Universal Avionic will open a new satellite office in Singapore. Slated to open the first quarter of 2013, the Asia Pacific office will further support Universal’s customer base in areas including Thailand, Japan and, Australia, where numerous flight deck retrofit projects are in work. Additionally, the Asia Pacific Office will be a dedicated sales and
Air Canada unveiled its new leisure airline, marking a milestone in the transformation of Canada’s flag carrier to compete in the growing leisure travel sector. It will begin flying in July 2013, the name of Canada’s new leisure airline – Air Canada rouge – was announced following a contest launched on Facebook inviting customers, employees
Embraer and Boeing released that they will provide customers with a shared set of tools, called Runway Situation Awareness Tools, to reduce runway excursions. This further strengthens the collaboration between two of the world’s largest aerospace companies. To significantly reduce runway excursions in the near term, Boeing and Embraer will provide customers with new pilot
CAE has sold four Level D full-flight simulators (FFS), two each to customers in China and Russia. The sales include the first two FFSs, associated training devices and the CAE Augmented Engineering Environment (AEE) for the new C919 aircraft being developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC). They also include two simulators, a
AMETEK (AME) announced the acquisitions of Aero Components International (ACI) and Avtech Avionics and Instruments (Avtech), both privately owned, FAA-certified aviation repair operations located in Miami, FL. ACI repairs and overhauls fuel, hydraulic, pneumatic, power generation and heat exchanger components and is one of the few independent aviation repair shops with fuel repair capabilities. Avtech’s
United Airlines announced that pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), ratified a new joint labor agreement for all United Airlines pilots. “The ratification of this agreement is an important step forward for our pilots and the company,” said Fred Abbott, senior vice president of flight operations. “We look forward to the efficiencies
Sabena technics performed the installation of two SATCOM systems on a new ATR 42-600 belonging to an undisclosed Middle East VIP operator. In order to maximize the coverage for communication features, Sabena technics carried out the installation of two satellite-communication systems, Iridium and Inmarsat, through Intermediate Gain Antenna. Thanks to these cutting-edge technologies, passengers will
Universal Avionics’ long-time customer, Horizon Air, has hit a new milestone; as of Friday, November 30th, all 48 of Horizon Air’s Bombardier Q400 aircraft were modified with Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) using dual Universal Avionics’ UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems (FMS). All aircraft are now WAAS, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) 0.3 Authorization Required (AR) and
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has received an activation Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on the Boeing 777 model aircraft from Transport Canada. On July 18, 2011, FLYHT announced the receipt of a provisions only STC for the Boeing 777 series aircraft. The activation STC now allows for the
Boeing and the BMW Group signed a collaboration agreement to participate in joint research on carbon fiber recycling and share knowledge about carbon fiber materials and manufacturing. Boeing and BMW are both pioneering the use of carbon fiber in their products. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is made up of 50% carbon fiber material and BMW will
