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Ryanair officially opened its second maintenance hangar at Glasgow Prestwick Airport which cost

ExecuJet Europe opened their fourth European FBO in the Spanish city of Valencia on Febr. 15th. The entity has derived from an agreement with Spanish FBO chain, Assistair, to buy the assets of the FBO in Valencia and retain the services and staff at the facility. Assistair has over 22 years of experience in business

GE Canada and StandardAero have signed an agreement to build a new $50 million aircraft engine research and technology development centre in Winnipeg. The centre is expected to initially employ 10 with the potential to grow to 50 employees within five years. The design and construction of the facility at the airport could employ up

Bombardier Aerospace has increased the capacity of its training network with the addition of a CAE-built Level D Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) in Dallas, Texas to serve the growing number of Challenger 605 business jet operators in the United States and worldwide. The new Challenger 605 aircraft simulator, located at Bombardier

Dassault Falcon has received operational certification from the FAA for the Falcon 7X Enhanced Vision System (EVS). This follows certification received from EASA in July, 2010. Dassault’s EVS provides an image on the Head-Up Display (HUD) and flight deck displays that enables the pilots to see the terrain and airport environment in low visibility situations

Vueling achieved a load factor of 66.5% in January, representing a 2.7% increase year on year. The company carried a total of 642.543 passengers during the first month of 2011.

Resource Group has joined the Siemens Solution Partner Program as a reseller for Siemens PLM Software. As a result of this agreement, Resource Group will establish itself as a leading UK business in the supply and installation of Siemens PLM Software

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British Airways and Russian carrier S7 Airlines have started codesharing on each other’s flights between London Heathrow, Moscow and across domestic routes in Russia from February 8, 2011. This follows S7’s recent entry into the Oneworld Alliance