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LATEST NEWS
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
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The Recaro Aircraft Seating (Recaro) CL6720 customised for Air China took to the skies for the first time in the cabin of an Airbus A350 en route from Beijing to Chengdu on January 20. In addition to the new seat, the aircraft included Recaro PL3530 seats in the premium economy section and CL3710 seats in the economy section of the plane.
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The CL6720 has been christened the ‘minisuite in the sky’, having been first unveiled in 2020. The seat has additional privacy features and premier living space while combining a lightweight structure with an efficient seat configuration which will help carriers reduce their carbon footprint as well as save on fuel costs.
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The customized Air China seat includes a Chinese-style lamp in each suite, upper stowage with a uniquely crafted drawer, specially made privacy dividers, and an Air China customised inner soft-touch back-shell. Recaro and Air China worked together to carry out a significant comfort enhancement and functional optimisation plans, incorporating feedback from both design teams.
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Originally established in 1988, Air China is headquartered in Beijing and has a fleet of 750 aircraft that fly passengers to 150 cities in 25 countries. Recaro Aircraft Seating is a global supplier of premium aircraft seats for airlines and OEMs and is one of the market leaders in economy-class seating. The company employs 2,100 people worldwide across its sites in China, Poland, South Africa and the United States.
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Elbit Systems has reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems-Cyclone, was awarded a contract for the supply of aero-structure assemblies to the Boeing Company.
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The contract includes production and supply of the largest main deck cargo door (MDCD) for the Boeing 777 Freighter and 777-8 Freighter.
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Cyclone offers a broad range of aerospace capabilities, including the design and production of composite structural assemblies as well as services such as maintenance, installations, upgrades and integration of products to clients around the globe. Elbit Systems is one of the world’s major supplies of aircraft doors and provides innovative and high-standard solutions.
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A pioneering Norfolk aviation project aimed at improving healthcare and saving lives in some of the most remote parts of the world is a step closer to take-off after taking its maiden flight.
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Old Buckenham-based firm NUNCATS is in the process of developing the ‘electric sky jeep’, to provide cheap and sustainable transport to deliver doctors, teachers and medical supplies to remote communities across the world. It plans to work with charities and non-government organisations (NGOs) to tap into existing networks of solar powered energy grids on buildings in remote towns and villages so that the aircraft can fly between them delivering vital medical aid and attention.
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The ‘electric sky jeep’, based on a Zenith CH750, has been under construction for the past three years but on Friday, January 20, successfully took to the air at Old Buckenham Airfield, in south Norfolk. The test flight is a significant step forward for the project and means any tweaks can now be made to speed up the production process, step up the trials and eventually see the plane take to the skies in life-saving missions.
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The Community Interest Company (CIC), which has partnered with U.S. Zenith Aircraft Company and several start-up investors, is the brainchild of Shipdham-based husband and wife Tim and Helen Bridge, who founded the company in 2019 and began the work during the COVID lockdowns three years ago. They have taken a light-aircraft (available in kit form), and replaced the petrol engine and fuel tanks with an electric one with batteries, supported by solar charging stations on the ground. Both the aircraft and the solar system are based at Old Buckenham.
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Tim Bridge said: “Nobody else is building electric aircraft in this way. Our aim is to provide a low-cost, rugged and practical aircraft for use in rural and hard to reach communities, such as medics in Uganda and doctors in rural India. We knew it would work but it’s great to actually see it in action. Now we have done that our next stage is to find the money to complete the second plane and replicate this so we can get them out into the field for testing.
“As soon as funding allows, we hope to move towards getting this into communities where it can make a real difference. There are currently a billion people in the world with no access to healthcare, 5,000 people will die because of that just today. This can be a genuine lifesaver.”
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The test flight was piloted by Captain Tim Kingsley, a pilot at Norwich-based air charter company SaxonAir, which is backing the project.
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FAI rent-a-jet GmbH’s Air Ambulance Division has received accreditation from the European Aeromedical Institute (EURAMI) for the fifth time for both long-range, intercontinental fixed-wing and regional fixed-wing air ambulance services. This includes medical endorsements of adult critical care, advanced adult critical care, paediatric critical care and neonatal critical care. The accreditation covers 15 aircraft in the FAI fleet which includes its Bombardier-family models - Global Express, Challenger 850, Challenger 604 and Learjet 60.
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EURAMI awards accreditation to aeromedical providers once they have completed an audit which includes satisfying a host of strict eligibility criteria. These include operator experience, safety record, aircraft suitability, medical care quality, medical equipment and staff qualifications to name but a few. FAI achieved a remarkable result of 100% in the "Must Haves" section and 99% in the "EURAMI Standards" section. Accreditation is important for providers like FAI as it is an endorsement of quality, safety and excellence in aeromedical transportation.
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FAI rent-a-jet is one of the world’s largest air ambulance jet operators. Its ten-strong air ambulance fleet is based at FAI's headquarters at Albrecht Dürer International Airport Nuremberg. The business is supported by more than 250 full-time staff plus 50 physicians, nurses and paramedics. The company also specialises in air support in hostile areas for the world´s largest NGO.
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Emirates has successfully completed the ground engine testing for one of its GE90 engines on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The objective of the ground testing and analysis is to demonstrate the capability of the GE90 engine to run on the specially blended 100% SAF without affecting its performance, requiring no modifications to the aircraft systems, or special maintenance procedures on the Boeing 777-300ER or GE90 engine to operate. SAF reduces carbon emissions over the fuel’s life cycle by up to 80%.
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The ground test results will now pave the way for the airline’s first experimental test flight using 100% SAF in one engine, which is due for take-off this week. The testing activities involved running one engine on 100% SAF and the other on conventional jet fuel to better analyse the fuel system´s behaviour and performance under each fuel type, compare specific outputs of each engine and ensure seamless operation of the aircraft’s engine and airframe fuel systems during the planned test flight.
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Emirates has been working with its partners GE Aerospace, Boeing, Honeywell, Neste and Virent Inc., a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corp throughout 2022 on SAF fuel-blend testing. The partners have developed a blend with the same qualities and performance characteristics of conventional jet fuel and have collaborated on the technical analysis and operational requirements surrounding ground testing and experimental flight activities. The results of this initiative will provide additional data and research around synthetic fuel blend components and biofuels, supporting standardization and future approval of 100% drop-in SAF. Following the successful trial on one engine, Emirates will then continue to develop these initiatives with the engine airframe manufacturers as well as SAF providers with the goal of certifying these blends for commercial use. Currently, SAF is approved for use in blends of up to 50% with conventional jet fuel.
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Kellstrom Aerospace, a global commercial aftermarket OEM distribution leader providing a comprehensive range of aircraft lifecycle solutions, has announced the renewal and expansion of its global, exclusive commercial aftermarket distribution agreements with five business units of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense including AMETEK Sensors and Fluid Management Systems (SFMS), Hughes Treitler, Rotron, Airtechnology Group, and FMH Aerospace for another five years. Additionally, a five-year global, exclusive distribution agreement has been signed with Pacific Design Technologies (PDT) expanding the partnership to six business units of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense.
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Kellstrom Aerospace and AMETEK Aerospace and Defense have shared a global aftermarket partnership which has consistently grown in scope and size for more than twenty years. AMETEK Aerospace & Defense is the market leader with a broad array of high quality OEM products and aftermarket solutions ranging from engine and airframe temperature, pressure and fluid sensors, heat exchangers and surface coolers, high-performance fans, heaters, fluid and gas transfer hoses and advanced liquid cooling and pumping solutions. All come line fit on an expansive list of Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier, Gulfstream and other aircraft and on many engines manufactured by GE, CFMI and Pratt & Whitney.
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Finnair's Board of Directors has announced that it approved Finnair's long-term incentive plans. The plans support the implementation of Finnair's strategy to restore its profitability and the performance criteria for the plans in Finnair EBIT margin. The target levels for the improved EBIT margin during 2023–2025 are the same for all personnel groups.
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The cash-based staff incentive plan 2023–2025 covers all those personnel groups who have contributed with savings agreements in the reduction of the company's unit costs, which is one of the key actions of the strategy. The other incentive plan is share-based and its participants include the Finnair Executive Board as well as other management and experts.
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“The restoration of Finnair's profitability after two significant successive external crises has, thanks to the entire Finnair team, got off to a good start, as demonstrated by the company's third quarter 2022 results. We want to support the journey towards profitability, profit improvement and value creation with long-term programmes that have a common improvement metric and clearly increase shareholder value”, says Jouko Karvinen, Chairman of the Finnair Board of Directors.
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The staff incentive plan covers three years, 2023–2025, and all personnel groups that have participated in reducing Finnair's unit costs with long-term savings agreements. The plan will produce a cash pay-out in the first quarter of 2026 if Finnair achieves the EBIT margin target set in the plan. Finnair's Board of Directors may approve new personnel groups to join the plan.
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The purpose of the share-based incentive plan for management and experts is to support strategy implementation and encourage the participants to work for increased shareholder value in the long-term. The now-decided periods cover years 2023–2024 and 2023–2025. There are approximately 70 participants in the plan, including the CEO and the Executive Board. This means that Finnair reinstates for the CEO and the Executive Board their long-term remuneration to support strategy implementation, which was cancelled for a period of three years after the State of Finland participated in Finnair's rights issue in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The plan will result in a share payout to the participants if Finnair achieves the EBIT margin target set in the plan. The EBIT margin targets for period 2023–2024 are based on the restoration of profitability, while period 2023–2025 emphasizes significant improvement in profitability.
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The potential share rewards based on the plan will be paid to the participants in the first quarter of 2025 for the 2023–2024 plan and in the first quarter of 2026 for the 2023–2025 plan.
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The share rewards will be delivered to the participants in a single installment after each performance period and are freely transferable. The maximum total number of shares that may be delivered based on the plan is 9,128,000 shares in each performance period. This is the gross amount of the rewards, from which tax is withheld, after which the remaining net amount is delivered to the participants in shares.
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It is recommended that the members of the Executive Board retain ownership of at least fifty per cent of the net shares received under the plan until their shareholding in Finnair corresponds to at least the amount of their fixed gross annual salary.
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The amount of variable remuneration paid to a participant in a single year may not exceed one hundred and twenty per cent of the participant's gross annual salary.
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