Monday, October 28, saw Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (Virgin Galactic) become the first space-tourism enterprise to go public as it traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The listing was the result of a merger with a currently trading shell investment company, Social Capital Hedosophia, and has now secured critical funding …
Cape Air, a U.S. regional airline based in Hyannis, MA, has selected StandardAero to provide engine support services for its fleet of Cessna Caravan aircraft. Under the agreement, StandardAero will provide Cape Air with Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprop engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services from its network of overhaul facilities and service centers …
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GE Aviation has teamed up with Hybrid Project to provide a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAV designed for high-endurance commercial applications at scale. Flight testing will commence in Q4 this year with commercial availability is targeted for Q1 2020. The agreement Hybrid Project’s 35-pound hybrid-powered SuperVolo VTOL UAV enabled with a full stack airborne …
The U.S. Air Force has qualified PPG AEROCRON™ aerospace electrocoat (e-coat) primer to provide corrosion resistance and enhanced topcoat adhesion for aircraft parts. The Air Force initially will coat test parts on a PPG e-coat system that it installed at its Advanced Technology and Training Center in Middle Georgia. The Air Force has issued Airworthiness …
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Alaska Air Group has reported net income for the third quarter of 2019 under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) of US$322 million compared to net income of US$217 millionin the third quarter of 2018. Alaska has reported net income for the third quarter of 2019, excluding merger-related costs and mark-to-market fuel hedge accounting adjustments, of …
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On October 27, Moscow Domodedovo Airport launched its autumn-winter schedule, offering new opportunities and routes for passengers. On the first day of the autumn-winter period, Air Astana transferred its Moscow flights to Domodedovo Airport. The airline is carrying out 11 weekly flights to Nur-Sultan and 2 weekly flights to Almaty. Starting October 28, Ural Airlines …
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EDM, one of the leading global providers of training simulators to the civil aviation and defense sectors, has announced that the installation of Japan Airlines’ Airbus A350 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) has been completed in Tokyo, Japan. Japan Airlines’ new simulator is one of the most advanced that EDM have produced to date. This CEET has …
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HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has signed an agreement with Air Hong Kong (AHK) to provide its Airbus A330-300 freighter fleet with inventory technical management support. The contract covers component MRO, repair management, component pooling, component engineering support services and AOG support. In addition to the Airbus A330-300F, HAECO ITM also provides …
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Finnair and Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, have signed a codeshare agreement in order to provide its passengers enhanced travel opportunities within its networks in Europe. In addition, the new codeshares will also offer good connectivity between Serbia and key destinations in the USA and Asia. According to the new …
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Indonesian investigators have released their final report into the October 29, 2018 crash which killed all 189 passengers and crew on board Flight 610, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet. While the report highlighted the fact that Boeing had acted without adequate oversight from U.S regulators and as a consequence had failed to grasp risks …
