June 23, 2020

Textron ceases flight simulator production in Canada – up to 2,000 jobs to go

Textron Inc (Textron) has announced that its plant in Montreal, Canada, which manufactures flight simulators is to suspend production until further notice, endangering approaching 2,000 jobs across a number of business units. The suspension of operations is as a result of the effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on the travel industry. Textron also anticipates […]

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Alaska Airlines starts flying Embraer 175 jet to state of Alaska

Airlines & Routes

Alaska Airlines will start flying the Embraer 175 jet aircraft in the state of Alaska starting in October 2020. The E175, operated by regional partner Horizon Air, will serve select markets in Alaska. The E175 aircraft compliments the current Boeing 737 mainline flying in, to and from the state of Alaska and is perfect for

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Seeker Aircraft announces business affiliation with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Arabian Development & Marketing

Airlines & Routes

Seeker Aircraft has announced that the Seeker, a mission specific, light observation aircraft, designed and developed for surveillance missions, is now available for purchase from Arabian Development & Marketing Co. (ADMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This relationship marks the first expansion for Seeker Aircraft into the Middle East. “Engaging with ADMC as an official Seeker Aircraft

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Air France-KLM appoints Henri de Peyrelongue Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales

People

Henri de Peyrelongue has been appointed Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales Air France-KLM, as of July 1, 2020. He will lead the current organization “Sales and Alliances” and will join the Group Executive Committee. He will report to Benjamin Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the Air France-KLM Group. Henri De Peyrelongue is currently Senior Vice

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Travelport and Air Canada have signed a new content distribution agreement

Air Canada closes two additional financing transactions for net proceeds of CA$1.23 billion

Financial

Air Canada has closed two additional financing transactions for net proceeds of CA$1.23 billion. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020, Air Canada has raised CA$5.5 billion of liquidity. On June 22, 2020, Air Canada completed a private offering of CA$840 million aggregate principal amount of 9.00% Second Lien

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Airbus to upgrade training capabilities of German Eurofighter pilots

Military & Defense

Airbus, acting as the main contractor within the industrial Pilot Synthetic Training System (PSTS) consortium, has been awarded two contracts to extend the Eurofighter PSTS at the Main Operating Base (MOB) in Laage and introduce state-of-the-art simulator cockpits at all Eurofighter MOBs in Germany. The first contract includes the upgrade of existing Full Mission Simulators

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Inflite The Jet Centre adds Bombardier Global 700 Series to its approvals

Uncategorized

Inflite The Jet Centre (ITFC), part of the Inflite group of companies, based at London Stansted Airport, will add base maintenance capability for the Bombardier Aviation Global Express (BD700 Series). Capability for both line and base MRO is now active under ITJC’s Part 145 organization EASA rating. Further applications are in process to add the

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Virgin Galactic signs Space Act agreement with NASA for private orbital spaceflight to International Space Station (ISS)

Aircraft & Engines

Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated aerospace company, has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) while enabling the development of a robust economy in Low Earth Orbit. Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will develop a new private orbital

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