On the 17th May it was revealed that the Portuguese government had received three offers for their share of Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, SGPS, S.A (TAP). The government’s 66% stake in the airline is to be split as 61% available to investors and 5% to airline staff. However the 5% has already been a bone of […]
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Ray Sisson has tendered his resignation to the Board, and will leave AWAS on 4th June 2015. Ray Sisson wants to take his career into a different direction, having achieved the business’s goals since he took on the role of President and CEO in 2010. Until the Board appoints a successor for Ray Sisson, senior
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Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Rockwell Collins’ new visual system that combines the JVC Kenwood VS2500 laser-hybrid projector with Rockwell Collins’ industry-leading EP-8000 image generator. The new visual system will be installed on the airline’s first Airbus A350 XWB full flight simulator this month in Hong Kong. The VS2500 projector brings together the new extended
Honeywell Aerospace is supplying its advanced Primus Epic cockpit technologies to Dassault’s newly unveiled Falcon 5X. Primus Epic’s latest enhanced features have been customized for Dassault’s EASy III cockpit. The new plane combines safety, performance and new capabilities while achieving the lowest fuel consumption in its category. “Dassault wanted to create one of the most
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flew its first Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built C-17A Globemaster III equipped with a new advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) and imagery display system, providing the flight crew and passengers with unprecedented situational awareness. Boeing installed the high-speed SATCOM system to support the RAAF’s ‘Plan Jericho,’ an initiative to transform the Australian
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for April showing robust demand growth compared to April 2014. Total revenue passenger kilometers rose 5.9%. April capacity increased by 6.1%, and load factor slipped 0.1 points to 79.4%. Domestic demand grew by 7.2%, outpacing international demand which grew by 5.2% compared to April
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AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, has signed an agreement to acquire Belcan Corporation (“Belcan”), an engineering services and technical staffing provider in the aerospace, power generation and industrial markets. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the third quarter of 2015.
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For the month of May, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 82.3%, versus 83.3% in May 2014, on a system-wide capacity increase of 9.8%. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for May increased 8.5%.
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Jazz Aviation, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation released that its dispatchers, represented by the Canadian Air Line Dispatchers Association (‘CALDA’), have ratified their tentative agreement reached on May 27th, 2015. The term of the agreement is just under 11 years; expiring on December 31st, 2025. CALDA represents 62 dispatchers employed at Jazz. The term of
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AirTanker has signed a full component and consumable support contract with AJW Aviation. The agreement commenced on May 1st and includes the supply of Main Base Kit from AJW Leasing and is initially to support one A330-200. AirTanker is the market leading operator of the A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport), a derivative of the
