MTU Aero Engines has acquired a 75% share in U.S. maintenance company Retan Aerospace, based in Dallas, Texas. Retan Aerospace is an FAA and EASA licensed Part 145 repair station that specializes in engine on-wing maintenance and repair, as well as airframe A, B and C checks. The large portfolio of engine capabilities include CF34, CFM56,
The new Full Flight Simulator of SSJ100 aircraft has been put in place in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, by the Training Center managed by SuperJet International, the joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica – a Finmeccanica Company – and Sukhoi Holding. The FFS is the advanced device produced by French manufacturer Thales, replicating the SSJ100 cockpit and
Hamilton Sundstrand officials representing United Technologies Corporation (UTC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), for cooperation on leadership training for AVIC’s commercial aviation businesses, including project management training and Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) training. The training programs a collaboration among United Technologies Corp. aerospace companies Hamilton Sundstrand, Pratt & Whitney
Frontier Airlines released that the Company and the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA (AFA-CWA) have agreed on the terms to be incorporated into a collective bargaining agreement between the Company and its nearly 1,000 flight attendants. The collective bargaining agreement will incorporate many existing Flight Attendant work rules together with several additional provisions covering
Mango Aviation Partners , a firm specialising in airline start-up’s across the world, reported that they have completed the acquisition of Ventana Aviation Ltd, an advisory firm specialising in the Business Aviation market. The acquisition broadens Mango’s capability to enable the provision of solutions across the entire spectrum of airline market segments. Mr Lars Welinder,
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) reported the expansion of its design services to its maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Manchester. Monarch Design Services provide on site support and adds value to the MRO financially as well as building quality customer relationships. This expansion now compliments the Part 21 J design approval currently controlled and held
GE Aviation announced that it will open a new manufacturing facility in Ellisville, Miss., to meet accelerating global demand. GE will invest $56 million in the new facility. The company is targeting for production to begin in 2013 and will create 250 new high-tech manufacturing jobs by 2016. The 300,000-square foot facility will manufacture advanced
Taiwan-based international carrier EVA Airways, a unit of the Evergreen Group, signed a contract with ARINC for ARINC’s GLOBALink Satellite Communications (SATCOM) services to enhance its passenger and flight deck communications. The new satellite connectivity will offer higher bandwidth for improved access to vital flight information by EVA flight crews, as well as seamless in-flight
Rockwell Collins unveiled the industry’s first touch-control primary flight displays for business jets and turboprop aircraft, which will be available on future applications of the company’s Pro Line Fusion avionics system. The announcement was made at the 59th Annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh. “These displays demonstrate our focus on empowering pilots with natural head-up,
Embraer has received Type Certification (TC) from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), for the Phenom 300 light jet to operate in the country. Frst certified in December 2009 by Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Phenom 300 is now accepted
