AeroWorx has been approved by Honeywell Aerospace as an Authorized Mechanical Service Center. AeroWorx is located in Torrance, CA and is a leading FAA repair station provider of pneumatic, hydraulic, electromechanical and fuel system repair and overhaul services for military and commercial aircraft. Besides being one of just a handful of Honeywell Authorized Mechanical Service
ENAER and Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi officially announced the signing of an industrial cooperation agreement under the form of a Memorandum of Understanding. According with the agreement, the Chilean aeronautics company, ENAER and Alenia Aermacchi will collaborate on the logistic support of the C-27J, worldwide considered as the benchmark in the new-generation, medium battlefield airlifter category, and
Having originally taken a 3% stake in Aer Lingus in May 2012 and increased that by acquiring a further 4.5% last year, Etihad Airways has announced that should the deal to sell Aer Lingus to IAG be backed by the Irish government, they would be prepared to sell off their stake in the airline. The
TransDigm Group has completed the acquisition of the Telair Cargo Group of businesses, from AAR, for a total purchase price of approximately US$725m in cash, subject to adjustment. TransDigm financed the acquisition through a combination of existing cash on hand and borrowing of US$75m under its existing revolving credit facility. The acquisition was previously announced
China Eastern has selected Rockwell Collins’ advanced avionics systems, including its Head-up Guidance System (HGS) and Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR), for 20 new Next-Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. Deliveries will begin early next year. Rockwell Collins’ HGS displays critical flight information in pilots’ forward field-of-view, eliminating the need for pilots to transition to the head-down instruments. As
Aeronautical Engineers reported that the third MD-80SF freighter conversion for Aeronaves T.S.M. (TSM) has commenced modification at Commercial Jet’s Miami, Florida facility, which is one of five authorized AEI Conversion Centers worldwide. The MD-83 variant aircraft (MSN 49558) will be the third MD-80SF conversion for TSM. TSM currently operates two AEI MD-80SF freighters. After this
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, delivered a second Boeing 737-800 to Aeromexico. The delivery is the second of four B737-800 aircraft scheduled for delivery to Aeromexico by Avolon. Avolon also delivered the first of four Boeing 787-9 to Virgin Atlantic.
Airbus Group completed a placement of 1,612,407 shares of Dassault Aviation corresponding to 17.5% of the company’s share capital. In accordance with the agreement signed with Airbus Group and pursuant to the approval granted by its shareholders during its shareholders’ meeting dated January 28th, 2015, Dassault Aviation acquired through this placement 460,687 shares corresponding to
The devastating impact and mountainous terrain has meant that 36 hours after the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525, only a damaged cockpit voice recorder has been recovered so far as search parties continue to scour the surrounding hillside for the flight data recorder. It will take some time of the cockpit voice recorder to be
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group produced the transparencies for the S-97 RAIDER rotorcraft prototype rolled out by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Tthe 14-ft² windshields are polycarbonate laminates for high impact strength and light weight with proprietary protective coatings to extend service life, according to Brent Wright, PPG global platform director for aerospace transparencies. “Sikorsky wanted windshields
