Following the crash of a West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 in Sweden late at night on January 7th , Swedish accident investigators have confirmed that though extensively damaged, both the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) together with it memory functions, have now all been recovered from the crash site. Flight PT294
Premier Aviation Overhaul Centre (Premier) and Discovery Air Technical Services (DATS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Air, released that Premier has now completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of DATS on January 8th, 2016. The parties previously announced Premier’s offer to purchase DATS on June 22nd, 2015. Premier Aviation is a
A year after its official inauguration, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s new plant in Sendayan, Malaysia delivered its first heat sink to AirAsia, for use on the Airbus A320. The heat sink is a stack of carbon disks comprising the airplane’s brake. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty chose Malaysia to set up its new carbon disk production and refurbishment plant in this region,
Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, has signed a long-term contract with GE Aviation for jet engine components in an agreement valued at more than US$1.5bn over the contract life. Under the deal, Alcoa will supply advanced nickel-based superalloy, titanium and aluminum components for a broad range of GE Aviation
With the introduction of legislation requiring that all recreational UAVs, or drones, weighing between .55lbs and 55lbs, are to be registered, along with the pilots themselves, it was announced by FAA administrator, Michael Huerta, that 181,000 had been registered so far. Speaking at a consumer electronics conference in Las Vegas on the 6th of January
Gama Aviation, one of the world’s largest business aviation service providers, announced the conditional acquisition of Aviation Beauport Limited; a privately owned Jersey based business offering a range of business aviation services. The acquisition of Beauport is conditional upon approval from the Jersey Competition Authority which is expected to complete by the end of February
Boeing and Air China announced an order for six additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners. The order is valued at more than US$2bn at current list prices and bolsters Air China’s long-haul widebody fleet as it looks to expand its international network. With this new order, Air China will increase its unfilled airplane orders with Boeing
Four months after their newly appointed company president and CEO, Oscar Munoz, was forced to take medical leave following a heart attack in October last year, United Airlines have revealed that he underwent heart transplant surgery on Wednesday 6th January at an undisclosed medical facility. While the operation is believed to have been a success
BOC Aviation placed an order for 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft at the end of December 2015 as it continues to build on its existing order book to fulfill customer demand. This latest order comprises 18 A320 NEO family and 12 A320 CEO family aircraft. “This order underscores our continued confidence in the reliability and
Just over 18 months after the Japan-based low cost carrier subsidiary of China’s Spring Airlines began operations, it is to receive a welcome capital boost in the form of JPY18 billion (US$151 million) from local Japanese investors, including a major real estate company and consumer electronics retailer Bic Camera. Under current legislation, as the airline
