its 500th student from the Type Rating course. Since opening in 2012, SmartLynx ATO has launched the careers of hundreds of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 pilots, earning recognition as one of the leading approved training organizations in the Baltic States. Despite the excellent results young pilots achieve in train...
Neste will supply sustainable aviation fuel to Hotelplan Group, a globally active Swiss travel group in the leisure and business travel sector, to enable Hotelplan to expand the use of SAF across the whole group. Hotelplan purchases unblended, i.e. “neat”, sustainable aviation fuel for a total value of 300,000 Swiss Francs via Neste Impact, a solution that enables companies t...
FAI Air Ambulance Division has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Sector Leadership and Growth Award’ in the Air Ambulance category at the MEA Business Achievement Awards 2024 in Dubai. FAI’s Dubai-based team members accepted the award from Kenneth Mitchen, Executive Director and Publisher, Creative Middle East Media at a prestigious ceremony and gala dinner held a...
Flughafengesellschaft Berlin Brandenburg is offering its passengers at BER an additional digital service since 1 July 2024: BER Biometrics means all travellers can now use various stations when departing from Terminal 1 via facial recognition and, therefore, contactless without showing their boarding pass. This includes printing baggage labels at selected self-service machines, use of the BER Runw...
XTI Aerospace has entered into an agreement with FC Imperial Limited, an affiliate of a private global investment consortium, FinExic Concordia Group, for a proposed strategic equity investment for shares of convertible preferred stock of up to $55 million (the “Maximum Amount”) at a post-money valuation of $275 million, with the successful consummation of the entire transact...
