West Star Aviation announced the completion of their new paint facility at their Grand Junction, CO (GJT) location. The new facility is 41,000 ft² and features two bays: one for strip, sand and priming, the other is a state of the art downdraft bay. Each bay is 120 feet wide and will be able to
Oman Air and Garuda Indonesia have entered a new codeshare agreement that will offer greater choice and convenience for customers of both airlines. The agreement will enable Oman Air’s customers to book flights, operated by Garuda Indonesia, between Jakarta and Bali, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. In turn, Garuda Indonesia’s customers will be able to book
Luxembourg airline Luxair is the first carrier to install visiWing, STG Aerospace’s latest innovative signage product. Developed in response to airline demand to increase the visibility of the APB (Aviation Partners Boeing) B737NG Split Scimitar Winglet, visiWing sees STG Aerospace advancing its safTsign product range outside the aircraft cabin for the first time. Whilst reducing
GA Telesis officially launched its i-TEAMS program during ISTAT Americas 2015. i-TEAMS (“Intelligent Total Engine Asset Management Solutions”) leverages the expertise and core competencies of GA Telesis Engine Services Oy (“GATES”) together with GA Telesis’ Asset Transaction Group (“ATG”) to design intelligent options and provide whole engine or module assets for GATES’ growing base of
Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC), an independent jet engine lessor in the commercial finance sector, reported first quarter 2015 net income of US$2.3m, or $0.29 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $0.03 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2014 and net income of US$4.3m, or $0.53 per diluted share, in the
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has signed a contract for the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS™) 228 on a fleet of four A320 aircraft. The African-based airline is keen to use FLYHT’s suite of tools including automated Out, Off, On and In times, FLYHT’s new web-based flight following Aircraft Situational Display (“ASD”), engine and airframe exceedance
The Board of Directors of Finnair’s associated company Nordic Global Airlines (NGA) has decided to discontinue NGA’s operations by 31.05.2015. The termination of the operations has no material impact on Finnair’s cargo business, or Finnair’s financial position. NGA, focused on cargo freighter operations, was founded in 2011. Since then NGA grew to fly main-deck cargo
Magellan Aviation Group has named Mario Arcacha as Director of Sales, Latin America. Effective immediately, Mario will transition from his current position at MAG subsidiary, B&B Marketing, to his new position. The role includes marketing all Magellan Aviation Group companies for the region.
LOT ended 2014 in the black. With more than PLN 99 million (US$26 m) profit on its core business of flying, LOT earned 40% more than it planned. This is the company’s first profit in seven years. The company owes its positive results to consistent changes and initiatives included in the Restructuring Plan. Most of them
Southwest Airlines has selected the Customer seats for its future Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX aircraft deliveries. The carrier, in partnership with Boeing, will be the first to roll out the new seats, beginning mid-2016, on new deliveries of its Boeing 737-800. B/E Aerospace, who designed and engineered the seats, unveiled the new product at
