British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA), the pilots’ union which represents 400 of Thomas Cook’s 560 pilots, has confirmed that a vote cast by 88 percent of the carrier’s pilots last Friday was in favor of industrial action. The vote was the result of 8 months of failed negotiations over pay and benefits. Currently Thomas Cook […]
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PPG has named Mark Hood plant manager of its Sylmar, California, aerospace transparencies facility and Steve Kight to succeed him as global market director for general aviation transparencies. In addition to leading Sylmar plant operations, Hood is responsible for partnering with PPG’s aerospace transparencies engineering and business platform teams to continue driving operational success and
Airbus Helicopters and IAR, Romania’s leading aerospace company, have decided to extend their exclusive cooperation on the H215M multirole helicopter. Under this general agreement IAR will become the prime contractor for the H215M for any future order by the Romanian Ministry of Defense to replace their ageing fleet. Initially signed for 5 years, the agreement
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AAR released that its OEM Aftermarket Solutions group has signed an exclusive agreement with the Power and Data Systems (PDS) Business of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense to be its exclusive worldwide military aftermarket distributor supporting military helicopter, transport, fighter and special missions aircraft. The AMETEK products that are covered by the global agreement are specifically
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Universal Avionics Software Version SCN 31.1 for the UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management Unit (CMU) has received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO). The software upgrade provides an optional configuration for Aeronautical Telecommunications Network Baseline 1 (ATN B1) Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) and Context Management functions required for the European mandate, formerly known as Link 2000+.
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HEICO Corporation has reported that net income increased 9% to US$45.7m in the third quarter of fiscal 2017, up from US$42.0m in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. In the first nine months of fiscal 2017, net income increased 18% to US$132.3m up from US$111.9m in the first nine months of fiscal 2016. Operating income
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has delivered an Airbus A320-200 aircraft to new customer, flyadeal. The delivery took place at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany, and represents the first aircraft in the flyadeal fleet. The Dubai-based lessor has agreed to lease eight Airbus A320 family aircraft to the new Saudi Arabian low cost airline. All
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