As part of its continued move away from commercial aviation, Bombardier has announced that it is to sell its aerostructures business to Spirit AeroSystems (Spirit) for US$1 billion in cash and debt. The deal is expected to finalize in the first half of 2020. Spirit will acquire Bombardier’s Belfast plant, another in Morocco and a […]
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American Airlines is hiring an additional 165 aviation maintenance technicians (AMTs) and support positions in 2019, resulting in more than 1,000 new Tech Ops positions added to the company in 2019. The newest positions will be at the airline’s maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma called, Tech Ops — Tulsa. American has recently announced 400 new
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Zurich, Switzerland-based Helvetic Airways officially received its first E190-E2 jet from Embraer. The airline has a contract for a firm order of 12 jets of this model, and purchase rights for a further 12 E190-E2s, with conversion rights to the E195-E2, bringing the total potential order up to 24 E-Jets E2s. This E190-E2 aircraft marks
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Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES Global), a U.K. and EU aerospace design and certification organisation, has been awarded EASA Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for Zero Passenger Configuration. This latest STC (No.10070986) issued by EASA applies to Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 variant aircraft types and allows the operator and lessors to fly aircraft legally with a
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In the third quarter 2019, the Air France-KLM Group posted an operating result of €900 million, down by €165 million compared to last year, impacted by trading environment and fuel bill increase. Net income amounted to €366 million in the third quarter 2019, a decrease of €420 million compared to last year, including non-operating cost
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Barcelona-based airline Volotea has chosen Airbus to train all its pilots following the signing of an exclusive five-year contract. The training, which will commence in January 2020, includes type-rating as well as long-term recurrent training linked to Volotea’s growing fleet of Airbus A319s – which will exceed 50 aircraft in 2023. The organization of the
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Embraer has delivered a total of 44 jets in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), of which 17 were commercial aircraft and 27 were executive jets (15 light and 12 large). As of September 30th, the firm order backlog totaled US$16.2 billion. In the beginning of 3Q19, Embraer has signed a contract with SkyWest, for
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Noel Quinn has been named Senior Proposal Manager for King Aerospace’s government services. He has more than 15 years of experience in CONUS and OCONUS aviation maintenance, management and modification; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); launch operations; and logistics. Previously, Quinn served as proposal manager for Vertex Aerospace, L-3 Vertex Aerospace, AECOM Government Services and
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C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, has completed the sale of one Saab 340B+, MSN 365, to Montrose Global Aircraft Leasing who has plans to lease the aircraft to Air Rarotonga based out of the Cook Islands. This is the second Saab 340 B+ sold by C&L, that will be utilized by Air Rarotonga
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