January 11, 2016

Flight recorders recovered after crash of West Atlantic CRJ200 in Sweden

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Following the crash of a West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 in Sweden late at night on January 7th , Swedish accident investigators have confirmed that though extensively damaged, both the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) together with it memory functions, have now all been recovered from the crash site. Flight PT294 […]

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Premier Aviation completes purchase of Discovery Air Technical Services

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Premier Aviation Overhaul Centre (Premier) and Discovery Air Technical Services (DATS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Air, released that Premier has now completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of DATS on January 8th, 2016. The parties previously announced Premier’s offer to purchase DATS on June 22nd, 2015. Premier Aviation is a

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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s new Malaysian plant delivers first brake heat sink to AirAsia

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A year after its official inauguration, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s new plant in Sendayan, Malaysia delivered its first heat sink to AirAsia, for use on the Airbus A320. The heat sink is a stack of carbon disks comprising the airplane’s brake. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty chose Malaysia to set up its new carbon disk production and refurbishment plant in this region,

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Southwest Airlines reports December traffic

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Southwest Airlines reported its December, fourth quarter traffic statistics. Traffic increased 8.6% while capacity increased 8.3%, compared with December 2014. The December 2015 load factor was at 83.0%, compared with 82.7% in December 2014.

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Jota Aviation accepts Avro RJ85

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The Jota Group has purchased a BAE Systems’ Avro RJ85 regional jet from Falko, an ex SN Brussels Airlines aircraft, to add to Jota Aviation’s current BAe 146-200 and King Air turboprop fleet. The aircraft was delivered on Friday, 8th January. Now plans are underway to employ an additional 12 to 15 flight crew, pilots

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Alcoa signs long-term contract with GE Aviation

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Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, has signed a long-term contract with GE Aviation for jet engine components in an agreement valued at more than US$1.5bn over the contract life. Under the deal, Alcoa will supply advanced nickel-based superalloy, titanium and aluminum components for a broad range of GE Aviation

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Icelandair becomes STG Aerospace’s launch customer for SuperSeal UltraLite on 767 platform

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Icelandair has selected STG Aerospace’s next generation saf-Tglo SuperSeal UltraLite (SSUL) photoluminescent floorpath lighting for its 767 aircraft, becoming the first 767 operator for this newly certified system. A long-standing customer of STG Aerospace, Icelandair is already in the process of upgrading its 757 fleet from saf-Tglo SuperSeal Lite (SSL) to the new SSUL version. Highly

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ATR appoints new Senior Vice-President Engineering

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Alessandro Amendola has been appointed as new Senior Vice-President Engineering of ATR. He will be responsible for all the engineering activities related to the fields of certification and airworthiness, customization, systems and propulsion, structures, flight tests, flight technologies, support, and quality, processes and methods. He will also closely work with the Programs directorate, providing engineering

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BAA Training receives CAAV approval to provide A320 training

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Global aviation training provider, BAA Training, recently expanded its aviation training approval list by receiving certificate from Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). According to the document, BAA Training complied with Vietnam Civil Aviation Authorities’ regulations and is empowered to operate as the Approved Training Organization providing Airbus A320 type rating course and Multi Crew

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Finnair traffic performance in December 2015