Reading Time: < 1 minute Ethiopian Airlines has signed a three-year contract with Ameco Beijing for engine repair and overhaul services on the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines powering its fleet of seven 767-300 aircraft. The engine services will be carried out at Ameco’s facility at Beijing Capital International Airport. The new agreement expands the existing relationship between the parties […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus has delivered its second revamped Airbus A320neo to Indian budget carrier IndiGo, gaining a new operator two months after it went into service with Germany’s Lufthansa, the European planemaker said on Friday. Deliveries of the re-engined narrow-body jet have been delayed as engine maker Pratt & Whitney addresses technical problems with its Geared Turbofan […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute AirTanker Services Ltd is pleased to announce it has partnered with Resource Group, a UK CAA EASA Part-147 Approved Training Organisation, to launch the start of a new Aircraft Engineering apprenticeship programme following the signing of a letter of intent between the two companies last week. From September 2016 four to six apprentices will start […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The first CSeries CS300 for launch operator airBaltic is on the final assembly line at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s plant in Mirabel, near Montreal. At the same time, the first aircraft for CS100 launch operator Swiss International Air Lines is complete and has been powered up at Mirabel ahead of first flight. The CS100 is on […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Qatar Airways’ Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker announced a significant network expansion of 14 new destinations at a capacity-crowd press conference on the opening day of ITB Berlin – the world’s largest international travel fair. Spread across four continents, the new routes will further expand the reach of the airline’s network, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Amazon.com Inc has said it has signed a deal to lease 20 Boeing 767 widebody freighter aircraft to handle more of its own deliveries in the United States. The deal comes at a time when the world’s biggest online retailer is offering ever-faster, and increasingly free, deliveries for millions of online orders. Amazon, which relies […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once complete, this new Flight Simulator will allow Ryanair to assess Cadets and provide an industry leading opportunity for Pilots to practice their manual handling skills in a relaxed environment. Atkins is providing multidiscipline services including; Civil and Structural, Architecture and M&E. Design works where provided from concept stage through to construction including planning and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it is set to launch its own private jet charter. The Boeing 737-700 plane will be available for corporate and group hire. Far from the bolt-upright economy seating you might associate with the budget airline’s services around Europe, this for-hire service will come with a touch of luxury. “More than 25 […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan™ engines successfully completed its first test flight on the Airbus A321neo. The PW1135G-JM engine, a 35,000 thrust class engine, for the Airbus A321neo aircraft, is the most powerful engine on the A321neo. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company. “The PurePower engine continues to meet commitments for […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The US-based Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) has announced that the 11th edition of its standards will ‘encourage’ all helicopters users to adopt crash resistant fuel systems that meet the crashworthiness requirements of 14 Code of Federal Regulations 27.952 or 29.952. The Commission noted that in recent years, a number of deaths […]