Up until Wednesday’s Germanwings’ A320 crash, only airlines falling under the authority of the FAA operated a mandatory presence of two crew at all times in a plane’s cockpit during flights. In the event either the pilot or co-pilot needed to use the rest room, a member of the cabin crew, usually the most senior, […]
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C&L Aerospace delivered a completely refurbished Saab 340B to Pacific Coastal this week. The aircraft was previously operated by Pinnacle Airlines and was one of fourteen aircraft C&L purchased from Delta Airlines. The aircraft has undergone a complete overhaul, with all new interior and paint, at C&L’s Bangor, Maine, headquarters. It will operate from Pacific
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Bruce Aerospace has been awarded a contract to supply LED lamp replacements for the various versions of the SAAB 340 and 2000 Series Aircraft. The Bruce LED Lamp offers a Plug & Play replacement for the existing T5 fluorescent lamps. This modification involves removal of the existing ballast units which in turn will increase reliability
airberlin reported a preliminary operating result (EBIT) of €-278.8m to €-303.8m in the 2014 fiscal year (2013: €-231.9m) – a business year dominated by high restructuring costs. Total revenue for 2014 was €4.16bn (2013: €4.15bn) – an increase of 0.3% from the previous year. Allowing for expenses of €85m-€110m, which were incurred for the turnaround,
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Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, delivered a new A321 aircraft to Philippine Airlines (PAL). The delivery is Avolon’s sixth aircraft on lease to PAL, comprising five A320 family aircraft and one A330 aircraft.
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On December 30th, 2014, Finnair signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Doric Asset Finance GmbH for the sale and leaseback of six ATR72 aircraft. The transaction has now been concluded. The value of the transaction was approximately €80m and it has a positive impact of approximately €30m on Finnair operating profit in 2015. The
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AeroWorx has been approved by Honeywell Aerospace as an Authorized Mechanical Service Center. AeroWorx is located in Torrance, CA and is a leading FAA repair station provider of pneumatic, hydraulic, electromechanical and fuel system repair and overhaul services for military and commercial aircraft. Besides being one of just a handful of Honeywell Authorized Mechanical Service
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ENAER and Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi officially announced the signing of an industrial cooperation agreement under the form of a Memorandum of Understanding. According with the agreement, the Chilean aeronautics company, ENAER and Alenia Aermacchi will collaborate on the logistic support of the C-27J, worldwide considered as the benchmark in the new-generation, medium battlefield airlifter category, and
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Having originally taken a 3% stake in Aer Lingus in May 2012 and increased that by acquiring a further 4.5% last year, Etihad Airways has announced that should the deal to sell Aer Lingus to IAG be backed by the Irish government, they would be prepared to sell off their stake in the airline. The
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