Heike Tamm

Bert Selis joins WFS to lead growth with e-commerce, express and freight forwarding clients in EMEA

Bert Selis has joined Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the new role of VP Business Development, E-commerce, Express & Freight Forwarders EMEAA, based in Liege, Belgium. Selis has close to 20 years’ experience in business development and sales in the air cargo and aviation industry. He has spent the last nine years working for Liège […]

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SWISS equips entire Boeing 777-300ER fleet with AeroSHARK

SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) has decided to equip its entire Boeing long-haul fleet with the fuel-saving AeroSHARK surface technology. Starting in the middle of this year, a total of twelve Boeing 777-300ERs will gradually be fitted with the riblet films developed jointly by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The significantly reduced frictional resistance resulting from

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StandardAero unveils StableLight – the first four-axis autopilot for AS350 Helicopters

StandardAero is unveiling the industry’s first four-axis autopilot available for retrofit on AS350 helicopters with demonstration flights at the 2022 HAI/Heli-Expo. The autopilot, developed in partnership with Thales and known as StableLight, is equipped in an AS350 test rotorcraft which will be located at the Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Vertiport and available for onsite

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Air Peace and Embraer sign services agreement at MRO Middle East

Embraer announced during the MRO Middle East event in Dubai, that it has signed a comprehensive long-term services agreement with Air Peace, Nigeria and West Africa’s largest airline, to support the airline’s E195-E2 and ERJ 145 fleets. The contract includes access to the pool program, which includes component exchanges and repair services for hundreds of

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Topcast Group and Liebherr-Singapore sign supply agreement

Topcast Group, a global supplier of parts, MRO services and aftermarket solutions for the aviation industry and Liebherr-Singapore, Liebherr-Aerospace’s regional service centre in the Asia-Pacific region, have signed a supply agreement at the Singapore Airshow 2022. This inovated agreement increases the scope of material support to fast-moving Line Replacement Units (LRUs) including heat exchangers for

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Pentagon 2000 Software releases upgraded set of mobile apps for work order operations

Pentagon 2000 Software, a leading provider of fully integrated MRO and supply chain software solutions for the Aerospace & Defence industry, has released a new upgraded version of the mobile apps for work order management. The maintenance work order app supports management of aircraft maintenance work orders with cards and travellers, and the component work

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Airbus and CFM to join forces for hydrogen propulsion programme

Airbus has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International (CFM) for the two companies to work on a hydrogen propulsion system. CFM is a 50:50 joint company created by General Electric and Safran Aircraft Engines. The aim of the two companies is to both ground and flight test a hydrogen-fuelled direct

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GKN Aerospace-led Skybus collaboration project completes successful feasibility studies

The Skybus collaboration project has reached a key milestone by completing the initial feasibility studies. The research project has explored the potential for a six-rotor, 30-person eVTOL concept to help decarbonise and decongest urban landscapes. The studies have identified significant opportunities for air ‘buses’ to feasibly operate alongside air taxis in future air mobility transport

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IAI delivers first F-16 wing and vertical fin to Lockheed Martin for new F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has delivered the first F-16 wing and vertical fin to Lockheed Martin, following the reopening of the F-16 wing assembly line at IAI. As a result of increased worldwide demand for the F-16 Block 70/72, IAI re-opened the assembly lines that had been established in the 1980s to continue production of

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Joramco expands maintenance agreements with GetJet Airlines and Corendon Airlines

Amman-based MRO provider Joramco, the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has announced the extension of two maintenance agreements with GetJet Airlines and Corendon Airlines. The collaboration with GetJet Airlines began in the summer of 2021 with the successful delivery of C-check on GetJet Airline’s Airbus A330 aircraft. The new agreement covers six-year nose

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