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LATEST NEWS
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2022
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François Lepot, CEO of Safran Aero Boosters, has announced that a new compressor blades and vanes production plant for aircraft engines is to be established in the Walloon region of Belgium, in the province of Liège. A €50 million investment is to be made in a refurbished site where titanium compressor blades will be manufactured, including those required for the LEAP engine.
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This production line will bolster Safran Aero Boosters' industrial expertise in its flagship product, the low-pressure compressor. Bearing the name Safran Blades, the production unit is being set up in partnership with the Belgian and Walloon federal authorities, the Société Régionale dʼInvestissement de Wallonie (S.R.I.W) and the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement (S.F.P.I.M).
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Safran Aero Boosters has a majority stake of 56% and the two partners each hold 22%. The 10,000-square-metre centre of excellence is located in Marchin, on a former ArcelorMittal site that will be completely refurbished, incorporating Safran's best industrial technologies to meet the highest global standards. Featuring automation, highly qualified personnel and the most advanced digital technologies, Plant 4.0 will produce more than 2,000 blades and vanes per day, with innovative, autonomous real-time quality control at every critical stage of production.
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The unit is planned to become operational in 2025 and will provide jobs for around 100 people. Additionally, the site is designed to meet the highest standards in terms of sustainable development, with a significant reduction in energy and water consumption and the use of renewable energy (solar panels, hydraulic turbines, etc.).
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After many years of dedicated service and an excellent career within SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Simon Pauck Hansen, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will leave SAS.
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The pandemic’s impact on the aviation market has demanded significant changes for SAS and Pauck Hansen has played a key role in the process of taking SAS through the largest crisis ever experienced by the aviation industry and in preparing SAS for a competitive future facing the new market reality. He has been instrumental in implementing the SAS Forward Plan and the main components under his responsibility are now realized or planned as SAS is entering the next phase of the business transformation plan.
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Pauck Hansen hands over the responsibility to Mikael Wångdahl, currently VP SAS Link and External Production, who will assume the role as acting Chief Operating Officer. Wångdahl brings extensive knowledge from the aviation sector as well as long operational experience from SAS. The handover is in process and will be completed during the month of January.
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Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), centre of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions, re-delivered its tenth A330-300P2F aircraft to DHL Express in time for the Asian high-season for e-commerce and cargo demand.
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DHL Express, launch customer for EFW’s A330-300P2F programme, is currently the biggest operator of the A330-300P2F fleet. DHL Express’ A330-300P2F fleet will continue to grow, with eight more aircraft on firm order to be redelivered by EFW of which some are already inducted for a conversion in Dresden, Germany at EFW.
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Together with partner airlines EAT, ASL and Air Hong Kong, DHL Express is operating its A330-300P2F fleet in Europe and Asia as well as on transatlantic flights from Leipzig/ Germany to the U.S.
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Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will resume the recruitment and training of new pilots next year, after such activities were suspended in view of the CORONA-pandemic. SWISS will also be newly employing 80 first officers who have already completed their training with Lufthansa Aviation Training Switzerland (LAT).
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“We are really pleased that, after a two-year hiring freeze, we can now offer a new generation of SWISS pilots job prospects, career perspectives and an attractive workplace aloft and can welcome more new colleagues to our cockpit crew corps,” says SWISS Head of Flight Operations Stefan-Kenan Scheib. “We are looking to train new cockpit personnel now, to ensure that we continue to meet all our cockpit crewing needs for our SWISS flight operations.”
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The two-year training of SWISS’s new pilots will be conducted by the LAT-operated European Flight Academy (EFA). The training will take place at various locations including Opfikon and Grenchen in Switzerland and Goodyear (Arizona) in the U.S.A.
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Raytheon Technologies has completed the successful first engine run of the company's regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, marking a key milestone towards flight testing, targeted to begin in 2024.
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The propulsion system's initial run took place at Pratt & Whitney's innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec and performed as expected. The system fully integrates a 1 MW electric motor developed by Collins Aerospace with a highly efficient Pratt & Whitney fuel-burning engine, specially adapted for hybrid-electric operation. This powerplant technology will enable more efficient engine performance during the different phases of flight, such as take-off, climb and cruise, reducing fuel burn and CO2 emissions by up to 30% compared to today's most advanced regional turboprop aircraft.
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"Hybrid-electric propulsion technology offers significant potential to optimise efficiency across a range of different aircraft applications, helping our industry meet its ambitious goal for achieving net-zero CO2 emissions," said Jean Thomassin, Executive Director New Products and Services, Pratt & Whitney Canada. "With our ground test programme now well underway, planned flight testing will enable us to accelerate the demonstration of this next generation sustainable propulsion technology as we continue to expand our collaboration within Canada's aerospace ecosystem and beyond."
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Flight Test Centre of Excellence (Cert Centre Canada - 3C), will modify and operate the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 aircraft, serving as the platform for future flight demonstrations.
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Ryanair has confirmed that it has signed a four-year pay agreement with the Fórsa union and its Irish pilots under which Ryanair’s Irish pilots will receive an accelerated restoration of pay cuts previously agreed during the COVID- pandemic.
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These pay cuts will now be fully restored in the Irish pilots’ December payroll and the agreement also incorporates three-years of pay increases spread over the next four years up to March 2027. This agreement with Fórsa and Ryanair’s Irish pilots was facilitated by discussions which took place on December 16, at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
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Ryanair’s People Director, Darrell Hughes, said: “We welcome this pay restoration agreement with Fórsa and our Irish pilots which will see pay cuts previously agreed during COVID restored in the December payroll in time for Christmas.
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This agreement which includes annual pay increases for the next four years now brings our Irish pilots into line with similar pay restoration deals concluded with our other pilot unions across Europe over the past nine-months. We are grateful for the assistance of the WRC in reaching this sensible agreement with Fórsa and our Irish pilots.”
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On January 1, 2023, Indian carrier Vistara (TATA SIA Airlines Limited), a joint venture between Tata Sons (51%) and Singapore Airlines (49%), will become a member of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG), which is advocating the interests of national and international airlines operating to and from Germany. With a fleet of over 50 modern aircraft, Vistara operates more than 250 flights daily to more than 40 destinations within India and globally. Vistara, represented by Friends Touristik Marketing GmbH & Co. KG in the German market, serves Germany – India’s largest EU trading partner – with six flights a week between the Indian capital Delhi and Frankfurt am Main.
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Jai Prakash Tiwari, Country Manager Germany at Vistara: “The work of an airline association such as BARIG at the interface with, for example, politics or the authorities and airport operators is of great value to air traffic. Important, forward-looking topics are advanced here. As a member of BARIG, we want to participate in this and look forward to working with other airline representatives and association partners.”
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Since the start of operations in 2013, more than 35 million passengers have already travelled with Vistara. A fleet expansion by more than 20 narrow- and wide-body aircraft to over 70 airplanes is planned for 2023. By now, the airline is already operating one of Asia’s youngest fleets.
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F3 Logistics has implemented Pentagon 2000SQL™ to expand operations with support for procurement and logistics services to the U.S. Air Force and other industry customers.
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F3 Logistics was recently awarded a Third Party Equipment Purchasing (3PEP) small-business contract to improve war fighter support, maintain or lower costs for the government, ensure continued utilisation/increase of small business manufacturers and maintain clear government programme visibility.
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Parrish Swearingen, President of F3 Logistics commented that “our business operations continue to grow and the Pentagon 2000SQL™ system has allowed us to automate our procedures while we scale up our internal operations and customer service”.
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F3 Logistics is a limited liability company located in Warner Robins, GA, established December 13, 2013. The company provides a high level of professional logistics and warehousing services predominantly for government clients.
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