Avtrade’s growth continues with appointment of five new Regional Account Managers

Following the restructure of the sales department, Avtrade appointed five new Regional Account Managers: Zaid Garnie, Cedric Fernandez, Marco Pozzato, Gavin Morris and Francois Rault. As part of their new roles, they will each be responsible for different regions in Europe. Zaid will be responsible for applying his wealth of sales expertise to growing the […]

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RUAG completes major upgrade on a Dassault Falcon 900

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RUAG Aviation‘s Geneva maintenance facility under contract with Malaysia’s Airod Sdn Bhd has recently carried out an extensive upgrade on a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Falcon 900 aircraft. Securing this major check followed a successful relationship in engine and component repair and overhaul between the two organisations on other aircraft types. In addition to

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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Weststar sign order for three Helicopters

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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Weststar General Aviation announced that a contract for three helicopters, one AW119Kx, one GrandNew and one AW169, was signed on March 18th, at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition 2015. With this order, Weststar Group will now start operating AgustaWestland helicopters also for executive/corporate transport services through its subsidiary Weststar General

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Cascade Aerospace conducts first test flight of a foreign military aircraft in BC

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Cascade Aerospace has conducted the first test flight of a foreign military aircraft from its base in Abbotsford, British Columbia. This begins the completion phase of the Mexican Air Force C-130K Maintenance and Modernization program which began in 2014 and marks a significant milestone for the BC Aerospace Industry. Over the past year, engineering teams

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Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 flight tests focus on aerodynamic efficiency

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Boeing has begun several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 to evaluate new technologies to improve commercial aviation’s efficiency, reduce noise and carbon emissions. Boeing is collaborating with TUI Group and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on ecoDemonstrator 757 tests. The 757 flight tests continue the ecoDemonstrator Program’s multi-year effort to accelerate

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Etihad CEO remains elusive over claims Gulf airlines have profited from billions of dollars in subsidies

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In a forceful keynote speech at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 14th Annual Aviation Summit in Washington, DC, Etihad Airways president and CEO, James Hogan, declared that this was the right time and place “to clear the air” regarding accusations from three of the top American airlines that Gulf carriers had been operating unfairly

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ST Aerospace establishes new joint venture for aircraft seating solutions

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ST Aerospace has signed a joint venture agreement with Tenryu Holdings to set up ST Aerospace Aircraft Seats (ST Aerospace Aircraft Seats). The joint venture will have a planned investment of US$29.8m. ST Aerospace will own 90% of ST Aerospace Aircraft Seats’ shares, with the remaining 10% to be held by Tenryu. Based in Singapore,

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental receives FAA approval for 330-minute ETOPS

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Boeing has received 330-minute Extended Operations (ETOPS) approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental. It is the first time a four-engine airplane has received this type of design approval. With this approval, required for four-engine passenger airplanes built after Feb. 2015 to fly beyond 180 minutes from an en-route

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Northrop Grumman selects Wind River for Black Hawk cockpit digitization program

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has selected Wind River VxWorks 653 Platform for its latest helicopter digitization avionics mission equipment package to be integrated onto the Black Hawk UH-60V helicopter. Part of the Wind River product portfolio of safe and secure operating systems, VxWorks 653 is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) platform for supporting delivery of safety-critical,

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Honda Aero receives FAA production certificate for HF120 turbofan jet engine in North Carolina

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Honda Aero has been issued a PART 21 Production Certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). HAI is responsible for the production of the GE Honda Aero Engines (GHAE) HF120 turbofan engine that powers the HondaJet and other GHAE customers’ aircraft. Initial production of the HF120 engines took place at GE’s Lynn facility in

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Avtrade’s growth continues with appointment of five new Regional Account Managers

RUAG completes major upgrade on a Dassault Falcon 900

Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Weststar sign order for three Helicopters

Cascade Aerospace conducts first test flight of a foreign military aircraft in BC

Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 flight tests focus on aerodynamic efficiency

Etihad CEO remains elusive over claims Gulf airlines have profited from billions of dollars in subsidies

ST Aerospace establishes new joint venture for aircraft seating solutions

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental receives FAA approval for 330-minute ETOPS

Northrop Grumman selects Wind River for Black Hawk cockpit digitization program

Honda Aero receives FAA production certificate for HF120 turbofan jet engine in North Carolina

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