OEMServices has added Parker Aerospace to its existing OEM network and now has more than 20 partnership agreements with major OEMs. OEMServices provides its airline customers with a single point of contact for component support and logistics services. Parker Aerospace will benefit from OEMServices’ international network and customer recognition.
Bankers Capital Transportation Leasing Group plans to purchase dozens of Narrow Body and Wide Body TaxiBot Aircraft Towing systems from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), to be operated in North America. A letter of intent regarding the $97m deal was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow. Bankers Capital is the launch customer for providing the TaxiBot
Air Iceland recently completed a historic 2,345 nautical mile trip from Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Canada, after the completion of a modification program by Universal Avionics’ Authorized Dealer, Field Aviation. The Toronto to Reykjavik redelivery flight of Air Iceland’s first Universal Avionics-equipped Bombardier Q200 (Dash 8) is believed to have been the longest non-stop flight in
Garmin International, a global leader in satellite navigation, announced expanded capabilities for the GTN series touchscreen avionics. The new features include display support for weather radar, advanced ADS-B capabilities, worldwide connectivity, cross fill with the GNS 430W/530W series and more. “The GTN series were designed with a growth-oriented architecture that allows for new technologies and
Vueling released that it has been added to the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registry. IOSA is an audit program which comprises some 1000 operational safety and quality based standards. The audit process, that lasted less than one year, is internationally recognized as a comprehensive operational safety audit.
GE Aviation is deploying the world’s first network of ICAO Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) flight paths designed by a third-party in Malaysia. The program includes GE-designed ICAO 9905 compliant RNP AR approach paths at 15 Malaysian airports. The highly-precise paths will improve operating efficiencies for AirAsia by reducing track miles and fuel
United Airlines released that flight attendants from the Continental subsidiary, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), ratified a new labor agreement. The new agreement covers approximately 9,000 United flight attendants at the company’s Continental subsidiary located throughout the United States. The company and the AFA will soon commence negotiations for a joint collective
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Lufthansa LEOS- Lufthansa’s Ground Handling Company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for operational test series of TaxiBot at Frankfurt airport. Starting May 2013, three prototype TaxiBot tractors manufactured by TLD will undergo intensive tests with the Lufthansa Boeing 737 fleet in a typical operating environment at Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa’s
Shanghai Airlines has signed a three-year Pratt & Whitney Engine Management Program agreement, which includes on-wing engine monitoring and data analysis recommendations for the airline’s fleet of 10 PW2037-powered Boeing 757-200 aircraft.Under the agreement, Pratt & Whitney’s team of skilled engine performance analysts will use its web-based Advanced Diagnostics & Engine Management (ADEM) tools to
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and JSC United Aircraft Corporation (JSC UAC) announced a new long-term agreement that extends the co-operation between the Russian aircraft industry’s companies and Siemens PLM Software in the application of
