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Honeywell Signs U.S. Airline Deals

Honeywell has signed several major long-term support contracts with JetBlue and US Airways.

Teething EASA confronts budget woes

The almost three-year-old European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) wants to keep on a fast growth curve, despite its acknowledged teething problems.

ParcAberporth welcomes Selex to Welsh UAV center

Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems UK has become the first major tenant at the new West Wales UAV Centre (WWUAVC) at the ParcAberporth technology park.

SR Technics shoulderscarriers’ MRO concerns

Saudi Arabia’s new low-cost carrier Sama last month became the latest operator to sign up for one of the integrated airline solutions (IAS) contracts offer
Aircraft

Black Hawk ‘lite’ for foreign sales

Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday announced plans to develop two new versions of its H-60 Black Hawk aimed at sales outside the U.S.: the International Black Haw

Fuel Bills Cut with PW, Eco Wash

Martinair has become the first European airline to sign up for Pratt & Whitney’s innovative EcoPower engine washing system.

STA Systems To Provide Transport Spares

Singapore Technologies Aerospace subsidiary STA Systems is to provide Hamilton Sundstrand spares to Airbus A300/A310 and A320, Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 7

Sokol Helicopter Receives EASA TC

PZL-Swidnik’s W-3A Sokol helicopter received its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) last month.

Nordam Takes Over Middle River CF6 Work

Nordam is to obtain Middle River Aircraft Systems’s General Electric CF6 thrust-reverser maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business.

Alteon Buying More 787 Sims From Thales

Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training has extended its agreement with Thales UK with a $30 million deal to buy three more Boeing 787 training suites, comprisin

Jade Cargowants LHT to do its MRO

Lufthansa Technik has won contracts worth more than $100 million to provide total component support (TCS) and total engine support (TES) for the six Boeing

R-R forecasts $600 billion worth of engine sales to meet demand

Rolls-Royce has released its 20-year forecast for the aero-engine business with predictions of up to $600 billion-worth of sales during the period.
Aircraft

Dassault Leads SSBJ Research Project

Dassault’s plans for a supersonic business jet are still pretty much alive.
Aircraft

ATR benefits from high fuel costs

Sales have been brisk for regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional, which is here at Farnborough International exhibiting an A

Vector Names RAF Veteran as Chairman

Vector Flying Training Services, a joint company founded by Bombardier, KBR and URS to compete for a UK military training contract, has named Sir Malcolm P

Eurocopter Sells More EC 225s in China

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Rockwell Collins Lands Airline Customers

Two Mediterranean airlines have selected cockpit and cabin avionics from Rockwell Collins, the avionics maker announced Monday.

PZL-Swidnik Builds 500th Helicopter Frame

PZL-Swidnik last month handed over the 500th airframe–an AW139–it has produced for AgustaWestland.

Hamilton Sundstrand To Support ATA

Hamilton Sundstrand (Hall 4 Stand F13) has inked a 10-year agreement with ATA Airlines to support its components fitted to the airline’s fleet of Boeing 73

Spring Brings Out Buds and the FAA

For operators of older bizliners with a maximum payload of 7,500 pounds or more, spring will bring more than warm temperatures and budding trees.
Aircraft

Embraer Goes Full Throttle into Bizav

During an investor conference yesterday, Embraer senior v-p of executive jets Luis Carlos Affonso predicted that his company is positioned to benefit from
Rotorcraft

Notar Helicopters Under NTSB Microscope

The NTSB has asked the FAA to require MD Helicopters to conduct tests to “enable the full analysis” of all critical loads for tension-torsion (T-T) straps
Accidents

Over Gross Plus Icing Equals Deadly Combination

Investigators have determined that a Cessna 208B Caravan that crashed near Pelee Island, Ontario, on Jan.
Regulations and Government

Nav Canada Enacts New and Revised User Fees

A number of changes to service charges have been enacted by Nav Canada, the private corporation that provides the country’s air navigation and ATC services
ATC

Airspace Flow Program Advisory Released

On May 1, the FAA will implement a new air traffic management initiative called the Airspace Flow Program.
Safety

Autopilot Safety Fears Prompt Airworthiness Rewrite

Reacting to potential safety vulnerabilities in flight control systems installed on Part 25 business jets, the FAA is amending the airworthiness standards
Aircraft

Orders and Deliveries Climb at Gulfstream

Gulfstream appears to be off to a good start in meeting its projection to deliver this year 72 or 73 “large aircraft” (G350s, G450s, G500s and G550s).
Aircraft

Cessna Enters Year on a High Note

Despite lack of near-term availability, Cessna received orders for 111 Citations in the first quarter compared with 73 in the first quarter of last year.
FBOs

Trajen FBOs To Become Part of Atlantic Chain

Macquarie Infrastructure, a New York subsidiary of Australia-based Macquarie Bank, late last month entered into an agreement to purchase Trajen Holding, in
Aircraft

Abu Dhabi Acquires Major Share of Piaggio

Mubadala Development, an investment company owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, has acquired 35 percent of Italy’s Piaggio Aero, manufacturer of the Avan