Delta Air Lines named Tad Hutcheson Vice President – Community and Public Affairs, where he will oversee the airline’s global strategy to enhance its leadership position in the communities it serves. Prior to joining Delta, Hutcheson served as vice president of Marketing and Sales for AirTran Airways.
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The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has exercised two renewal options for AAR to provide airlift support in Afghanistan through October of 2012. The first option has a value of $99m and is part of a task order awarded to AAR in October, 2010. The second option has a value of $51m and is part
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An A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) has been put in place in Venice (Italy) at the SuperJet International’s Training Center. The A320 FFS is an EASA (JAR-FSTD A) fully compliant Synthetic training device. The FFS has been transferred from Alitalia Training Center in Rome to the SuperJet International Training Center in Tessera (Venice), close to the International Marco
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Avia Solutions Group, a group of business aviation companies, together with its subsidiary FL Technics is further strengthening its position in the global aviation technical support and maintenance market and is set to open its first representative office in Kuala Lumpur by the end of this year. ‘From its new office in Kuala Lumpur Avia
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Finnair plans to reduce the size of its narrow body fleet by four aircraft in autumn 2012 as part of its earlier announced savings program of €140m. The reduction will bring significant savings and will be implemented by optimizing the airline’s flight schedules and network. Finnair expects to realize a significant boost in narrow body aircraft utilization
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United Continental Holdings received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for a single operating certificate, marking another significant achievement in the integration of United Airlines and Continental Airlines. This regulatory milestone, while significant from an operational policies and procedures perspective, does not change how customers interact with the airline. The two carriers went through a rigorous
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Monarch Airlines has selected Goodrich Corporation to provide SmartDisplay Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) for its Airbus A300, A320, A321 and A330 aircraft. Monarch has completed initial installation of the system on an A321 and conducted a successful 2-month in-service demonstration period. SmartDisplay EFBs will be rolled-out across the Airlines’ remaining Airbus fleet with planned retrofit completion by
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AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has finalised the transaction with Bell Helicopter Textron for the acquisition of the 609 tiltrotor programme. All legal and regulatory approvals have now been successfully completed. The development of the AW609 tiltrotor programme is now moving forward under full AgustaWestland control with civil certification expected in late 2015, early 2016 and deliveries
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SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has signed a Tailored Support Package (TSP) contract with Airbus to maintain Singapore Airlines’ additional fleet of fifteen A330-300 aircraft being acquired from Airbus. SIAEC is a member of the Airbus Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Network established in 2005. The Airbus MRO Network ensures that Airbus’ customers receive maintenance services
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GE Capital Aviation Services will lease two new Airbus A330-300 aircraft to China Airlines to further expand their fleet. The aircraft come from GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus. Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2013.
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