AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings is pleased to be liaising with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) following COMAC’s approval of an interior, fluid resistant epoxy primer (463-12-8) and a high solids epoxy topcoat (21 series). The chemically cured, two component primer offers high protection from chemicals, hydraulic fluids, aviation fuels and corrosion causing media. The
Jet Aviation St. Louis has developed a WiFi STC for Learjet 40 and 45 series aircraft and plans to adapt the STC to other aircraft including the Challenger 300 and 605, Global and Gulfstream V. Jet Aviation St. Louis developed the STC at the request of a fleet operator of Learjet 45 aircraft. The STC
Eurocopter and PT. Dirgantara Indonesia (also known as Indonesian Aerospace) signed a new teaming framework agreement, to continue the successful partnership which consists of industrial co-operation as well as marketing of Eurocopter products to Indonesian governmental entities. The first teaming framework agreement was signed between Eurocopter and PT. Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) back in 2006. The renewal
Lockheed Martin released that there will be reductions in employment across its Aeronautics business area as part of a plan to improve the affordability of its products and increase operational efficiency. Lockheed Martin currently has about 28,000 employees at its principal Aeronautics sites in Texas, Georgia and California and at six smaller locations in as many states.
AerCap Holdings N.V. has acquired the right to provide lease and aircraft related services to the portfolio of aircraft it acquired following its amalgamation with Genesis Lease Limited in 2010. AerCap, through its Irish subsidiary, AerCap Ireland Limited, has replaced GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (“GECAS”) as servicer to the aircraft portfolio.
UPS will retrofit the cockpits of its air fleet with quick-donning, full-face oxygen masks with integrated smoke goggles. Installation of the enhanced pilot safety equipment comes at the recommendation of the Joint UPS-Independent Pilots Association (IPA) Safety Task Force. Installation on UPS’s Boeing 747-400, MD-11, B-767 and B-757 fleets is expected to take place over the next
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on ‘biokerosene,’ which included renewable jet fuel supplied by Dynamic Fuels. KLM used a 50/50 blend of conventional jet fuel and renewable jet fuel in both engines of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that carried 171 passengers from Amsterdam to Paris. The flight was a
Aviation training centre Baltic Aviation Academy (Lithuania) expanded its capability list by adding Boeing 777 type rating training courses. The aviation training centre became the first approved type rating training organization (TRTO) in the Baltic region to start training program for Boeing 777 type of aircraft. On June 23rd, 2011, the Lithuanian Civil Aviation Administration
Boeing’s Fort Walton Beach facility has earned AS9100 certification following an audit by outside firm Det Norske Veritas. The company achieved back-to-back zero findings/observations — 100% scores — in a periodic review completed in August 2010 and for recertification in February of this year. AS9100 certification asserts that a company adheres to internationally accepted quality,
IFE Services has been selected by euroAtlantic Airways to meet all of its in-flight entertainment (IFE) requirements. From July this year, IFE Services will supply the Portuguese airline with Blockbuster and classic movies, a selection of comedy and drama TV programmes and a broad range of music channels. The specially tailored new content package will play
