Toucan Aviation, the Nigerian-based aviation company, has constructed and opened, a purpose built guest house to provide Toucan Aviation's crew with dedicated, private accommodation in its home-base town of Lagos, Nigeria.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has further widened the market for its Surion utility helicopter, gaining a defense ministry contact to develop a medical evacuation version of the aircraft. Development is due to be completed by 2016, with the aircraft going into service in 2018, says KAI. Parliament last year authorized the acquisition of eight medical evacuation helicopters; the army reportedly has a requirement for about 20. KAI does not yet have a production contract, however.
Avic subsidiary Avic Capital says it is in talks to buy Irish aircraft lessor Avolon but stresses that no deal is certain. In a stock exchange statement, Avic Capital denies a newspaper report that the deal will be valued at 12 billion euros ($16 billion). Reuters reports that Avic Capital and China Investment Corp., also a state firm, were negotiating to buy Avolon for $4-5 billion, including the value of debt that they would assume in the acquisition. Avolon, which owns more than 190 aircraft, has reportedly raised $7.2 billion in capital since it was launched four years ago.
Swiss company RUAG Aviation now provides real wood flooring as an option for owners and operators looking to enhance the quality of their cabin environment.
The Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC) today granted type certification for the Legacy 500 executive jet during a ceremony at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE), in São Paulo, Brazil.
Gulfstream Aerospace has expanded its sales capabilities by naming SkyJet Aviation Services Ltd. as a commercial sales representative in central Africa. SkyJet's territory includes Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar.
Turkish regional airline Borajet has ratified an agreement to acquire four E190s as part of an initiative to gradually upgrade its turboprop fleet, add capacity and frequencies, and grow its network from its base at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.
Hangar8 Aviation, the UK-listed global aviation management and charter company with operations in West Africa, says it is seeing a growing interest from mining and oil and gas companies looking to private aviation as a solution to complex travel needs.
During the Global Aerospace Summit, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced the opening of a representative office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The new office will be co-located with the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) in Dubai.
No one knows the potential consequences of windshield failure better than Tim Lancaster, who on June 10, 1990, was the pilot-in-command of British Airways Flight 5390 traveling from Birmingham, England, to Malaga, Spain. Suddenly the left windscreen on the BAC 1-11 separated from the fuselage and Capt. Lancaster was immediately jerked out of his seat with such force that his head and entire upper torso were pulled entirely out of the airplane through the opening where his windshield had been. Only his legs remained inside.
The archipelago nation of the Philippines has had a long relationship with the United States dating from the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898 when the islands were ceded to the U.S. as a protectorate, in effect, becoming an American colony and Southeast Asian outpost.
Pilatus Aircraft is looking forward to rolling out of the PC-24, the very first business jet to be "made in Switzerland" is just around the corner. Several thousand spectators are expected to attend the rollout event, including high-ranking guests from business and politics.
Dassault Aviation has joined the engines, wings and fuselage of the first Falcon 8X, paving the way for initial power-on and the beginning of ground tests.
Italian business aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aero has furthered the flight test regime of its medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle derivative of the P.180 Avanti.
The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) visited Washington DC in June to discover how AfBAA and the US Administration could collaborate more closely to support the vision and mission of the Association.
This month, Embraer Commercial Aviation celebrates another historic milestone in its E-Jets programme – the ten-year anniversary of the first aircraft deliveries.
