Local defence manufacturer, Australian Aerospace, delivered the 15th MRH90(Multi-Role Helicopter), tail number 014, to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) – the second such handover in two weeks. Australian Aerospace’s production facility on Brisbane Airport is assembling and delivering 46 MRH90s to replace Army and Navy Black Hawk and Sea King helicopters.
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Delta Air Lines and US Airways announced the closing of their agreement to transfer takeoff and landing rights at New York ‘s LaGuardia and Washington D.C .’s Reagan National airports. The agreement was approved on Oct. 10 , 2011, by the U.S. Department of Transportation, which concluded that the transaction is in the public interest because of
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GE Aviation’s H80 turboprop engine has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This is the first GE Aviation engine to receive its initial type certification from EASA. “The type certification on the H80 engine is a significant achievement for the GE Aviation facility in the Czech Republic along with the engineering
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Jackson Square Aviation (“JSA”) has closed a $435m secured term loan, which provides the Company with committed long-term debt capacity for eleven next-generation aircraft. Financing for the facility was provided by DVB Bank SE, Norddeutsche Landesbank, and Citibank. “This is something of a landmark deal for our company,” commented Scott Weiss, JSA’s Chief Operating Officer
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TAT Technologies has appointed Itsik Maaravi as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Maaravi is currently President of TAT’s Piedmont Aviation Component Services, LLC subsidiary (“Piedmont”), a position he has held since July 2011.
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Ducommun Incorporated has received contracts totaling approximately $14m from Bell Helicopter. The Ducommun LaBarge Technologies business unit (DLT), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), will produce electronic assemblies and wiring harnesses for the V-22 Osprey military aircraft. DLT has supported the V-22 program since 2005. DLT expects the new contracts will expand production on
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To meet unprecedented demand for its products and services, Spirit AeroSystems announced plans to transition production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fixed leading edge composite wing component from Spirit’s Tulsa, Okla., facility to Spirit’s Malaysia facility. The realignment will allow Spirit to make more efficient use of its global manufacturing operations. Oklahoma employees working on
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Southwest Airlines finalized a firm order for 150 fuel-efficient 737 MAX airplanes. Southwest is the first customer to finalize an order for the 737 MAX and becomes the launch customer for the new LEAP-1B engine-variant. In addition, the airline expanded its current order book with an order for 58 additional CFM56-7BE-powered Next-Generation 737-800s. The firm order
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Boeing delivered the second Peace Eye 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). The aircraft was delivered ahead of schedule to ROKAF Base Gimhae, the main operating base for the Peace Eye fleet. Peace Eye No. 2 is the first aircraft in the fleet to be
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Ethiopian Airlines became Star Alliance’s 28th member airline on December 13th and the third African airline in the alliance. The joining ceremony was held at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, where the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB) welcomed Ethiopian Airlines into the alliance.
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