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With plans for expanding its repair capabilities now underway, Barfield

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Aveos Fleet Performance, formerly ACTS, has joined the International Airlines Technical Pool (IATP) association, a network of over 100 airlines and about 30 suppliers that offer mutual assistance in sharing of resources, finding ways of reducing costs and improving operational efficiency. The acceptance of Aveos into the IATP is testament to the company’s reputation and

Rolls-Royce announced the appointment of John Neill CBE as a non-executive director. John Neill is the Chief Executive of the Unipart Group of Companies. He is a member of the Council and Board of Business in the Community and is a Non-Executive Director of Charter PLC.

With effect from 15th November 2008 Air Berlin has cancelled all flight contracts for the scheduled service of its subsidiary, dba. The six aircraft still being operated by dba will only be used on an ad hoc basis. The scheduled service will be carried out by aircraft and crews of Air Berlin, the parent company.

The first Phenom 100 customers have successfully passed the practical test with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the new Embraer entry level executive jet, at Alliance Airport, in Fort Worth, Texas. James Frost and his wife Elizabeth are the first Phenom 100 customers authorized to fly the aircraft, The general pilot training program will

Twinjet Aviation, the executive jet operator, is opening a Middle East business with the appointment of its first ever representative in the region. Neil Turnbull joined Twinjet on 1st November and will represent the operator and its sister firm The Charter Company throughout the Middle East. He will be based in the UAE. The appointment

Porter Airlines is marking its first flights between Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA) and Chicago Midway International Airport. Porter is the only carrier offering service between these two convenient airports. The inaugural flight departed TCCA in the morning of November 12th as part of an initial schedule of three daily roundtrip flights per weekday and

Air Transport Services Group reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary ABX Air had signed amendments to its principal commercial agreements with DHL Express to set fixed-dollar mark-up payments for the fourth quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009. The amendments modify ABX Air

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Board of Directors appointed Yair Gilboa General Manager of the Ramta Division in the Commercial Aircraft Group, Joseph Betsalel General Manager of the Components Division of Bedek Aviation Group, Rami Sartani was appointed General Manager of MAMAN Division and David Tobias has been appointed IT and Processes Director.