It was on the 17th July 2014 that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in the war-torn Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine killing all 298 passengers and crew on board. On the 13th October the Dutch Safety Board released its final report in which it concluded the aircraft had been struck by a BUK surface-to-air (SAM) […]
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Formula Systems have entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase of TSG – a subsidiary and the military arm of Ness Technologies, engaged in the fields of command and control systems, intelligence, homeland security and Cyber security. The total purchase price in the transaction will be US$50m in cash
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for November showing continued strong traffic growth above the 10-year average rate of 5.6%. Total revenue passenger kilometers rose 5.9% compared to the year-ago period. Although below the October rate of 7.1%, this largely was owing to the impact of factors that are expected
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Alaska Airlines’ board of directors has elected Kurt Kinder vice president of maintenance and engineering. In his new role, Kinder will lead approximately 1,000 employees and oversee all safety, compliance and operational performance of Alaska’s fleet of 147 Boeing 737s. He will officially begin this position on Jan. 16th, 2016.
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Boeing and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract extension, following several weeks of discussions. SPEEA’s Executive Board and Bargaining Unit Councils have endorsed the offer, which will be put up for a vote by the membership from Jan. 27th to Feb. 10th, 2016
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C&L has completed the sale of a Saab 340B to Airlink International in the Ukraine. The transaction marks the second sale and a years-long relationship between the two companies. Airlink has twice flown their aircraft from Europe to C&L’s Bangor, Maine, facility for maintenance. Airlink leases many of their Saabs out on an ACMI (Aircraft,
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Embraer delivered 33 commercial and 45 business jets, 25 of which are light jets and 20 are large, during the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15). The company ended the full year with 101 aircraft delivered to the commercial airline market and 120 to the executive aviation market, totaling 82 light and 38 large business jets.
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Avio-Diepen continues to provide solutions to optimize the supply chain in aerospace industry and now offers a new services in finding real-time pricing and inventory levels information for aircraft parts through PartsBase. “Quick response times and reliable information are critical for aircraft parts buyers.” says Ben Nieuwland, Corporate Marketing Manager at Avio-Diepen. “This new real-time
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ExxonMobil Mobil Jet Oil 387, a synthetic High Performance Capability (HPC)* turbine engine oil, is now fully approved for use in a range of GE Aviation’s GE90 engines including the GE 90-76B, GE 90-85B, GE 90-90B, GE 90-94B, GE 90-110B1 and GE 90-115B. First introduced by GE Aviation in 1995 for use on the Boeing
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