AWAS has delivered one new 737-800 passenger aircraft to the flag carrier of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines. This aircraft comes from AWAS’ previous direct order with the manufacturer and marks the second overall new 737-800 that AWAS has delivered to the airline this year. This additional efficient aircraft will further support Ethiopian’s announced 15 year strategic
With the recent departure of two of Ryanair’s long-standing senior executives, deputy CEO and COO Michael Cawley, who had been with the airline for 17 years, and CFO and deputy CEO Howard Miller, who joined them 23 years ago, it is very much a case of now steadying the ship with tying CEO Maichale O’Leary
Singapore Technologies Engineering announced that its aerospace arm Singapore Technologies Aerospace has injected US$4.87m (S$6.2m) into the capital of its wholly owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Academy (STAA). This would bring STA Engineering’s total equity investment in STAA to US$12.98m (approximately S$17.6m). The capital injection affirms ST Engineering’s confidence in the commercial pilot training business and
Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, announced that AirExplore, based in Bratislava, Slovakia, has signed a 5 year contract for the use of OASES. Commsoft’s flagship product, OASES is a ‘best-of-breed’ MRO IT system which offers an industry-leading technical sophistication whilst being intuitively user-friendly. AirExplore will be using OASES to support
Flybe announced the launch of the airline’s London City Airport operations. Flybe will utilize its fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft to siginificantly boost connectivity between Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin, Inverness, Exeter and the heart of London. “From today, purple Flybe Q400 aircraft will be a regular feature in the skies above the City of London as
WestJet has reached a tentative agreement with WestJet’s Flight Attendant Association Board (FAAB). The proposed agreement is available to WestJet flight attendants for review beginning October 31st, 2014, and voting begins November 10th, 2014, at 9 a.m. MST. The WestJet Inflight leadership team and FAAB began negotiations in May 2014, to develop a tentative agreement
In partnership with CASC (China Aviation Supplies Corporation) in Beijing, AJW Aviation has signed a six year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of A320 aircraft. Established by the Nashan Group, the Qingdao Municipal Government and Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines launched operations earlier this year providing domestic services to destinations across China.
Back on July 4th 2014 a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran). Today, the 24th October 2014, it has been announced that Hélène Moreau-Leroy, Chairman and CEO of Hispano-Suiza and Norbert Arndt, Rolls-Royce Executive Vice President, Structures and Transmissions, have signed a final agreement for the creation of a jointly-owned
Airwork (a New Zealand listed company) based in Auckland, New Zealand has selected AEI to provide two firm and five optional B737-400SF eleven pallet configuration passenger-to-freighter conversions. Airwork will make the freighter aircraft available to its ACMI and dry lease customers. The first aircraft, built in 1992 has already been modified at Commercial Jet Services’
Tigerair Australia has signed a long-term partnership agreement with AJW Aviation to transform the support programme for its current fleet of 13 Airbus A320 aircraft as part of the airline’s ongoing focus on improving operational efficiency. As part of the agreement AJW will deliver complete inventory technical management (ITM) across a variety of areas including
