L-3 Communications has bought UK-headquartered CTC Aviation for an estimated $210million. CTC has been growing across Africa with airline deals with Fastjet and First Nation and other contracts in North Africa.
Air Canada rouge’s 20 Airbus A319s will be converted by mid-June 2015 from current 3x3 seating configuration with a blocked middle seat to two side-by-side business class seats in a 2x2 configuration.
Belgian chemical company Solvay has launched Tegralite, a family of high performance lightweight materials that offers the aviation industry new downstream solutions and part-making capabilities to improve fuel efficiency and speed up the production, refurbishment and maintenance of planes at a lower cost.
HEICO reported that net income increased 17% to $33.1 million, or 49 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, up from $28.4 million, in the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
Completion and refurbishment specialist Flying Colours has inaugurated its interiors facility at the Bombardier Service Center, Seletar Airport, in Singapore.
Bombardier has teamed with Pratt & Whitney to develop and implement a data management service for the CSeries, part of the Bombardier Aircraft Health Management System (AHMS) capable of transmitting real-time and recorded data from the aircraft.
The AviAssist Foundation – regional affiliate of the Flight Safety Foundation – is to hold the 4th edition of the Safety in African Aviation Conference at the LeMigo Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda on 19-20 November 2015.
Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has signed a 12-year agreement with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) for component support.
