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Honeywell to move global headquarters to Charlotte

Honeywell has released that it will relocate its global corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, a business- and family-friendly city close to several of Honeywell’s businesses in the Southeast United States. Honeywell also announced it will relocate the headquarters of its Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS) business group from Fort Mill, South Carolina, to Charlotte. […]

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Donaldson welcomes Rotorcraft Account Executive Vince Testa to Aerospace & Defense team

Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, has hired Vince Testa as Senior Account Executive for Rotorcraft. Testa will be responsible for growing domestic and international rotorcraft OEM sales for Donaldson Aerospace & Defense. “Vince brings a wealth of knowledge and experience,” said Lars Hesbjerg, Sales Director, Aerospace & Defense. “His understanding of

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AAR awarded US$51 million aircraft maintenance and logistics support services contract

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has awarded AAR, the global aviation services provider, a five-year contract to perform full maintenance and logistical support services for its Boeing 737 series aircraft owned and operated by the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS) in Oklahoma City, Okla. The agreement is valued at US$51 million. AAR will

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Oriens Aviation moves into flight training

Oriens Aviation, the exclusive UK Pilatus Service Centre and sales distributor of the PC-12, is widening its expertise at its London Biggin Hill facilities to start offering EASA Pilatus PC-12 SET class rating pilot training from January 2019. In a newly-ratified partnership with Jonathan Shooter’s Oysterair, who are a specialist Approved Training Organisation in high

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Ryanair launches new pilot training programme with Sky4U ATO

Ryanair has announced a major new training partnership with ATO SKY4u to deliver a Ryanair Airline Pilot Standard (APS MCC) programme in Berlin and Vienna. The partnership will ensure Ryanair continues to attract highly trained professional pilots to support its continued growth across Europe. This new EASA approved enhanced MCC programme gives trainee pilots a

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Rolls-Royce launches LifeKey enhancement to LessorCare, with Jackson Square Aviation and CDB Aviation as first customers

Rolls-Royce has launched LifeKey, an important new addition to its pioneering LessorCare service which sets new standards in aircraft lessor support. The first LifeKey customers are Jackson Square Aviation and CDB Aviation. LifeKey is a central component of LessorCare, which was launched in January to offer a single, comprehensive agreement for all Trent engine types.

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Air Lease Corporation takes delivery of its first U.S.-manufactured A321 aircraft

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has taken delivery of its first U.S.-produced A321. The aircraft, delivered from the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, will be leased to Denver-based Frontier Airlines and features Xavier the Mountain Goat on its vertical tail and Sharklets. The aircraft is also the first U.S.-made A321ceo to enter Frontier’s fleet.

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Three HEICO subsidiaries supply mission-critical parts for NASA’s InSight and MarCO Cube satellites

HEICO Corporation has reported that its Sierra Microwave Technology and 3D-Plus subsidiaries supplied mission-critical equipment for NASA’s landing vehicle named InSight, which launched in May 2018 alongside two, twin cube satellites, called Mars Cube One. With assistance from the twin MarCO CubeSats, InSight landed on Mars at approximately 3pm Eastern Standard Time on November 30.

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Mitsui Bussan Aerospace of Japan signs four-helicopter contract

Leonardo and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, the official distributor in Japan for the AW169, AW139 and AW189 helicopter models, have signed a contract for four additional aircraft during an official ceremony held at the Japan Aerospace 2018 exhibition. This contract further strengthens the partnership between Leonardo and Mitsui, and is a key factor in the continued

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