Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian privately-owned airline, and WheelTug plc, announced the execution of a Slot Purchase Agreement under which the airline, subject to all regulatory approvals, has the right to lease WheelTug Aircraft Drive Systems for installation on its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. With this agreement, nearly three hundred WheelTug delivery slots have
Lufthansa Technical Training has been cleared by the National Aviation Authority of Germany (LBA) to offer online exams for officially approved courses at the LTT training sites in Hamburg and Frankfurt. Holger Beck, Chief Commercial Officer at LTT: “We’re very happy about the successful introduction of electronically supported examination procedures. The new process is highly
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Toulouse (France), is expanding its facilities by building a two-story logistics center. Construction started in mid-November 2012, with the new logistics center being scheduled to commence operations at the end of 2013. On a surface of 6,300 m², the building will house all logistic-related activities − goods receiving, incoming quality inspection, warehousing,
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants have ratified a tentative agreement reached earlier this month between the company and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) on new contract terms covering the operation of long-range, single-aisle aircraft the company plans to acquire to complement its current fleet of wide-body aircraft serving Hawai’i from the U.S. West Coast. On
Etihad Airways has concluded a transaction with Jet Airways to purchase the Indian carrier’s three pairs of Heathrow slots for $70m. The purchase is part of a sale and lease back agreement signed on Turesday, Febr. 26th. Jet Airways will continue to operate flights to London utilising these slots. As previously advised, Etihad Airways continues
MRO Exchange LLC announced the launch of MROmarketplace.com, the aviation industry’s first online marketplace that facilitates the procurement of aircraft maintenance repair, and overhaul projects by maintenance repair organizations (MROs) and other aircraft service providers. “MROmarketplace.com addresses an important need within the aviation MRO industry- the procurement of maintenance, repair and overhaul projects by MROs
ADSOFTWARE, one of the leading international aviation software firms, released that Air Cote d’Ivoire, the national carrier of Ivory Coast has signed with ADSoftware to implement AIRPACK Fleet Management System and Logistics Solutions. AIRPACK is comprised of AirTime (fleet management – CAMO), AirStock (inventory control – logistics), AirDoc (documentation management), AirUser (security management). In February
Airbus and Thai Airways International (THAI) have signed an agreement for Maintenance Training Collaboration to develop a long term strategic partnership. As part of this, THAI would become Airbus’ local maintenance training centre in the region and will initially provide maintenance type-training capabilities for A320 and A330. This partnership, based in Bangkok, is aimed at
The new Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for training on the SSJ100 aircraft, installed at the SuperJet International (SJI) Training Center in Venice (Italy), has been successfully certified by EASA and it is now ready for training with the registration number IT-069. This SSJ100 FFS is the first simulator for a Russian civil aircraft that achieved
FL Technics has signed a partnership agreement with the global aviation components supplier Seal Dynamics. Under the agreement, FL Technics is set to become an exclusive sales and marketing representative of Seal Dynamics in Russia, the CIS and twelve CEE states. Under the new partnership, FL Technics will promote and sell a comprehensive range of
