Rolls-Royce and Boeing launched a shared data service, the first of its kind in the aerospace industry. It will allow both companies to offer faster, better-informed advice to airlines, in order to maximise aircraft availability. For the first time, data from an aircraft and the engines that power it will be combined on a single system
Cirrus Aircraft and China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., (CAIGA) released that the two companies have completed their merger. With the previously announced merger now finalized, Cirrus Aircraft, a global leader in general aviation, joins China’s leading general aviation product and services company to form a worldwide general aviation enterprise.
Toronto-Hamilton International Airport, Ontario, has bucked the downward trend for cargo handling with recently released figures from 2010 indicating cargo flights increased by 14% compared with 2009, which is 3% higher than the North American growth of 11%. Ad – hoc cargo flights increased by 33.8% year on year. The airport is currently the largest
ST Aerospace and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) have concluded joint venture (JV) discussions to form an engine leasing company in Singapore. The new JV company, Total Engine Asset Management Pte Ltd (TEAM), will be equally owned (50:50) by ST Aerospace and Marubeni. Jointly managed by ST Aerospace and Marubeni, TEAM’s initial engine leasing portfolio will include the
Constant Aviation completed the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Aircell’s Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP), which provides in-cabin Wi-Fi service for Gogo Biz Inflight Internet, in an EMB135 corporate shuttle. The completion of this STC marks the first ever Gogo Biz installation in an EMB135 corporate shuttle as well as the first ever CWAP system
The Italian and Spanish national Civil Aviation Authorities, Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (ENAC) and Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea (AESA) together with Servicios y Estudios para Navegación Aérea y la Seguridad Aeronáutica (SENASA) signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a joint initiative supporting use and the sustainable production of new alternative fuels for
AAR has received design approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for the interior modification of 737-800 aircraft operated by Shandong Airlines. The FAA’s Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) and the CAAC’s Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate (VSTC) were obtained in conjunction with the design and modification of two
In-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier, IFE Services, has been chosen by Kenya Airways to provide all in-flight entertainment (IFE) services. The specially tailored in-flight entertainment content for Kenya Airways will run on a combination of IFE systems across the airline’s entire fleet. They include the Rockwell Collins dTES audio video on-demand (AVOD) platform as well as overhead and
Piaggio Aero reported the groundbreaking of its new Villanova d’Albenga manufacturing plant which will be operational by 2013. The new production plant of 49.300 square meters will be located in an area of total 127.000 square meters in a strategic position behind Villanova d’Albenga airport with direct access to a 1500 meters runway. The investment
Three GE Aviation products, CFM International’s LEAP engine collaboration (CFM International is a 50/50 joint venture between GE and Snecma, SAFRAN group), GE’s Passport Integrated Propulsion System (IPS) collaboration and ClearCore engine wash system, have been added to GE’s ecomagination portfolio of products, collaborations and innovations. These three products join other GE Aviation ecomagination products, including
