According to Reuters, the White House has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Boeing for two new 747-8 jets to replace the current Air Force One planes, two Boeing VC-25As which began operations back in 1990. According to Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, “President Trump has reached an informal deal with Boeing on …
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Dubai Airports has confirmed plans to close Dubai International’s (DXB) southern runway for a 45-day period in 2019 to conduct a comprehensive upgrade designed to boost safety, service and capacity levels. DXB operates 24/7, 365 days per year with over 1,100 aircraft movements per day featuring predominantly wide-body aircraft. While ongoing runway maintenance is scheduled …
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GA Telesis, LLC has announced the promotion of Meghan Burgan to Vice President of Programs and Repair Management. Meghan will oversee and manage all flight hour programs, inventory leasing and repair management activities for the Component Solutions Group (CSG) within GA Telesis. Bringing two decades of aviation aftermarket experience with her, Meghan joined GA Telesis …
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Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, is expanding its partnership with CHC through the placement of a second Airbus Helicopters H175 aircraft with the operator. The helicopter is due to enter service in December 2018 and will be supporting CHC’s operations in the UK. This will be LCI’s second aircraft …
FAI Technik, the maintenance division of Germany’s FAI Aviation Group, has reported record financial results in 2017 achieving revenues of €9.7m for the first time in the company’s history. The division’s revenues mark a significant increase of 40% compared with 2016. The company inaugurated its new 4,500 m² carbon neutral Hangar 8 last year, the …
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Specialist aircraft component support provider Bii, is continuing to secure a wide range of contractual support programmes with operators of all sizes across the globe. In particular Russia, the Baltics, Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East have shown dramatic growth in the past twelve months. CEO Francis Cradock …
Air Transport Services Group has hired Mike Berger as Chief Commercial Officer. Berger will assume responsibility for the sales and marketing strategy and execution for the ATSG family of companies, and will also be President of Airborne Global Solutions, ATSG’s commercial and consulting enterprise responsible for selling the bundled solutions of the ATSG family of …
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Component Control, a CAMP Systems International Company, has released Quantum STEP (Q-STEP), a low cost service for Aviation Traders and Logistics Companies. Quantum STEP (Stock Trading Enterprise Platform) extends the capabilities of StockMarket.aero’s aviation parts marketplace to offer a comprehensive ERP service for traders. The service includes several features of Quantum’s core aviation software that …
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Robinson Helicopter Company produced 305 helicopters in 2017. The R44 led the way with 174, followed by seventy-seven R66s. According to data supplied by Rolls Royce, the R66 fleet logged approximately 185,000 hours in 2017, bringing its total fleet hours to 735,000. Cadet production was steady at twenty, and the R22 came in at thirty-four. …
The first Boeing 787-9 aircraft was welcomed into the fleet of Mallorca-based airline Air Europa on February 26. Air Europa already owns eight 787-8 Dreamliners and has 15 aircraft on order of the stretched 787-9 version, all of which are due to be delivered in the coming years. From its Madrid-Barajas hub, Air Europa mainly …
