Air Partner, the global aviation services group, announced the acquisition of Baines Simmons, a world leading Aviation Safety Consultant for a total net cash consideration of up to £6.0m. The acquisition is expected to be earnings enhancing in its first full year of ownership. The reputation of the Baines Simmons brand and the expertise of
A major explosion outside the popular Erawan Shrine in Bangkok on Monday has killed at least 21 people and reportedly injured a further 140. As of yet no organization has claimed responsibility leaving speculation to run rife. A second explosion occurred today caused by someone who was witnessed throwing a pipe bomb off a bridge,
The wings for the first Airbus A350-1000 have begun the process of assembly at Broughton, North Wales. The A350-1000 wing has the same span of the A350-900 that is already in service, but 90% of the parts have been modified and the trailing edge has been extended to resize the wing for the additional payload
Jet Aviation St. Louis is performing maintenance on three Embraer Lineage business jets at the same time – a first for the aviation service center. All three Lineages are based in North America, but represent different owners. The arrival of the three narrow-body jets — Embraer’s largest business jet — for maintenance over the last
Total Technical Care provider Magnetic MRO based in Tallinn, Estonia launches High Pressure Compressor (HPC) Blades Boroblend Repair Service for CFM56-3, -5A,-5B and -7B Engines. With the addition of HPC Blend Repair Capability, Magnetic MRO will be able to assist in AOG situations caused by FOD and be a very cost-effective solution for aircraft owners
The HAECO Group reported an attributable profit of HK$254m for the first six months of 2015. This compares with a profit of HK$283m for the equivalent period in 2014. Earnings per share decreased by 10.2% to HK$1.53. Revenue increased by 7.4% to HK$5,734m. Performance for line maintenance services of HAECO in Hong Kong was good.
On a flight between Jayapura and Oksibil in Papua, a journey which usually takes 42 minutes, Indonesia’s Trigana Aior ATR-300 crashed into Mount Tangok at just before 3pm local time, 0600hrs GMT, on Sunday. It is understood there were no survivors from the 49 passengers and 5 crew on board. Within the passenger manifest were
India’s largest domestic airline by market share, IndiGo celebrated their 9th birthday by firming up their last year’s commitment and ordering 250 A320neo Family aircraft. This historical aircraft purchase agreement was signed on the 69th Independence Day of India on the 15th of August, 2015. IndiGo placed an order in 2005 for 100 A320s which
Global aeronautical communications provider Satcom Direct Communications, has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Airbus DS SatCom Government (ASGI), expanding its market presence and offerings to the U.S. government sector. ASGI is a government satellite communications business unit of Airbus Defense and Space for the U.S. market and will operate as a subsidiary of
OHS Aviation Services, the specialist for interior design of business jets and Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), the exclusive maintenance facility for Bombardier business jets, offer more services from a single source. “We now want to expand our successful cooperation in the form of joint customer acquisition abroad and rely on combined refurbishment and maintenance
