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SR Technics Sharpens China Focus
SR Technics (Stand A726) is moving to establish a presence on the Chinese mainland.
Delivery trends presage boom in China MRO biz
Rapid growth in the number of new aircraft being acquired by Chinese airlines, along with the announcement last August that United Airlines would send its
Aircraft
Kingfisher Airlines brews up ‘value-added’ recipe for flying
Aviation International News traveled from Delhi to Mumbai for the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) conference on Kingfisher Airlines, because
Aircraft
India’s airlines confident but wary
Remember the days not too long ago, when any aspiring young computer whiz with a domain name and a smile could convince a venture capitalist to invest six
Engines
Safran’s Bechat lays out strategy for small engine battle with GE
Since Snecma dropped the idea of taking a share in General Electric’s GEnx turbofan program the two long-time partners now find themselves competing in
Garuda set to FACE its IT future
Garuda Indonesia is set to be the first airline to switch its core information technology systems to the Future Airline Core Environment (FACE) from Luftha
Raytheon’s System of Elements
Raytheon has trademarked the system of elements concept, which was described to Aviation International News by Dean Cash of the company’s Network Ce
L-3 ComCept Has Made Data Fusion a Reality
In 1999, Operation Allied Force was a success, as Serbian forces were evicted from Kosovo.
ATC
Netcentric ops a test of wills and miracles
It would take a miracle–in fact, two miracles–for network-centric operations (NCO) to become a reality.
Aircraft
Boeing speeds into AA06 on a road to redemption
Boeing employees who remember the sorry state of the airline industry and, frankly, their company during the last Asian Aerospace exposition in 2004 should
Malaysian army just getting acquainted with its A109s
The first of 11 AgustaWestland A109 LOH (light observation helicopters) was handed over to the Malaysian army at the end of last year, during the country’s
Aircraft
USAF Counts the True Cost of B-2 Stealth
Brian Kilburn of the Boeing B-2 System Program Office presented insights into the true cost of a stealth operation at the Stealth Conference conducted rece
Aircraft
UAVs bring their own set of stealth challenges
Four decades after the first truly stealthy air vehicles were secretly flown in the U.S., the technology has matured and proliferated.
Aircraft
Raptor in the running for Japan’s next fighter
Japan’s Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), which is accustomed to having the most modern variants of U.S.
Aircraft
Asia/Pacific Forms Bedrock of ATR’s Good Year
Customers from the Asia/Pacific region played a big part in the banner year European airframer Avions de Transport Regional posted in 2005.
Aircraft
China regional jet market remains on slow simmer
Last month’s order for five ERJ 145s placed by China Eastern Airlines no doubt came as welcome news to the management of the Brazilian-Chinese joint manufa
World Cup brings crowds, slot headaches to Germany
Special slot procedures are scheduled at about 20 German airports during the World Cup football tournament to be held this summer from June 9 to July 9.
Engines
Snecma chief says time is right for SM-X turbofan
Snecma’s announcement in January that it is to develop the new SM-X turbofan for small regional airliners and mid-sized/large business jets took many by su
Regulations and Government
EBAA France realigns its agenda
The French chapter of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA France) is preparing for a restructuring under the leadership of its new president,
Charter & Fractional
Spain’s second-largest charter firm expanding
Executive Airlines, Spain’s second-ranking executive charter operator, has increased its fleet from four aircraft to seven and expects to add five more in
Charter & Fractional
Gestair’s 100 pilots keep very, very busy
Gestair makes a fair claim to being Spain’s leading business aviation group, with about 60 percent of the national executive charter market.
Jet Aviation keeps growing
Jet Aviation, founded almost 40 years ago in 1967 by the late Carl Hirschmann as a modest one-hangar FBO in Basel, Switzerland, has enjoyed constant gro
Airports
France is more than just Le Bourget
When thinking of the French business aviation scene, most people would probably immediately call to mind Paris Le Bourget.
Maintenance and Modifications
Revue Thommen outlines plans for business aviation
Following a management buyout of its avionics division last year, Swiss manufacturer Revue Thommen decided to seek business in new markets more aggressivel
New Piper creates dealership for UK and Spain
New Piper Aircraft has appointed its German dealer, Piper Generalvertretung Deutschland AG (Piper AG), to run a new dealership covering the UK and Spain–ta
FBOs
Private handlers break logjam at Italy’s airports
This past year independent Italian business aviation service companies made inroads against government-backed airport handling providers that have long blo
Training and Workforce
AirData to launch flight-planning software package
AirData, the flight planning specialist, is preparing to launch its new SwiftOps.com online flight planning and crew briefing system this fall.
