Aviation Partners announced that as of June 5th, 2015, its unique Blended Winglet Technology has saved the worlds commercial and business jet operators an estimated five billion gallons of jet fuel. This represents a global reduction in CO2 emissions of over 107 billion lbs (or almost 54 million tons.) Aviation Partners’ designed Winglets are now
Cessna Aircraft Company reported that the Citation Latitude business jet has achieved type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year. FAA certification follows the aircraft’s first Atlantic crossing and European debut at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in May. Customer
Honeywell Aerospace is supplying its advanced Primus Epic cockpit technologies to Dassault’s newly unveiled Falcon 5X. Primus Epic’s latest enhanced features have been customized for Dassault’s EASy III cockpit. The new plane combines safety, performance and new capabilities while achieving the lowest fuel consumption in its category. “Dassault wanted to create one of the most
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, has signed an agreement to acquire Belcan Corporation (“Belcan”), an engineering services and technical staffing provider in the aerospace, power generation and industrial markets. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the third quarter of 2015.
AirTanker has signed a full component and consumable support contract with AJW Aviation. The agreement commenced on May 1st and includes the supply of Main Base Kit from AJW Leasing and is initially to support one A330-200. AirTanker is the market leading operator of the A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport), a derivative of the
Frontier Airlines, Denver’s hometown airline, has selected SkyPaxxx Interior Repairs, a fast growing aircraft seating and interior repair station, to manage all aircraft seating for leased A319 and A320 currently in their fleet under an exclusive agreement. The comprehensive X3 Solution provided by SkyPaxxx covers Logistics, Refurbishment, and Modification of up to 49 sets of
Chromalloy is expanding capabilities in Guaymas, Mexico, with a new facility that will double its current capacity in Guaymas to machine new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) gas turbine engine components. The new 36,000 ft² plant is being developed as a state-of-the-art manufacturing center using Lean and other principles to ensure optimum work flow and efficiency.
Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) has purchased two A320-211 airframes from Spanish operator Iberia. The disassembly of the airframes started this month in Madrid. AELS performs complete sustainable end-of-life processes for these two airframes; including disassembly and dismantling, aerospace materials recycling and component management. Both aircraft served Iberia and Iberia Express throughout Europe. After 24 years
A CHC Helikopter Service Sikorsky S-92 equipped with dual Universal Avionics SBAS-Flight Management Systems (FMS) carried out the first Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) approach to Runway 07 in Florø, Norway. The flight, HKS 56T was on a transit flight from Bergen to Florø in aircraft LN-OQM. Florø is the first Norwegian airport (in
Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started building the first 737 MAX on schedule. Last week, employees started to assemble the wings for the first 737 MAX flight test airplane. Wings are the first 737 components to be assembled in the Renton production process. The wings will be attached to the first 737 MAX fuselage
