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Czech Airlines successfully passed the final stage of an environmental audit according to the ISO 14001 international norm. The certification audit took place in two rounds, from July to October. The audit focused on flight and ground operations, technical aircraft maintenance, training programmes, and sales and support activities. The outcome of the audit shows that, […]

oneworld, the global airline alliance, is linking up with WestJet, Canada’s low-cost airline, to help businesses throughout Canada make their budgets for worldwide travel stretch as far as possible. The new canadaconnect corporate travel program combines WestJet’s comprehensive Canadian network with oneworld’s transborder and international reach to offer companies across Canada special rates on their

Bombardier Aerospace announced the appointment of Jason Liao as director of sales, for Bombardier Business Aircraft. Mr. Liao has been in his new role since mid-September and is responsible for all Learjet, Challenger, and Global aircraft sales in China.

Embraer released its first market outlook dedicated to the Chinese market, at a press conference held on November 4th at Airshow China 2008, in the city of Zhuhai. The market outlook provides a series of analyses based on the evolution of the Chinese air transportation industry, and presents Embraer

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A U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge on Friday granted Frontier Airlines’ motion to reject its contracts with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters covering mechanics and material specialists. The Teamsters, which represent Frontier’s mechanics, have been struggling to stop Denver-based Frontier from permanently outsourcing all of its maintenance work to El Salvador-based Aeroman. Though Frontier and the

Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL Holdings reported the acquisition of Meyerinck Group, based in Fernwald, Germany, a leading international manufacturer of refuelling and industrial loading systems. The transaction is effective as of November 1, 2008. Established forty years ago, and based in Fernwald, Germany, Meyerinck designs and manufactures advanced refuelling and loading systems for the

Pratt & Whitney will provide EcoPower engine wash services for the entire U.S. Air Force F117 fleet of 800 engines, as part of a C-17 F117 Engine Overhaul and Repair support contract from The Boeing Company, announced in October. As part of this support contract, Pratt & Whitney will also provide EcoPower engine wash services

Esterline Corporation announced the divestiture of its UK-based Muirhead Aerospace subsidiary to AMETEK. Muirhead, one of Esterline’s smaller operations, designs and manufactures a range of specialized motion technology including precision electro-mechanical actuators and servo components for a wide variety of aircraft, land vehicles, ships and missiles. The operation also provides maintenance, repair and overhaul services

The Timken Company has acquired the assets of EXTEX a leading designer and marketer of high-quality replacement engine parts for the aerospace aftermarket. The acquisition will add most of EXTEX