HAECO Group and Make-A-Wish Hong Kong have joined hands to fulfil a young boy’s dream of becoming an aircraft engineer. Diagnosed with osteosarcoma and a brain tumour in 2019, 14-year-old Yan Dick has always been fascinated with aircraft and aspires to become an aircraft engineer. During his spare time, he enjoys making paper planes and […]
Dublin-based aircraft lessor Goshawk has announced the delivery of one Airbus A320 aircraft to Viva Aerobus. Viva Aerobus operates point-to-point services from Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City to destinations across Mexico, the U.S.A. and Cuba. The aircraft was successfully delivered on June 15 and represents the second aircraft delivery by Goshawk to Viva Aerobus, following
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European planemaker Airbus and the Qantas Group have agreed to invest US$200 million (£164 million) in Australian-developed and -produced feedstock and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initiatives, called the Australian Sustainable Aviation Fuel Partnership. As Australia currently lacks a commercial-scale SAF industry the partnership’s aim is also to help Qantas Group achieve its goal of introducing
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The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) has selected global air transport IT provider, SITA, in a four-year contract to digitally transform air/ground communications and boost air traffic safety and efficiency. Eight of Poland’s international airports will be participating: Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Katowice, Modlin, Wroclaw, Poznan and Rzeszow. Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), like PANSA, must be
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AVIATAR, Lufthansa Technik’s digital solutions suite, will soon be further developed on Spain’s east coast: to meet the high demand for digital products, Lufthansa Technik will be opening a new location in Valencia on July 1. By the end of the year, an initial team of up to 20 IT experts will be working on
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RBI Hawker has been awarded ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certifications for its quality management and occupational health and safety management systems, respectively. Since commencing operations in Australia in 2021, the company continues to build on its capabilities to better meet customer needs. ISO 9001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality
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Pratt & Whitney Canada and Deutsche Aircraft have announced that the PW127XT-S engine has been selected to power the D328eco™ regional turboprop. The engine will be another model in the XT series which sets a new benchmark in regional aviation, delivering a significant improvement in operating costs and sustainability. The PW127XT-S will be developed according
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Shipsets are rolling off the production lines at the new Acro headquarters in Crick, Northamptonshire, U.K. as, post-pandemic, the company has picked up pace on fulfilment of a 5,670 pax order for flyadeal, the new low-cost airline owned by Saudi flag carrier, Saudia. The airline, based at the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, expects to
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed strong disappointment with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) announcement on Friday June 17, on a 5G aircraft retrofit timetable. The FAA plans to require airlines to replace or upgrade FAA-approved radio altimeters on large commercial aircraft by July 2023 in order to protect against potential interference
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Cirrus Aircraft has delivered the first of twenty-five SR Series TRAC20 aircraft to United Aviate Academy. The TRAC20 is an advanced, high-performance aircraft that will be used for initial pilot training at the only ab-initio flight academy operated by one of the largest U.S.-based carriers, United Airline (United)s. In February, the company announced a purchase
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