Embraer announced that it plans to invest an estimated $50 million for the establishment of a new facility in the United States dedicated to its executive jets business. The new 150,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility will house a final assembly line, the first for Embraer in the U.S. It will be capable of producing both the Phenom
Continental Airlines announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Jeff Misner, has informed the company that he has decided to retire effective Aug. 31, 2008, following his 55th birthday. Zane Rowe Continental’s senior vice president for network strategy, will succeed Misner as executive vice president and chief financial officer upon Misner’s retirement.
Air Midwest a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group announced that it will discontinue all operations including its current scheduled services provided under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. This announcement follows the company’s January 15, 2008 announcement of the decision to discontinue Air Midwest’s operations. The company cites record-high fuel prices, insufficient demand
Lease Corporation International (LCI) has announced the appointment of Martin Siegrist as Vice President, Technical. Siegrist was previously Vice President Engineering & Planning at Swiss International Air Lines. From 2000 to 2002, he was the Technical Director of Flightlease, the aircraft lessor. His responsibilities will include the technical oversight of LCI
LAN CARGO S.A., cargo subsidiary of LAN Airlines S.A. reported that on May 9, 2008 it presented to the Colombian aviation authorities a formal proposal for the creation of a new cargo airline in that country. LAN CARGO
Astronics Corporation reported that it signed an agreement with Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) to develop and supply the power distribution system that will be integrated with Panasonic
BOC Aviation has expanded its Asia-Pacific marketing team with the appointment of Mr. John Bloemen as Vice President. Based in Singapore, Mr. Bloemen reports to Mr. Steven Townend, Chief Commercial Officer. Following his appointment, BOC Aviation will have a team of nine marketing specialists with presence in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Mr. Bloemen was
Qantas announced it would establish a pilot base in Perth in December 2008. The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said around 80 pilots would be based in Perth for intra-Western Australia and transcontinental flying to support the airline’s recently announced capacity increases. “The State’s mining and resource sector is booming and the
PAL Express, the new, low-fares brand of Philippine Airlines, completed its inaugural flight to Caticlan on May 5, 2008. The new carrier, which operates a fleet of nine modern Bombardier Q300 and Q400 turbo-propeller aircraft, will boost services on May 19 when it opens a hub in Cebu. PAL Express will fly a total of
