Heike Tamm

AAR awarded MRO contract with Royal Netherlands Air Force to service F-16 jet fuel starter

AAR has been awarded a three-year contract by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to perform maintenance, repair and overhaul on F-16 jet fuel starters. AAR will service the jet fuel starters in its component repair facility in Amsterdam, where AAR has been supporting European Participating Air Forces (EPAF) for over 30 years as a […]

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AVIAA enhances supplier portfolio with New World Aviation

AVIAA, the global group purchasing organization for business aviation, has announced the broadening of its maintenance services available to members through a new strategic partnership with New World Aviation based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Conveniently located at the Lehigh Valley International Airport just outside of the busy New York City / Teterboro / Philadelphia corridor, and

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Lufthansa returns to New York’s JFK International Airport with flights to and from Frankfurt

The Lufthansa Group continues to ramp up its services to the United States, resuming flights to its key, global gateways. On Monday, July 27, the Group’s flagship carrier, Lufthansa, resumes service to New York’s JFK International Airport, operating five weekly flights to and from the airline’s largest hub in Frankfurt, Germany.  Lufthansa is continuing to

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Trive Capital Partners with Field Aerospace through structured capital investment

Trive Capital (Trive), the Dallas-based private equity firm, has announced its recent partnership with Field Aerospace (Field).  Field operates out of three facilities located in the U.S. and Canada, specializing in aircraft integration, engineering, modification, and support services for government, aerospace, and defense customers. The company has a 70+ year operating history in aircraft modification

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Panasonic Avionics appoints Joe Bentley as CTO Lake Forest

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) has announced the appointment of Joe Bentley as Chief Technology Officer. Bentley will be responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s software and systems engineering teams, cloud, hardware, and IT/security.  He will serve as a key member of Panasonic’s executive team and be directly responsible for an organization of over 800

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Vallair signs MoU with CHAMP Cargosystems to develop first cargo management system for Airbus A321 freighter

Vallair, the mature aircraft and asset specialist, and launch customer for the A321 freighter conversion (A321F), has signed an MoU with CHAMP Cargosystems to develop the first cargo management system for its prototype freighter conversion. Based in Luxembourg, CHAMP is one of the leading suppliers of integrated IT solutions for the air cargo industry. Vallair

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FAA issues Emergency Directive over potential Boeing 737 NG and Classic dual-engine failure

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive relating to potential corrosion problems on parked-up Boeing 737 NG and Classic jets that could lead to catastrophic dual-engine failure if not immediately addressed. The problems involve approximately 2,000 of the 737 variants which have been parked up as consequence of the devastating

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S7 Technics to start producing tactile stickers in braille for aircraft interiors

S7 Technics specialists are the first in Russia who have released sets of stickers in braille, which will be used to equip the cabins of aircraft of Russian airlines. In accordance with the Order of the Russian Ministry of Transport No. 290 dated 02.08.2018, which sets out the requirements of the Federal Agency for Air Transport of

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American Express to make payment to IAG Loyalty of approximately £750 million

International Airlines Group (IAG) has extended its worldwide commercial partnership with American Express. Under the agreement American Express will make a payment to IAG Loyalty of approximately £750 million (US$968 million), a significant part of which is a pre-purchase of Avios points that American Express will utilise in the U.K. and world-wide for its British

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