German air rescue service DRF Luftrettung has taken delivery of the first of 20 EC145 T2 from Airbus Helicopters in Donauwoerth. This new version of the EC145, certified in April 2014, is powered by the latest member of the Arriel family, the Arriel 2E. Certified in January 2013 by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), […]
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Triumph Group reported financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30th, 2014. Net sales for the fiscal first quarter of 2015 were $896.9m, a 5% decrease compared to fiscal first quarter 2014 net sales of $943.7m. Organic sales for the quarter decreased 6% primarily due to production rate cuts
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Gogo, a global aero-communications service provider, announced that Aircell, the company’s business aviation division, has rebranded as Gogo Business Aviation. The Aircell brand can be traced back 23 years to the company’s original founding in 1991. Gogo Business Aviation will build on the Aircell tradition using the same people, passion and culture of innovation that
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the appointment of Rodolfo “Rudy” Quevedo as Director of Safety. On September 2nd, 2014, Quevedo joined IATA’s Safety and Flight Operations team and will be based in Montreal. He will be responsible for Cabin Safety, Safety Management Systems (SMS), and Global Aviation Data Management (GADM). Quevedo comes to
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A new chapter has been opened in the quest to make commercial air transport more environmentally and economically sustainable, with the agreement by Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre to jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. The initial three-year project, which will be undertaken
Rockwell Collins released that Jeffrey D. MacLauchlan has been appointed senior vice president, Corporate Development, for the company, effective Sept. 15th, 2014. MacLauchlan will succeed Dr. Barry Abzug, who has announced his intent to retire in December. MacLauchlan will be responsible for the company’s corporate strategy, merger/acquisition and joint venture, investor relations, enterprise communications and
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed an agreement to acquire Swissport’s cargo business at Copenhagen Airport, reinforcing its position as the largest independent cargo handler in Denmark. Under the terms of the agreement, Swissport will transfer all business activities to WFS on 1st October 2014. WFS will take over Swissport’s 4,200m² cargo terminal at Copenhagen
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FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has acquired two Airbus A330-300 aircraft manufactured in 2013 and on lease to a leading airline in Asia in a sale and lease-back transaction. FLY now has a fleet of 122 aircraft on lease to more than 65 airlines in over 35 countries.
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