19 March 2015

Upholding of ‘Double Jeopardy’ rule sees Airbus insider trading trial halted

It was back in March 2006 that seven current and former managers and two former industrial shareholders chose to sell their shares in Airbus. Subsequent events saw a costly delay to the production of the A380, and a costly change made to the strategy for the A 350, which only entered service this year.It was […]

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Fokker partners with Blue Air for introduction of TCAS 7.1 in their Boeing 737 fleet

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has received the order from Romanian operator Blue Air for the introduction of TCAS 7.1 modification on their 11 ea B737 fleet. The development of version 7.1 of the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) was initiated by EUROCONTROL and will bring improvements such as to the reversal logic by

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Avtrade’s growth continues with appointment of five new Regional Account Managers

Following the restructure of the sales department, Avtrade appointed five new Regional Account Managers: Zaid Garnie, Cedric Fernandez, Marco Pozzato, Gavin Morris and Francois Rault. As part of their new roles, they will each be responsible for different regions in Europe. Zaid will be responsible for applying his wealth of sales expertise to growing the

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RUAG completes major upgrade on a Dassault Falcon 900

RUAG Aviation‘s Geneva maintenance facility under contract with Malaysia’s Airod Sdn Bhd has recently carried out an extensive upgrade on a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Falcon 900 aircraft. Securing this major check followed a successful relationship in engine and component repair and overhaul between the two organisations on other aircraft types. In addition to

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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Weststar sign order for three Helicopters

Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Weststar General Aviation announced that a contract for three helicopters, one AW119Kx, one GrandNew and one AW169, was signed on March 18th, at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition 2015. With this order, Weststar Group will now start operating AgustaWestland helicopters also for executive/corporate transport services through its subsidiary Weststar General

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Cascade Aerospace conducts first test flight of a foreign military aircraft in BC

Cascade Aerospace has conducted the first test flight of a foreign military aircraft from its base in Abbotsford, British Columbia. This begins the completion phase of the Mexican Air Force C-130K Maintenance and Modernization program which began in 2014 and marks a significant milestone for the BC Aerospace Industry. Over the past year, engineering teams

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Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 flight tests focus on aerodynamic efficiency

Boeing has begun several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 to evaluate new technologies to improve commercial aviation’s efficiency, reduce noise and carbon emissions. Boeing is collaborating with TUI Group and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on ecoDemonstrator 757 tests. The 757 flight tests continue the ecoDemonstrator Program’s multi-year effort to accelerate

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