British Prime Minister David Cameron officially opened Airbus’ new £400 million wing factory in Wales on October 13th, a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility which will assemble the wings for Airbus’ advanced new A350 XWB long-range aircraft family. The Prime Minister joined hundreds of guests and Airbus employees to unveil the giant, environmentally friendly Airbus North Factory
MTU Aero Engines intends to increase its share in the International Aero Engines (IAE) consortium. This move is expected to follow an agreement between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce on the restructuring of the IAE consortium, which markets the highly successful V2500 engines for Airbus A320 family aircraft. Rolls-Royce will sell its stake in IAE
Cargolux reported that the delivery of the first two Boeing 747-8 Freighters initially scheduled for 19 and 21 September is proceeding on 12 and 13 October 2011, following the resolution of contractual issues between Boeing, GE and Cargolux related to the performance of the aircraft and the engines. Launch customer Cargolux has 13 Boeing 747-8
Stony Point Group, a private equity and management firm focusing on middle market companies in the aerospace, defense and industrial sectors, reported the acquisition of the assets Broadwing Air Repair, (BAR). Financial terms of the transaction, which closed October 7, were not disclosed. Located in Melbourne, Ark., BAR is an FAA Part 145 Repair Station that provides
GE Aviation has been awarded two contracts from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to provide the Integrated Vehicle Health Management technology and service for the G650 business jet aircraft. “This is one of the first comprehensive health management systems for a civil airplane and a first for business jets,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, president and CEO of GE
Embraer has concluded the sale of a Phenom 100 entry-level jet to the CAE Global Academy Perth, Australia. To be delivered by the end of 2011, this is the first Phenom 100 purchased by a flight training academy in Asia-Pacific. CAE Global Academy Perth, also known as China Southern West Australia Flying College, is a
Russian carriers will need more than 1,000 passenger aircraft over the next 20 years in response to the strong traffic growth, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF). The forecast ranks Russia sixth in the top ten countries for passenger aircraft demand after US, China, India, Germany and UK. The Russian passenger aircraft
Colombian operator Helistar has signed a contract with Eurocopter de México, subsidiary of Eurocopter Group, to purchase three EC145s. With these three new helicopters, the fleet of Colombia’s largest helicopter company will expand to include seven EC145s. The first two additional aircraft will be delivered in 2012, followed by the third in 2013. Helistar currently
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft successfully went through additional certification trials on expanding operational conditions at the high altitude airports. Trials involved SSJ100 flight prototype MSN95004 and took place in the airport of Toluca, Mexico, from 14 to 30 September 2011. The airport is located at the altitude of 2,580 meters over the sea
Cessna Aircraft Company introduced the new Citation Latitude mid-size business jet, at the start of the 64th NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention. This is Cessna’s second new product announcement in the past 14 days; the company launched the Citation M2 light business jet on Sept. 26. With space for a crew of two plus up to eight passengers,
