IATA (International Air Transport Association) has become a formal complainant in an investigation being performed by the EC’s Directorate General for Competition (DG-COMP) in relation to suspected abuse of dominant positions by aircraft equipment manufacturers. Last year, questionnaires were sent out by the DG-COMP to a number of industry stakeholders in which they asked for […]
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For the year ended 31st December 2015, the Virgin Atlantic Group is reporting a profit before tax and exceptional items of £22.5m. This represents an improvement of £10.1m on the previous year’s result when adjusted for IFRS reporting and is driven by growth at both Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays. Virgin Holidays performed strongly and
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Avianor has reported that its second quarter event schedule has surpassed 30 scheduled visits necessitating the addition of 150 additional technicians and facilities expansion. In addition to regular maintenance scheduled in support of the company’s contract with L-3-MAS to perform heavy maintenance on the DND CC-150 (A310) aircraft, the company has inducted the first of
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Heli Charter and ITP have signed an hourly-based service support contract (PbH or Power-by-the-hour) that will cover the full maintenance services of the PW207D1 engines powering the British company’s fleet of Bell 429 helicopters. The term of the contract will be ten years. ITP is a Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for the repair and overhaul
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The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine has taken to the skies for the first time, starting a series of test flights. The engine – sporting its “Perfect TEN” bowling graphic on the nacelle – flew on the Rolls-Royce Flying Test Bed aircraft, a Boeing 747, at Tucson, Arizona, USA. The Trent 1000 TEN (Thrust, Efficiency
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Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation announced Senior Management Changes. Captain Bob Frisch has been named to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Bob Frisch will report directly to President and CEO Christine Deister, and will lead all Air Wisconsin operations and departments in support of the company’s Flying,
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Fort Worth-based Novaria Group announced the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Ferco Tech, L&E Engineering, and GGF Manufacturing. The three business units, collectively operating as Ferco Aerospace, supply the world’s largest aircraft engine manufacturers with high-strength and temperature-resistant brackets, tube assemblies, and other exotic metal fabrications. These acquisitions are highly complementary to Novaria’s
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C&L Aviation has named Larry Dean as President of C&L Jet, a division of C&L Aviation that assists customers around the world with aircraft sales and acquisitions. Dean, formerly of Citigroup, Honeywell, Jet aviation and Atlantic Aviation, has more than 30 years of experience in the private jet industry. Dean began his career at Dassault
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Monarch Aircraft Engineering announced a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Shaheen Air International. The agreement will see MAEL’s engineers provide Airbus A330 maintenance support for Shaheen Air International’s operation into Manchester Airport which commenced on the 16th March 2016. Neil Kirby, Sales Manager at Monarch Aircraft Engineering, said: “We welcome Shaheen Air International to
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