GE Aviation has been selected by Guangzhou Hangxin Company/AVICopter to provide the Health & Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for their AC313 helicopter fleet in China. The fleet of civilian AC313 helicopters is designed to carry 27 passengers and two crew in the transport role. It also has been designed to be used for VIP transport,
In July last year the FAA ordered a temporary ban on flights in and out of Tel Aviv after rockets landed close to Ben Gurion Airport, though the EASA did not invoke a total ban. In August, EASA demanded airlines to be cautious when operating in Syrian airspace and the FAA prohibited US airlines from
Safran announced today that one of its companies, Hispano-Suiza, is building a new plant in Poland with the support of Polish authorities, to meet the requirements of two other Safran companies, Snecma and Techspace Aero, for the LEAP and Silvercrest engine programs, respectively. Set to be completed at the end of 2016, the new production
Boeing and Qatar Airways have finalized an order for four 777 Freighters, valued at US$1.24bn at current list prices. The airline also has purchase rights for four additional airplanes, which when exercised will bring the combined value to US$2.46bn. Qatar Airways first announced an intent to order the four 777 Freighters at the 2014 Farnborough
AerData, the provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software announces that Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, has selected AerData’s STREAM software. STREAM (Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management) is the industry’s foremost web-based solution used by some of the world’s largest airlines, lessors and MROs
DolphiTech announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with Barfield, a recognized worldwide market leader in Ground Support Test Equipment that will be distributing DolphiTech’s line of new mobile, advanced 3D ultrasound cameras. “The use of composites materials is increasing on aircraft opening up the need of new advanced technologies. Barfield, with its 70
TP Aerospace Technics LLC based in Orlando Florida, a fully equipped and operational Wheel and Brake repair business, becomes the latest addition to the TP Aerospace Group. Through an asset buy-out, TP Aerospace, a leading independent Wheel and Brake aftermarket provider, adds repair and overhaul capacity to its American branch, strategically located in central Florida.
FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is further expanding its client base in Europe and Asia by signing a Base Maintenance agreement with Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. Under the agreement, FL Technics will provide Base Maintenance support for the carrier’s Boeing 737 NGs. Pegasus Airlines, the second
With the Indonesian navy seeming to have located the tail section of the AirAsia flight 8501 downed on December 28th, 2014 with 162 people on board, opinions regarding the actual crash and reasons for it are becoming more formulated. With debris comprising relatively large sections of the plane, some experts have stated that the plane’s
Precision Aircraft Solutions has received FAA approval for a new Maximum Zero Fuel Weight (MZFW) increase on both winglet- and non-winglet-equipped Precision Conversions freighters. The most recent upgrade authorization allows Precision to further increase MZFW as high as 200,000 lbs. (90,718 kg) — 12,000 lbs. (5,443 kg) over the OEM highest certificated MZFW for Rolls-Royce-
