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DHL Express has been chosen by A J Walter Aviation, the aircraft support specialist, to manage all inbound and outbound delivery requirements. The cost saving contract is valued at

The first scheduled service to be operated by the new Lufthansa Italia airline is scheduled for take-off on 2 February 2009. The maiden flight is from Milan to Barcelona and a second flight will take off for Paris. Customers from Milan and the Lombardy region will in future have a choice of eight new non-stop

A leading aircraft trading company is seeing a sustained demand for executive jets, as buyers take advantage of competitive prices for new and used executive aircraft. Twinjet Aircraft Sales says it has not experienced any decline in purchase enquiries over the past six months, attributing the lower prices to a greater availability of new and

Universal Asset Management announced the addition of a new 10,000 square-foot repair facility – Universal Air Repair, LLC. Pending FAA certification, this subsidiary will be UAM

Europe Airpost, the pan-European charter operator, has chosen AD Aerospace, an AD Group company, to supply CabinVu-123 to improve safety and security on board its aircraft. CabinVu-123 increases cockpit security by giving the pilots

Talking to industry leaders over the past few weeks, Bertrand Grabowski, member of the Board of Managing Directors of DVB Bank SE, and responsible for Aviation, said:

Eurocopter UK is to build a major new helicopter service centre at Kirkhill Commercial Park in Dyce, Aberdeen. The centre will bring the most up to date helicopter support technology to one of the busiest off shore oil and gas helicopter maintenance hubs in the world. The facility will be ideally placed to offer state

Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced that Hawaiian Airlines will install the Panasonic Avionics eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on ten A330 aircraft. The first eX2 equipped aircraft is expected to enter service in 2010. The Panasonic eX2 IFE system will provide an enhanced IFE experience on Hawaiian Airlines

British Airways unveiled a radical new environmental target of halving net CO2 emissions by 2050. The target means that British Airways will reduce its net carbon output from 16 million tonnes in 2005 to eight million by mid-century. Willie Walsh, the airline’s chief executive, announced the new objective in Hyderabad, to which British Airways has

Volvo Aero will initiate negotiations with the Trade Unions regarding redundancy of 250 blue-collar employees. At the same time, the company plans to reduce the number of white-collar positions by around 100 through planned retirement and a reduced number of consultants.