Heike Tamm

New Honeywell Aerospace Safety Technology will reduce costly and sometimes fatal runway collisions

Honeywell has completed initial testing of its new safety technology that helps airlines and business jets avoid runway accidents and collisions. Developed under the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research program with program partners Airbus, Dassault and Eurocontrol, the software-based Surface Indications and Alert System (SURF IA) gives pilots visual and audio warnings about […]

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Alton Aviation Consultancy names Brian Rynott as Managing Director

Alton Aviation Consultancy has released that Brian Rynott has joined the company as a Managing Director. Based in New York, he will contribute across all of the firm’s advisory practices, with an emphasis on aircraft financing and leasing, airline advisory and restructuring, and strategy and management consulting engagements. Rynott is an accomplished aviation industry executive

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Fatal Lion Air crash suggests need for further training on 737 MAX

As the investigation continues into the full reasons why a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX crashed on October 29, killing all 189 passengers and crew on board, Indonesian investigators and the FAA have suggested the need for further training. The focus of attention remains on the likelihood that a false data report forced the plane

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Singapore Component Solutions and Liebherr-Aerospace sign MRO cooperation agreement

Singapore Component Solutions (SCS), a joint venture between AFI KLM E&M and Sabena technics, dedicated to component support for ATR and Airbus A320 aircraft fleets, and Liebherr-Aerospace, a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry, finalized the signature of a cooperation agreement at the MRO Asia-Pacific event. Under the terms of the agreement, Liebherr-Aerospace

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Rockwell Collins awarded five-year U.S. Army contract to support operational readiness of CH-47F avionics

Rockwell Collins has secured a five-year contract with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Logistics Center (ALC) to provide current component upgrades and additional component repair capabilities for the Common Avionics Architecture Systems (CAAS) on the Army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. Adopted by the U.S. Army as the standard for CH-47F cockpit avionics,

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ATR 42-600 proves its quality in serving high-altitude airports with successful Demo Tour

Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR has finished the successful demonstration of its 42-600 series aircraft’s high-altitude performance in challenging mountainous environments. The Demo Tour saw the aircraft visit several airports in Yunnan Province, South-Western China, such as Diqing, Lijiang and Kunming. With a specially designed Chinese livery, prominently displaying the words ‘Highland Eagle’ in Mandarin script,

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CDB Aviation takes delivery of 100th A320 Family aircraft from Airbus

CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., has taken delivery of its 100th Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The A320neo aircraft, which will be operated by India’s low-cost carrier Go Airlines, is part of a purchase and leaseback agreement signed with the carrier earlier in 2018. The delivery marks

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Magnetic MRO paints airBaltic’s A220-300 in special livery

Magnetic MRO has painted Latvian airline airBaltic’s A220-300 aircraft in a unique one-off livery, celebrating Latvia’s 100th birthday. One of the first A220 aircraft painted outside of OEM, the special project was completed under secrecy in Magnetic MRO’s Tallinn Paint Hangar in cooperation with airBaltic and coatings partner AkzoNobel. The special livery was unveiled at

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