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New generation AW169 takes centre stage at Helitech 2017

The most modern helicopter in its category is on display at Helitech equipped for emergency medical services The AW169 is part of the Leonardo family of new generation helicopters, which also includes the AW139 and AW189, delivering unique benefits to operators of more than one type Leonardo...

ST Engineering Sets Up Subsidiary for VIP Completion Business

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that its aerospace sector’s VIP completion and refurbishment business division based in San Antonio, US has been incorporated as a subsidiary, AERIA Luxury Interiors, LLC (AERIA) by VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc. (VT SAA) with a...

Heli-One Norway Adds Airbus AS350 Blade Repair Capability

Heli-One Norway, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has added Airbus AS350 blades to their repair and overhaul capabilities. This repair capability gives AS350 operators in the UK and Norway another blade repair option in a fully licensed and OEM-approved facility with short delivery times. Heli-One Norway recently opened a new state-of-the-art bl...

Piper Promotes M-Class Lineup at NBAA

Piper Aircraft, Inc. will promote its economical, top of the line M-Class product line up at the upcoming NBAA's Annual Meeting and Convention. Executives from Piper Aircraft will attend the event along with its dealers and sales agents, to be held October 10-12 in Las Vegas. "The NBAA Convention provides a great opportunity to promote all three of our M-Class products to a wide...

Air Service Basel Launches New Website as Part of New Digital Marketing Strategy

Air Service Basel, a private aviation handling and maintenance facility, recently launched a re-designed website as a part of the latest digital marketing strategy, including the addition of Laura Gambell in the newly created position of Marketing Communications Manager. “I think technology plays a big part in the future of business aviation. I’m glad we could invest in digital mar...

Jet Aviation San Juan resumes full operations; assists with humanitarian relief flights

Jet Aviation San Juan has returned to full FBO operations at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport and is coordinating humanitarian flights bringing relief supplies to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean region. “Our FBO has power and water and can be reached by normal access roads. We’re providing full service including fueling, ground handling,...

Fourth Global 7000 flight test vehicle successfully completes its maiden flight

The fourth Global 7000 flight test vehicle took off from Bombardier’s facility in Toronto earlier today, under clear conditions. Equipped with a cabin interior, FTV4, also known as the “Architect,” will be used for interior validation testing and to confirm the unparalleled comfort, connectivity and productivity that Bombardier customers will experience.

CHC, Leonardo & SKYTRAC Cooperate for Global Real-Time In Flight Safety Data Transfer

CHC Helicopter, in collaboration with Leonardo and SKYTRAC, have successfully completed testing of a real-time Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) and cockpit Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) solution on an AW139 helicopter. An industry first, the technology includes inflight HUMS analysis with real-time air-to-ground exceedance alerts and automated downloads to Leonardo's HeliWise analysi...

Flying Colours makes a carbon copy of original carbon fiber interior

Flying Colours, the North American MRO, refurbishment and completions specialist, has delivered an enhanced carbon-copy of the innovative red, white and black carbon fiber cabin, that was originally designed for a Bombardier Challenger 850 in 2013. The same customer’s pre-owned Bombardier Global Express, left the Canadian company’s Peterborough facility this week, having received an eq...

RUAG completes Gulfstream G550 15-month and 30-month inspection

RUAG Aviation in Munich fulfilled a 15-month and 30-month heavy maintenance inspection on a Gulfstream G550. Long-time partner Sky-Tech Maintenance Service SL awarded the contract which was optimised to include full aircraft painting and engine maintenance. The Gulfstream G550 project ran according to schedule and was delivered to complete customer satisfaction. “The full selection o...

Insight Seminar programme revealed at Helitech International

Europe’s leading rotorcraft event announces speaker line-up at this year’s conference programme The global rotorcraft industry continues to face challenges, with economic uncertainty and the recovering oil and gas industry leading to cautious optimism among operators. To help businesses plan for the future, Helitech International returns at the beginning of October with a series of...

Standing room only for BACA conference sessions and training at ACE17

There was a capacity audience for the BACA training sessions at ACE17, the one-day exhibition and conference which took place on 12th September at Biggin Hill Airport, London. During the morning a number of sessions took place for CEOs and Senior Management, including a presentation by Jeremy Cook of World First, sponsored by Paynode, along with an introduction to Dassault Aviation’s f...

Piaggio Aerospace to participate with Avanti EVO at NBAA-BACE, world's largest business aviation even

Piaggio Aerospace, a leading Italian aircraft manufacturer active in the business and defense and security sectors, today announced it will participate with its Avanti EVO at NBAA-BACE, the National Business Aviation Association - Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition staged in Las Vegas, US, between 10th and 12th October, 2017. The NBAA-BACE is the world's largest business avia...

Deer Jet Awarded as World’s “2017 Seven Stars Private Jet”

The Luxury Panel of the Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards (SSLHLA), made by high profile experts in the fields of luxury hospitality and lifestyle with 330 years of collective experience and knowledge, had selected Deer Jet as the most exceptional brand among nominees including Vista Jet and Qatar Executive. At the Gala Ceremony held in the Greek capital, Deer Jet received the...

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