Business Aviation

The unprecedented and ongoing examination of aircraft certification triggered by the two Boeing 737 MAX accidents has identified several areas that must change to improve outcomes, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said.

Business aviation is on the up in Dubai – and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Aerospace Hub is at the heart of the increase.

The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure committee has requested that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General should launch an audit into FAA’s oversight of domestic aeronautical repair stations.

CAE was selected by Volotea, Spain to train cadet pilots for MPL license and also extended 737 pilot training contract with Sunwing for another five

PRATT & WHITNEY was selected by Russian Helicopters (Rostec) to supply PWW207V engine for new VRT500 civil helicopter designed by VR-Technologies

CAE, JAZZ and SENECA launched Jazz Approach cadet pilot training program.

MUBADALA merged its MRO and Capital businesses into single unit, SANAD.

SATAIR was selected by IWG as distributor of its Intelligent Water Quantity Pre-Select System that accurately controls amount of water loaded on

BOEING is phasing out its automation system for producing 777 fuselage sections due to unreliability problems; it is moving to a new flex tracks

COLLINS was selected by FlyBig, India to provide ARINC PaxLink pax services system to manage reservations, inventory, distribution and departure

GE AVIATION delivered its 2,000th GEnx, which was launched in 2002.

PULKOVO ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT handled 16.9m pax in January-October 2019, up 8.3% vs a year ago; aircraft movements increased 2.4% to 143,484.

AFI KLM E&M was authorized CAAC to provide LEAP maintenance.

TRIUMPH AVIATION SERVICES ASIA received design organization approval from EASA.

BLUE SKY NETWORK received FAA STC to install its HawkEye ADT autonomous distress tracking device on 737s to satisfy ICAO requirements.

TÜV°SÜD signed MOU with ASTM International to develop testing and certification programs aimed at speeding adoption of and trust in Additive

VOYAGEUR AVIATION was selected by BendixKing to develop STC for the design installation of AeroVue avionics upgrade for Dash 8-100/200/300.

PRATT & WHITNEY plans 60,000 sq ft ceramic matrix composites (CMC) research and development facility in Carlsbad, CA.

GAMA reports manufacturers delivered 603 general aviation aircraft (304 pistons/116 turboprops/183 jets) worth $4.96b in 3Q19 vs 568 (286 pistons/132

GE AVIATION was selected by Emirates to provide eFOQA and Flight Pulse data and analytics solutions (initially) for its 777s and A380s from 2020.

NTSB recommended FAA mandate Boeing to enhance 737NG fan cowl design to better contain fan-blade-out events following investigation of incident of

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK was selected by German Air Force to perform A350 Head-of-State cabin completion from 2020.

SWISS-AS was selected by Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and Vistara to provide AMOS MRO software; Lufthansa will also use AMOSmobile for paperless ops.

VIKING AIR has US$42.6m launch order from Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) to upgrade avionics for eight Canadair CL-415 aerial firefighters

FLITEPARTNERS has EASA STC for new slide-in docking mount (with built-in power) for iPad as Class 2 EFB for A320, A330/A340, 737, 747 and MD-80.