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...
BAA Training, one of the leading aviation training centres in Northern Europe, and Avion Express, an airline headquartered in Vilnius, have announced new collaboration to support future aviation talents. Under the partnership BAA Training will prepare pilots to fill vacancies for the expanding fleet of Airbus A319, A320, and A321 aircraft operated by Avion Express. The initial pilot training pr...
The Latvian airline airBaltic in October, 2017 celebrates its 22nd anniversary since the launch of commercial operations. On October 1, 1995 airBaltic operated the first commercial flight from Riga to Stockholm with the aircraft SAAB 340. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “In 22 years airBaltic has grown as a stable Baltic carrier with convenient connections, wide...
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...
Investment of just under 60 million euros Around 200 cutting-edge workplaces Focus on strong growth for the future A grand ceremony took place in the presence of Hesse's Minister for Finance, Dr. Thomas Schäfer, today to mark the opening of the new wheels and brakes workshop by Lufthansa Technik AG at the Frankfurt East Harbor location. Taking just two years...
GE announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between its Aviation and Automation and Control business units to develop an integrated control hub to unlock the potential of the Industrial Internet in tough environments. A derivative of the technology used in the Boeing 787 and Lockheed Martin F-35, aerospace controllers offer very high reliability despite operating in the most challeng...
New partner airlines with complimentary networks join Worldwide by easyJet, selling stand-alone tickets on easyJet’s website. • Italian long haul airline NEOS signed up to offer flights from Italy to a range of exciting holiday destinations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East • Guernsey’s airline Aurigny signed up as a partner airline provides Channel Isl...
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 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,...
Intelsat 37e designed to adapt to surges in connectivity needs Boeing has 100 percent satellite launch success rate this year Boeing has successfully supported seven out of seven satellite launches this year, including today’s launch of a 702 high-throughput digital payload satellite, built for Intelsat. Intelsat 37e sent and received its first signals from space shortly after...
First of eight Brazilian Navy Super Lynx Mk21A helicopters to undergo major upgrade. The first three upgraded aircraft will be delivered in 2018 and will provide increased aircraft performance and mission effectiveness. Latest milestone in the long standing partnership between Leonardo and the Brazilian Navy with the Lynx helicopter. Leonardo is pleased to announce the successful...
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.
Airbus Defence and Space today delivered the 50th A400M new generation airlifter to the German Air Force marking a key milestone for an aircraft which is transforming the world of air mobility. The aircraft, known as MSN59, is the twelfth to be delivered this year at the Final Assembly Line in Seville and the thirteenth to be accepted by Germany. The A400M is steadily becoming the b...
Winning Australian start-up to visit Toulouse to meet European space experts Airbus and other industry players yesterday held a New Space and Innovation competition at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2017 in Adelaide. The initiative demonstrates the commitment of Airbus and its partners to support the development of Australia’s space sector. The event was organised in co...
The civil aviation market is expected to grow by 5% annually, creating the demand for around 40,000 aircraft in the next two decades, according to estimates of both Airbus and Boeing. This provides plenty of opportunities for lessors, but the aircraft leasing market is a highly competitive field, and high returns are not always possible. How to be successful in such a challenging market? AviaAM Le...
In response to increased market demand for robust connectivity solutions for small- to mid-size business aircraft, Satcom Direct has designed and developed the SD LTE Hub, which has received PMA (Parts Manufacturer Approval) from the FAA. When it is launched at this year’s NBAA – booth C11420 – the compact router will be the smallest form factor on the market, yet is capabl...
Magnetic MRO, Estonian headquartered Total Technical Care Partner referring to its integrated MRO services and innovative solutions, is getting ready to announce another technological milestone. The company has signed an agreement with Operose OÜ, a local provider for B2B augmented and virtual reality solutions in Estonia, in order to develop a HoloLens application which will result in allowi...
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, today outlined a strategy to progressively decarbonise and reduce noise from aviation operations. A collaboration with US company Wright Electric will support the goal for short haul flights to be operated by all-electric planes. Wright Electric has set itself the challenge of building an all-electric commercial passenger jet capable of flying passengers...
Air Partner plc (“Air Partner” or “Group“), the global aviation services group, today reports results for the six months to 31 July 2017. July 2017 July 2016 Change (%) Gross Transaction Value £135.5m £112.9m 20.0...
Contributions directed to areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria Boeing and The Boeing Charitable Trust are committing an additional $1 million to assist with hurricane disaster relief in areas affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the company announced today. In addition to a previous commitment of $1 million from The Boeing Charitable Trust for Hurricane Harvey recovery and...
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...
