Follow us!
Feedburner
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada push for new aviation fuels
Existing and emerging solutions being studied for Canadian aviation
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada, hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with the long term… Continue reading
Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada push for new aviation fuels
Existing and emerging solutions being studied for Canadian aviation
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada, hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with… Continue reading
Eurocopter becomes Turkeys preferred supplier of air ambulance helicopters with an order for 17 EC135s to be operated by THK Gökçen Aviation
Eurocopter’s EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association’s THK Gökçen Aviation commercial arm, marking the latest major contract win for this twin-engine rotorcraft in the… Continue reading
China’s CAS signs GTA with Airbus for 60 aircraft
Eco-efficient Airbus aircraft support fast growing Chinese civil aviation
China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) has signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Airbus for the purchase of 60 Airbus aircraft, which includes 42 A320 Family aircraft… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney and TES Aviation Group Sign Material Consumption Agreement
Pratt & Whitney and TES Aviation Group have entered into a material consumption agreement on PW4000-100″ engines. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
Under the agreement, Pratt & Whitney and TES Aviation Group will… Continue reading
Preparing for the next solar storm
Potentially, space weather could be a major problem for European air traffic management, given that it is capable of disrupting aviation’s communications, navigation and surveillance systems.
Space weather – solar activity and solar wind in the magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere… Continue reading
Weststar Aviation Services Signs Contract For Eight AgustaWestland AW139 and AW189 Helicopters At LIMA 2013
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Weststar Aviation Services are pleased to announce that a contract for the supply of six AW139 and two AW189 helicopters, plus options, was signed today at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The… Continue reading
Sky Aviation Operated First Commercial Flight of Sukhoi Superjet 100
Sukhoi Superjet 100 with tail number PK-ECL of Indonesian airline Sky Aviation successfully performed its first domestic commercial flight from Makassar (formerly Ujung Pandang) to Sorong. 67 passengers were checked in to this flight while the distance between the cities… Continue reading
Two Eurocopter EC225 helicopters will be added to Malaysian Weststar Aviation Services as their first heavy-lift helicopters for oil and gas operations
Following major orders of the EC225 signed at the Heli-Expo earlier this month in Las Vegas, the sales momentum for this 11-ton class helicopter from Eurocopter’s Super Puma family continues at the Langkawi Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition this week in… Continue reading
AviancaTaca signs agreement with CFM valued at $2.7 billion
GE Aviation
Chooses LEAP -1A to power A320neos•Signs long-term service agreement for entire fleet WEST CHESTER, Ohio – Panama-based AviancaTaca Holdings today announced that is has selected the advanced technology LEAP-1A engines to power 33 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, in… Continue reading
Bell Helicopter Shares Lead Role in Public Safety Aviation Accreditation Commission
Forth Worth, TX – March 11, 2013 - Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today an enhanced relationship with the Public Safety Aviation Accreditation Commission (PSAAC) a subsidiary of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA), as part… Continue reading
GE Aviation Delivers its First Production Wing Components for the Airbus A350 XWB; First A350 XWB is undergoing ground testing in Toulouse
GE Aviation, Hamble has achieved a major program milestone with the delivery of its initial production wing fixed trailing edge components for the first A350 XWB to fly – ‘MSN001.’ The first A350 XWB-MSN001 is now structurally complete and is… Continue reading