A new flight data delivery solution for airlines developed jointly by teams at Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen and Boeing Information Services slashes the time required to deliver and load vital flight data to an airplane. Application Data Enhanced Loading (ADEL) is a solution that reduces overall workload, network bandwidth requirements and costs associated with airline data
Monarch Airlines selected Pratt & Whitney’s fuel conservation program, EcoFlight Solutions, reaching a 5-year agreement. The EcoFlight Solutions team has already commenced work with Monarch Airlines to develop and implement fuel-saving solutions for the airline’s fleet of 32 aircraft. EcoFlight Solutions can typically save an airline 3 to 8% in fuel costs annually, even for
DAC Aviation International, a Quebec, Canada based aviation services provider with operations in Africa and Asia, has gone live with Pentagon 2000SQL. DAC replaced a set of legacy applications that included Component Control, Navision, Quickbooks, Excel and others with the robust and powerful Pentagon 2000SQL system configured in a 3-Tier client-server deployment. Utilizing advanced application
Flybe Aviation Services has chosen the fully-integrated software package AMOS to manage its entire aircraft maintenance, engineering and logistics’ requirements. The AMOS implementation is expected to take between 12-15 months and will incorporate business process mapping, ‘gap’ analysis, data migration, key-user workshops and key and end-user staff training for 600 potential users. It will replace
Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG) has signed an exclusive agreement to become GE Aviation’s third-party service provider, for ClearCore engine wash systems for commercial and military engines in the United States. GE Aviation will provide its mobile ClearCore engine wash units to ASIG, in support of ASIG’s service provider’s agreements with many U.S. airports. ASIG’s
GE Aviation has expanded into a new facility in Pompano Beach, which includes a 30% increase in square footage and an R & D lab capable of advanced development of silicon carbide (SiC)-based power conversion products for air, land and sea-based platforms. “This new facility enables us to continue work on GE-developed SiC technology, with
Amavco, Inc., a privately held U.S. Company, announced completion of the acquisition of Field Aviation Company Inc. from Hunting, PLC, effective April 27, 2012. Established in 1947 in Calgary, Alberta, Field Aviation is an international Aircraft Modification and Parts Manufacturing company with locations in Toronto, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta as well as Seattle, Washington and
The Marshall Group, owner of Cambridge Airport, UK, are preparing to embark on a £20m investment programme to open up the green field site to the south site of the runway, kick-starting the next phase of enhancements at the expanding East of England airport. Ground-breaking is scheduled for early July. The investment will focus on
Bombardier Learjet reported the official ground breaking of the expansion of its Wichita Learjet site. The expansion, the largest in Bombardier Learjet’s history, includes the Bombardier Flight Test Center, the establishment of Bombardier Centers of Excellence for Engineering and Information Technology, new facilities for paint and production flight testing as well as a new delivery
Alitalia and WheelTug announced the signing of a partnership to introduce an innovative electric drive system for taxiing the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. The patented WheelTug electric drive system consists of an electric motor – called “Chorus” – installed in the aircraft nose wheel and powered by the APU (Auxiliary Power Unit), the auxiliary
