Business Aviation

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

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

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

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

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

FALCON AVIATION SERVICES was approved by Embraer as authorized service center for Legacy and Lineage jets.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

TRIUMPH AVIATION SERVICES ASIA received design organization approval from EASA.

Unmanned aircraft pioneer AeroVironment is paying $500,000 to the U.S. government to settle an export rules violation case, will conduct at least another $500,000 in internal remediation actions, and continue under supervision, company and federal officials announced late Nov. 20.

A bill that would impose strict oversight requirements at foreign repair stations was approved by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, despite strong opposition from Republicans and a host of key aviation stakeholders.