Virgin Atlantic flight VS025 from London Heathrow to New York was forced to turn back an hour into its flight as a result of ‘injuries’ sustained by the first officer shortly after take-off on Sunday. The incident happened when the plane was approximately 6-7 miles west of Heathrow when the pilot was struck in the […]
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BAE Systems has appointed Charles Woodburn in the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer. Charles will report to Ian King, Chief Executive as an Executive Committee member and will be appointed to the BAE Systems Board as an executive director during the second quarter of 2016
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services – Tailored Support Package’ (FHSTSP) contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for SIA’s 19 A380s. Under this 10-year agreement with Airbus, Singapore Airlines will benefit from the experience and expertise
Waypoint Leasing (Ireland), an independent global helicopter leasing company, announced the opening of two new regional offices, covering the company’s operations in Australia and Africa/The Middle East, respectively. Waypoint’s Australia office, located in Brisbane, will be launched in April 2016 and led by Waypoint executive Chris Wakefield. Establishing the office will further bolster Waypoint’s presence
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Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completions, and refurbishment company has begun work on an extension of its cabinetry finishing shop at its Peterborough, ON. facilities in Canada. A further 6500 ft² of space will be added to increase workflow capacity resulting from a rise in customer demand for refurbishment and completion projects. The
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AJW Aviation will continue to provide full ATA Chapter power-by-the-hour support for low cost cargo operator Air Incheon’s growing fleet of Boeing aircraft. The contract commenced in 2013 and has been extended for a further two years. It also includes a main base kit consignment that is located by AJW at Incheon International Airport in
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André Wall has assumed his duties as Iberia’s new Chief Technical Officer, on February 15th, 2015, responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Iberia fleet as well as those of the more than 100 airline customers of Iberia Maintenance. A graduate in Industrial Engineering from Berlin’s TFH Technical University, Wall has had
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AerFin reported the delivery of one Airbus A340-300, MSN 142, from Cathay Pacific Airlines during February. MSN 142 is the fifth aircraft to be delivered to AerFin as part of the end-of-life solution for Cathay Pacific’s fleet of 11 A340-300 aircraft. This aircraft will be disassembled for spare parts recovery, with serviceable inventory stored at
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On February 15th Pratt & Whitney officially opened its first manufacturing facility in Singapore, through its subsidiary P&W NGPF Manufacturing Company Singapore. The 180,000 ft² (approximately 16,000 m²) facility, located at Seletar Aerospace Park, will produce fan blades and other key components for Pratt & Whitney’s new PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family. With about
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German Aircraft Maintenance GmbH, an engineering company certified according to EASA Part 145, now offers a much wider range of maintenance and repair operations at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport. For the future and in addition to Line Maintenance, the company is able to offer Base Maintenance services for a variety of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The maintenance
