West Star Aviation is nearing completion of their brand new 47,000 ft² maintenance facility at their East Alton, IL (ALN) location. In addition to the new maintenance facility, the multimillion dollar expansion includes a 14,000 ft² wood shop and 6,000 ft² accessory repair shop, bringing the East Alton facilities from 250,000 to 317,300 ft² with
Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has received the order from Russian operator ATRAN Cargo Airlines for the introduction of TCAS 7.1 on their Boeing 737 fleet. The development of version 7.1 of the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) was initiated by EUROCONTROL and will bring improvements to the reversal logic by detecting situations in
Boeing delivered the 8,000th 737 to come off the production line to United Airlines, marking another important milestone for Boeing’s best-selling airplane. The airplane, a Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range), features a special logo. The 737 is the first commercial airplane in history to reach this delivery milestone. The program has a strong backlog with more
Another milestone in the Falcon 7X program was reached this week with the roll-out of the 250th aircraft at Dassault Aviation’s Charles Lindbergh Hall in Mérignac near Bordeaux, France. The aircraft entered final assembly earlier this year. It will fly to the Falcon completion center in Little Rock, Arkansas in June and will be delivered
PSA Airlines released that the company’s president and chief executive officer Keith Houk, after more than 25 years of outstanding service, has elected to retire from his current role. Succeeding Houk will be Dion Flannery, most recently president of US Airways Express.
MD Helicopters, the Arizona, USA-headquartered manufacturer of a range of multi mission helicopters is marking 15 years of rotary sales activity in the Asian region by exhibiting for the first time at this year’s Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition, ABACE 2014, currently taking place in Shanghai. MD Helicopters is promoting its complete range including
AJW Aviation, the leading independent complete aircraft spares support specialist, has signed a three year General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Hungarian airline Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe. This agreement will cover forty of their A320 aircraft, providing for any additional requirements outside of the airline’s existing support contracts, giving
Fiji Airways and Etihad Airways announced a new and far reaching interline agreement between the two carriers. This agreement will allow reciprocal sales from and to 12 cities in Europe, 17 cities in the Middle East, 5 cities in Africa, 5 cities in North America, 29 cities in Asia and 3 cities in Australia to
Bombardier Aerospace confirmed Minsheng Financial Leasing as the customer who placed an order for 10 Challenger 350 jets on December 30, 2013. The announcement was marked by a special ceremony attended by Bombardier and Minsheng Financial Leasing executives at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai, China, on April 15, 2014.
Effective May 5th, current Aerolia CEO Christian Cornille will be appointed Executive Vice President – Industry of Airbus Helicopters. In this role, he will be in charge of raising the industrial model of Airbus Helicopters to a new standard, which is a key aspect of the Division’s transformation plan. Christian Cornille will be a member
