With the opening of three automatic screening lanes at Chicago O’Hare airport, United Airlines becomes the first carrier to exclusively dedicate automated lanes to a TSA Precheck® security checkpoint in multiple US airports. These lanes at O’Hare will allow up to five passengers to fill bins simultaneously and move through the security checking process more …
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Boeing is taking steps to operate its Defense, Space & Security business more efficiently through facilities consolidations and work movements that will increase employment in Los Angeles County, St. Louis, and Huntsville, Ala. By the end of 2020 Boeing will reduce facilities space by approximately 4.5 million square feet. Along with that, many positions in …
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Spirit AeroSystems announced the installation of a water recycling project, designed to improve factory efficiencies and conserve water. Construction of a dedicated three-mile pipeline has been completed, allowing Spirit to begin purchasing up to 500 million gallons of recycled water per year from the City of Wichita for use in manufacturing aerospace structures. To further …
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GE Aviation and COMAC have signed an MOU on digital collaboration. This agreement brings the cooperation between COMAC and GE to a new level from the aircraft engines and systems to now broadening their relationship to the use data and analytics to bring greater operational efficiency to their operations. Under the agreement, COMAC and GE …
Republic Airways Holdings has taken delivery of a new state-of-the-art Cabin Trainer at the Indianapolis Training Center, where thousands of pilots and flight attendants will use the facility each year. The 15-ton, 60-foot-long Cabin Trainer is a scaled-down version of an Embraer 170/175 interior, complete with a cockpit, galley, two-class seating, lavatory, emergency escape slide …
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INAir Legacy Avionics Solutions, a FAA and EASA Approved Part-145 Certified Repair Station specializing in the support of legacy cockpit CRT displays and instrumentation, has completed a recent brand evolution. Formerly known as INAir Aviation Services, the brand evolution is part of a company-wide initiative to better align to the needs of legacy avionics operators …
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Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and services supplier, and AKR, an Indonesian distributor of chemicals, petroleum, logistics and supply chain solutions, have signed a joint venture agreement. The joint venture company, PT Dirgantara PetroIndo Raya, will operate under the name of Air BP-AKR Aviation with the remit to develop an aviation fuel business …
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Embraer has signed a firm sale for 24 E175 jets with United Airlines. This order represents a transfer of 24 E175 jets previously placed with Republic Airways Holdings, currently in Embraer’s backlog, which will be cancelled. The 24 aircraft ordered by United Airlines are scheduled for delivery in 2017. The contract has a total value …
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ATR and the South-American company Synergy Aerospace have announced an order for the purchase of 12 firm ATR 72-600s, plus 6 options. The aircraft are to be operated by the group’s new subsidiary in Argentina, Avian Líneas Aéreas, branded as Avianca Argentina under a license agreement. The ATR 72-600s will be configured with 72 seats …
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Jet Aviation’s Maintenance Center in Basel recently signed an agreement with an undisclosed customer that will have the company perform its 10th C-Check on a Dassault Falcon F7X. Jet Aviation completed its first C-Check on this aircraft type in April 2015. As a Dassault Falcon Authorized Service Center, Jet Aviation’s Maintenance Center in Basel is …
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