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Weststar Aviation Services Signs Contract For Eight AgustaWestland AW139 and AW189 Helicopters At LIMA 2013.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Weststar Aviation Services are pleased to announce that a contract for the supply of six AW139 and two AW189 helicopters, plus options, was signed today at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The contract signing by Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, Group Managing Director of Weststar and…
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Air India puts up art collection at UNESCO Paris exhibition.
Air India has been invited by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to participate in the International Women’s Day Exhibition at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Air India had put up a selection of 15 paintings of Ms. B. Prabha from its collection for this prestigious international event, which was inaugurated on…
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SWISS to introduce new Zurich-Kiev service.
Swiss International Air Lines is to add Kiev to its European route network from the start of the 2013/14 winter schedules. The Ukrainian capital will receive daily service from Zurich from 27 October onwards. The flights will be operated with Airbus A320 equipment seating 152 passengers. “Alongside our new long-haul destination of Singapore, we’re also…
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A New Season for Jet Engine Testing in Winnipeg.
The GE Aviation Engine Testing, Research and Development Centre (TRDC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba just celebrated its one-year anniversary with the completion of updates that will allow the facility to accommodate year-round operations. The 122,000 square foot facility was initially designed to handle jet engine cold weather and ice-testing, but the site has expanded to include…
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Sen. Murphy Vows to Battle Sequestration During Visit to Pratt & Whitney.
Automatic federal spending cuts pose a risk to some of Connecticut’s major employers, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Wednesday, and legislators must work toward a deficit reduction that does not jeopardize national defense programs. Addressing reporters in a media briefing at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, Murphy vowed to fight to reverse the…
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FAA Extends NBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption for Members.
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently agreed to continue allowing small aircraft operators that are Members of the Association to take advantage offlexibility usually available only to operators of larger, turbine-powered airplanes. The agency issued a two-year renewal for Exemption 7897, more commonly known as “NBAA’s Small…
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INAUGURATION OF ESA’S SPACE WEATHER COORDINATION CENTRE.
Media representatives are invited to the inauguration of ESA’s Space Weather Coordination Centre, the first such centre to be opened under the Agency’s Space Situational Awareness programme. The new Space Weather Coordination Centre will serve as the central access point to a portfolio of European space weather expertise. Located at the ‘Space Pole’ in Brussels,…
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Embraer Executive Jets Phenom 300 Sets Three Speed Records.
Embraer Executive Jets set three speed records for the light weight class C-1.f Group III (13,225 to 19,842 pounds), when a Phenom 300 flew from the Company’s headquarters at Melbourne International Airport (MLB) in Melbourne, FL, to Daugherty Field (LGB) in Long Beach, CA, with only one fuel stop. In the first leg, the aircraft…
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Jet Aviation offers Union Registry Account Opening and Administration service to help customers comply with European Union Emissions Trading System.
Jet Aviation has expanded its management support service offerings to help aircraft owners and operators comply with the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for aviation. To meet the first trading phase requirements for flights as mandated by the EU ETS in 2012, all operators that are required to surrender emission allowances must open…
