Embraer S.A. and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, have signed a memorandum of understanding aiming at establishing a joint-venture which could lead to the production of AgustaWestland helicopters in Brazil to be marketed for both commercial and military use in Brazil and Latin America. “This is an important step for Embraer as we continue expanding our
Baltic Ground Services and Aeroflot, the flag carrier of the Russian Federation, have announced a new cooperation in Poland by signing an into-plane fuelling services agreement. Baltic Ground Services will provide into-plane fuelling services for the Russian carrier’s aircraft at the largest three airports in Poland – Warsaw, Krakow and Katowice. Beginning from January 2013,
Swiss-AS welcomed 8 new customers to the AMOS community in 2012. The new customers are Canadian North, flybe, Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI), the Thomas Cook Group, Lufthansa Flight Training (now managing all simulators with AMOS), Volotea, Pegasus Airlines and VietJet. Swiss-AS has, for the first time, surpassed the magic number of 100 employees and
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has opened a brand new state-of-the-art training facility, Monarch Aircraft Engineering Training Academy (MAETA). Based at London Luton Airport, the training academy has undergone a complete refurbishment providing several new theatre style classrooms and facilities for Composite and Fibre optic training, a technology that is now being employed on next generation
After the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it would temporarily ground 787s after a second incident involving battery failures, EASA released that it is working closely with the FAA as the primary certification authority and Boeing. EASA adopted the FAA Airworthiness Directive on Thursday morning, in order to ensure the continuing airworthiness of the
United Airlines broke ground on a new widebody aircraft maintenance hangar at Newark Liberty International Airport. The airline, which is investing more than $25m in the 90,000 ft² facility, expects to complete construction by year end. In October 2012, United broke ground on a 125,000 ft² maintenance hangar at Washington Dulles International Airport. The airline
Airclaims signed an agreement with MEGA Maldives Airlines to provide CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation) support for their fleet. The contract covers two Boeing 757 and two Boeing 767 aircraft and includes the provision of aircraft induction, technical records management, maintenance planning, airworthiness data review and assessment, reliability monitoring and maintenance programme control services. It
On January 15th airberlin began to implement its “Turbine” turnaround programme, a comprehensive scheme to ensure that Germany’s second largest airline focuses on its key markets on the basis of a stringent business model. The two-year programme extends across all divisions. The airline will be expediting the optimisation of its network, fleet and timetables already
Pinnacle Airlines released that its pilots group, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), ratified the tentative agreement reached with ALPA in December. The changes in the ratified agreement, which covers pilot pay, retirement, work rules and benefits, will become effective when concessions are implemented for the airline’s other labor groups and non-union
Passengers flying with Cyprus Airways on their Airbus A321 aircraft will benefit from watching IFE on a newly installed enhanced definition IFE system. Airline Services has replaced the “Head End” Tape Player on Cyprus Airways’ Airbus 321s and installed ASL’s newly manufactured digital video player- AeroStream XP1. Cyprus Airways will see benefits as the AeroStream
