17 July 2015

Europe’s largest airlines lobby EU to produce a more effective aviation strategy

Carrying 420 million passengers in 2014, representing half of all passenger journeys in Europe, five of the region’s major airlines, Air France-KLM, easyJet, IAG, Lufthansa Group and Ryanair have met with the European Union’s Transport Commissioner, Violeta Bulc, to discuss future EU aviation strategy. The move is notable for a number of reasons, including the […]

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Pratt & Whitney holds ceremonial groundbreaking for global headquarters and engineering facility

Pratt & Whitney held a ceremonial groundbreaking on July 16th for its new state-of-the-art 425,000-square-foot building that will serve as the company’s global headquarters and world-class engineering facility. Construction work, which is supported in part by the 2014 Connecticut Aerospace Reinvestment Act, will begin later this year and is scheduled to be completed in late

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Ameco expands facility for VIP and Business Jet completion

Ameco reported that it transferred a retrofitted workshop for VIP and business jet completion from a current facility into its main base. It covers 1600 m² and will be used as interior manufacture workshop. This is the second workshop for interior manufacture following the first one opened in September 2012. In addition, Ameco’s VIP and

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GA Telesis reports asset transactions for Q2 2015

GA Telesis announced its asset transactions for the second quarter of 2015. The company added one MD-11 freighter on lease to FedEx and one CFM56-5A engine to its portfolio. The company sold or leased six ERJ-145 aircraft, four CF34-3 engines, three CFM56-5B engines, two CFM56-5A engines, two A321-100 airframes, two A320 aircraft, two CF6-80C2B1F engines,

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