Swissport, a leading aviation services company, has made two key changes to its executive team. Karen Cox, formerly Global Director of Operations and Safety and Co-Head of UK and Ireland, assumes the role of CEO for the group’s UK and Ireland region. Andres Diez, Director of Global Commercial, becomes new Chief Commercial Officer for the […]
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Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS) has deployed a new full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Phenom 300E to meet the growing demand for business jet training in the United States. The new FFS will be operated by ECTS, a joint venture between Embraer and CAE, at the new CAE Las Vegas Training Centre near Henderson International Airport.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) has signed an agreement with private equity group AURELIUS for the sale of the remaining LSG Group business. The European LSG Sky Chefs activities had already been sold in 2019 to gategroup. “We are pleased to have found the right investor for the LSG Group going forward that also has the full support
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Etihad Airways has achieved a significant milestone as the first of its cadet pilots successfully completed ‘Base Training’ on an actual Boeing 787 Dreamliner as part of its Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) programme. ‘Base Training’ flights are used to train cadet pilots on take-off and landings under the supervision of a qualified instructor. After this
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (De Havilland Canada) has entered into a new agreement with Fokker Services Group (Fokker Services), extending the existing De Havilland component solutions arrangement for an additional five-year term through December 2027. Fokker Services will continue to offer its expertise and services during this extended period. Fokker Services has consistently proved
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The Farsound Aviation team has moved into their new 58,000 ft² headquarters in Brentwood Essex, UK. The state-of-the art facility is located close to Farsound’s old HQ building and has been designed and built entirely from scratch. The building, which is considerably bigger than Farsound’s previous HQ, has capacity for expansion, with scope to add
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American planemaker Boeing Co (Boeing) and Canada’s CAE Inc. (CAE), have signed teaming agreements to increase levels of collaboration for platforms in Norway, Germany and Canada. The agreements intend to embrace each company’s complementary capabilities to provide superior management, technical and cost-effective training solutions for the P-8A Poseidon programme. “These agreements aim to advance mission
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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has selected Honeywell’s IntuVue™ RDR-7000 weather radar system as an upgrade to existing systems on its Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk and Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin multimission helicopters. The RDR-7000 upgrade builds on the strong legacy of performance and situational awareness provided by the currently installed Honeywell P701 weather radar system. The
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Horizon Aircraft, an innovative leader in hybrid electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles, has successfully completed initial transition flight testing of its “Cavorite X5” 50% scale eVTOL prototype in the world class ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel. Brandon Robinson, CEO of Horizon Aircraft said: “Aircraft performance exceeded our expectation. We explored forward speeds of
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Shift5, the onboard data company, has announced its partnership with JetBlue to bring cybersecurity and data observability of onboard avionics to commercial aircraft. The company also welcomes JetBlue Ventures as an investor in its Series B round of funding, which was led by Insight Partners with participation from The Boeing Company and AE Industrial Partners’
