In a news update from London Heliport, 2017 saw the facility handle 11,900 total movements, an increase of 5% on 2016 figures. With Halo and Starspeed now making the Leonardo AW169 available for charter, the heliport has seen a shift towards large twin-engine executive helicopter movements. The heliport is currently undergoing a major communications network
One passenger has died, and seven passengers have been injured as a result of an engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines jet bound from New York to Dallas. The plane, Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 with 149 passengers and crew on board. The plane made a successful emergency landing at Philadelphia just before noon,
What began as a problem with the Trent 1000 Package C compressor and subsequent problems with turbine blades wearing out sooner than expected, has now seen Rolls-Royce ramp up the number of more rigorous inspections of the engine after liaising with authorities over a separate issue. The engines have needed unscheduled maintenance due to parts
The Indian government has been looking for a new source for up to 400 jets for the Indian Air Force after the cancelation of the 126-plane Dassault deal in 2015. While Lockheed has partnered with salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group to bid for the current 110 fighter jet contract with the F-16, and Saab teaming up
It has been announced that Jet Aviation has signed a binding agreement to acquire Hawker Pacific for US$250 million. Commenting on the deal, Rob Smith, president of Jet Aviation commented: “The acquisition of Hawker Pacific represents a significant step in expanding our footprint, capability and customer offer across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. “Hawker
In a move to further shore up its balance sheet, Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its subsidiary fuel injection technology firm, L’Orange, to Colorado-based Woodward in a £610m (US$860m) deal. The transaction should be completed by the end of September this year. According to Rolls-Royce, the sale of L’Orange will “improve resilience” of the balance
American Airlines will more than double its 787 Dreamliner fleet with a new order for 47 of the super-efficient airplane plus 28 options. This new order of 47 787s makes American Airlines the largest 787 customer in the Western Hemisphere. American originally ordered 42 787 Dreamliners and has been using the airplanes to open new
As U.S. president Donald Trump ramps up pressure levels on a looming trade war with China, China Eastern has made it clear that if events affect passenger and cargo volumes, it is not afraid to alter routes and also the type of passenger jet it is prepared to purchase. DBS analyst Paul Yong stated that:
Despite only 52.4 percent of shareholders agreeing to the takeover, Melrose Industries has made a successful bid of £8 billion (US$11 billion) to take over the British engineer GKN after a bitter three-month-long battle. This has been seen as the largest successful hostile bid since Kraft took over Cadbury in 2009. Melrose is a UK-based
Component Control has released Quantum MobileTech™ v2.1 which will extend the Mobile Solution Suite of the award winning Quantum Control family of aviation software solutions for MRO’s, Distributors and Logistics Management Companies. The new release of MobileTech adds upgraded features to the core functionality of Labor Recording, Reserving Inventory and Managing Work Order Tasks by
