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The International Association of Machinists (AIM) currently has 35,000 Boeing employees as members of their union, and overall the union has some 370,000 dues paying members countrywide. However immediate focus is on 3,000 Boeing employees at the South Carolina factory who are not union members. AIM is sending out union representatives through the community to […]

Waypoint Leasing, one of the largest independent global helicopter leasing companies, announced the opening of its Singapore office, which is headed by Waypoint executive Philip Stransky. Waypoint’s Singapore office will further bolster the firm’s presence across the Asia Pacific region, where it has already delivered nine aircraft to leading regional operators, including Bond Helicopters Australia,

GE Aviation has changed the name of its Aircraft Operations Center team to Fleet Support, reflecting greater use of big data analytics, a growing suite of digital tools and other measures to proactively help customers keep their fleets performing at optimum levels. “The Fleet Support moniker better reflects our commitment to working with customers on

China Southern Airlines, Asia’s largest airline, is to be the launch customer for Panasonic Avionics’ eXO system, the industry’s most sophisticated overhead in-flight entertainment system. The eXO system is designed with single aisle aircraft in mind and China Southern has chosen it for its new narrow-bodied fleet of Airbus A320s and A321s being delivered from

HAECO Private Jet Solutions (PJS) and aviation consulting services provider, Asian Sky Group (ASG), signed a Memorandum of Understanding for closer cooperation between the two companies. Combining the complementary strengths of HAECO PJS and ASG, the MOU provides the framework for a broad spectrum of solutions to benefit potential buyers of private jets. Together, HAECO

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) is the first commercial aircraft to be manufactured in Japan since the 1960s when a 64-seat turboprop dubbed the YS-11 came off the production line, even though only 182 planes were built by a consortium that included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Today, Mitsubishi Aircraft, which is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi heavy

Over recent years Norwegian Air has expanded to become Europe’s third-largest budget airline after Ryanair and easyJet. However the rapid expansion has seen the airline trade at a loss and, as a consequence, it has attracted a great deal of interest from other airlines, including Ryanair itself, though the airline refused to confirm it had

After receiving a negative Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) report from ICAO, two new aviation entities—the National Civil Aviation Institute (NCAI) and the Air Transport Department (ATD)—will handle aviation and infrastructure safety compliance, respectively, with the intention of replacing the existing Thai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) which has witnessed lapses in safety oversight

Lufthansa Technik AG is investing considerably into research and innovation as part of an ongoing investment program. To further enhance its future development activities, it recently opened a completely new chemistry lab, which has been integrated with the existing metallurgy lab in a new building at the Lufthansa Technik home base in Hamburg. With these

It was on the 31st January 2014 that the FAA downgraded India’s aviation safety rating to Category 2 after it had been having concerns since 2009. Back then, the FAA, who were concerned by what it felt was gross under-staffing, especially in the Directorate of Airworthiness, warned of their intention to downgrade India to Category