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Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) has renamed its European component repair facility, SAS Component A/S. The company is now known as ST Aerospace Solutions (Europe) A/S.

US Airways executive Dion Flannery, currently vice president, financial analysis, has been named president of US Airways Express. Flannery succeeds Robert Martens, who has announced his retirement from the airline. In his new role, Flannery will be responsible for oversight of US Airways

PAS Technologies appointed Jeffrey W. Peterson as its Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, replacing interim CFO Wayne Booth. In his new role, Peterson will report to PAS Technologies

Southwest Airlines will be the first US carrier to test satellite-delivered broadband Internet access on multiple aircraft. With this innovation, Southwest Customers with a wi-fi enabled device will have full access to the Internet including e-mail, music, shopping, and virtual private networks (VPN) via a high-speed connection. Southwest Airlines is partnering with Southern California-based Row

US Airways announced two new executive appointments in its Information Technologies group. Approved on January 17th by the airline

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies, to design, develop and supply the lighted control panels and dimming controllers for Sikorsky

TAM Linhas Aereas has had its IOSA certificate (IATA Operational Safety Audit) renewed until January 2010. The certificate is the most thorough and widely accepted international verification of civil aviation operational safety. The IOSA registration revalidation, valid for the next two years, was granted to TAM after the conclusion of the auditing process by independents

Virgin America appointed Tom Anderson as the next generation airline’s Senior Vice President of Technical Operations. An industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, Anderson will oversee the start-up carrier’s technical operations as it grows from a start-up to a major national carrier. Anderson joins Virgin America from SkyWorks Capital, where he led

The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has downgraded the Philippines to category 2 from category 1 after inspections showed the Philippine Air Transportation Office (ATO) did not meet global safety standards. Under Category 2, PAL is prohibited from increasing its 33 flights a week to the US and its territories and from changing the type

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a follow-on contract by Vought Aircraft Industries Dallas, for commercial information technology (IT) outsourcing services that provides continuity and flexibility in servicing Vought’s heritage information systems. The contract is valued at $86 million over three years to Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology sector. Two one-year options could extend the contract total