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BAE Systems announced an agreement to sell its commercial aircraft lease portfolio and Asset Management business to investment affiliates of certain funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC. The sale, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011, is for a cash consideration of $187 million, subject to certain post-completion adjustments. Completion […]

AVISA, a global aviation and airworthiness safety specialist, has signed a landmark contract with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia to deliver a package of training materials. The five month project will see AVISA playing an important role in assisting CASA with the implementation of new Parts 42, 66, 145 and 147 in

BAE Systems has reached an agreement for the proposed sale of its Composite Structures business in Brea, California, to EnCore Composites Holdings.

Building on the growing success of its regional airliner products in Latin America, BAE Systems is to develop a more regionalised Latin American strategy to support the increasing numbers of its aircraft now in operation across the Continent. As recently as 2005 the number of BAE Systems-built regional aircraft operating in Latin America was limited

David Fletcher, CEO of FlairJet and Pawel Czubilinski, President of Leon Software announced a deal at EBACE last week that sees the London Oxford Airport, UK – based executive air charter operator implementing software form Warsaw-based Leon. The web based software will control management of all fleet and crew scheduling needs of one of the

In-flight entertainment (IFE) provider, IFE Services, has been re-awarded a contract by Singapore Airlines to provide Audio Video On Demand (AVOD) data file and schedule management services. IFE Services will continue to manage Singapore Airlines

Delta Air Lines and US Airways announced a new agreement to transfer takeoff and landing rights at New York’s LaGuardia and Washington D.C.’s Reagan National airports. The agreement, filed on May 23rd with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), revises a 2009 transaction agreed between Delta and US Airways and approved by the DOT, but under

Gama Aviation ratified an agreement during EBACE in Geneva last week with worldwide catering services provider, Private Flight, to develop and support its catering operations of its 80 business aircraft in its three key markets

The products and systems for finishing and sealing textiles manufactured by the firm of Fiber Seal Aviation Services AG, Kesswil, Switzerland, are now available from OHS Aviation Service GmbH, Berlin, the experts in maintenance of executive jet interiors.

Pentagon 2000 Software announced the release of its new Kanban module for supply chain management. The Kanban technique was developed long ago in Japan as a multiple bin replenishment system to allow a demand-driven manufacturing process to pull materials through the supply chain using cards to trigger resupply of the bins. Pentagon 2000SQL software employs