Revisa Group continues its expansion plan and finalizes the acquisition of First Wave Brasil, a former subsidiary of First Wave (USA) and one of the leading composite manufacturers providers to the aviation and defense industries, in particular to EMBRAER. With this acquisition, Revisa Group now adds manufacturing business to its already established MRO services thru
Commsoft, developers of one of the world’s leading aviation engineering and maintenance systems, is continuing to enjoy significant success with its hosted OASES programme. Three currently unannounced customers, including a regional airline in Europe and two airliner corporate shuttle operators in the U.S.A. have already signed for OASES in 2012, with two having gone live
British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, announced that its avionics subsidiary has achieved an important milestone for the company, having released over one million units since it was established in 1994. This equates to an average annual release rate of almost 52,700 units. The avionics team has been responsible for
SkyVision Xtreme announced the release of its SkyVision Portable, a fully transportable ADS-B transceiver system, with integrated Appliance, for use with iOS, Android, and Windows devices with Wi-Fi capability. The SkyVision Portable includes Xtreme Vision display software to provide the same Synthetic Traffic display (patent-pending) that pilots have learned to trust for intuitive situational awareness
Advanced Integration Technology (AIT), a leading provider of fully-integrated factory automation solutions and complex, high-precision tooling to the aerospace industry, has successfully achieved AS9100 Rev. C and ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems Certification for its operations as part of its ongoing quality improvement initiative. AS9100 is an aerospace-specific quality standard developed to account for more
Wencor, a leading distributor of aftermarket parts and services to the commercial aircraft sector, has acquired the AmSafe Aftermarket Spares and Services business from TransDigm Group. The Aftermarket Spares and Services group focuses on the distribution of a broad product offering, including filters, lighting, battery products, nets, communications and safety equipment, and additional FAA PMA
L2 Consulting Services has been awarded a contract from ARINC to develop aircraft integration, engineering design and manufacture of the prototype kits for the Cathay Pacific e-Enabled Aircraft Program. The engineering efforts have commenced for the 777-200/300/300ER fleet and then will incorporate the A320, A330, A340, 747-400/8F fleets. The initial Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for
Finnair and airberlin are building on their current codeshare cooperation and expanding in markets in Scandinavia and the Middle East. Finnair code is being added to airberlin flights starting from Oslo, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Copenhagen to Berlin, and from Copenhagen to Düsseldorf. Finnair is also adding its code to airberlin-operated daily flights from Düsseldorf and
Honeywell has unveiled the latest updates to its IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar, which include new capabilities to detect turbulence, hail and lightning, up to 10 minutes in advance of approaching storm cells in the flight path of the aircraft. Previously, pilots could not readily anticipate which storms in their flight path had either hail or
Four months after announcing its new executive jet service center in Brazil, Embraer broke ground at Bertram Luiz Leupolz (SOD) airport in Sorocaba, fulfilling its promise to bring convenient services to its customers. The 216,000 ft² site will include hangars, VIP lounges, meeting rooms and crew living quarters, as well as administrative offices. This facility
