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THAI Holds Aircraft Anointing Ceremony for Airbus A330-300 and Airbus A380-800.
Somdej Phra Maha Muneewong (far left), Abbot of Wat Rajabopit Sathitmahasimaram Rajaworavihara , presided over the Aircraft Anointing Ceremony for Thai Airways International Public Company Limited’s two aircraft, Airbus A330-300 royally bestowed the name “Phayao” and Airbus A380-800 royally bestowed the name “Phayuha Khiri”. ACM. M.L. Suprija Kamalasana (3 rd from left), Member of THAI’s…
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Beechcraft Statement on Administration Overriding Congressional Review of Aircraft for Afghanistan.
Beechcraft Corporation today issued the following statement regarding the Administration overriding congressional review of the Light Air Support (LAS) contract for Afghanistan. When it comes to producing aircraft that will help Americans come home from Afghanistan, the U.S. Air Force today concluded that America’s “best interest” now rests on the shoulders of Brazil. This decision…
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Embraer Selects New Suppliers for E-Jets Second Generation.
Embraer S.A. (NYSE: ERJ; BM & FBOVESPA: EMBR3) has selected UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), to provide the electric power generation and distribution system for the second generation of E-Jets, which are planned to enter service in 2018. The company will supply the main and auxiliary electric power generators;…
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EXOMARS: ESA AND ROSCOSMOS SET FOR MARS MISSIONS.
The European Space Agency and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, have signed a formal agreement to work in partnership on the ExoMars programme towards the launch of two missions in 2016 and 2018. Establishing whether life ever existed on Mars is one of the outstanding scientific questions of our time and the highest scientific…
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Jetairfly to Start Tour Operations with the E190.
Jetairfly, the Belgian subsidiary of TUI Travel PLC (“TUI Travel”), one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups, has received the first of two EMBRAER 190 leased from BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based aircraft leasing company. The aircraft was delivered during a ceremony at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The second E190 is…
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CALC Places $500 million CFM56-5B Engine Order.
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC) has announced its selection of CFM56-5B engines to power 25 new Airbus A320 family aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at $500 million U.S. at list price and deliveries are scheduled between 2014 and 2016. The aircraft are part of CALC’s first-ever new aircraft order; the company announced…
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Pegaso to expand its Eurocopter-built fleet with two more EC155s for heli-lift missions to deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms.
Mexico’s Transportes Aereos Pegaso has ordered two Eurocopter EC155s, with these long-range members of the Dauphin medium-lift twin-engine helicopter family to service oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater regions. The contract was signed at this week’s Heli-Expo industry show in Las Vegas, Nevada by Pegaso CEO Enrique Zepeda and Lutz Bertling,…
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SKYBOOKS TO BE OFFERED ON ALL MD HELICOPTERS 2013 DELIVERIES.
SkyBOOKS Inc., a subsidiary of Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is pleased to announce all new 2013 MD Helicopter deliveries will receive a complimentary 12 month subscription to the SkyBOOKS Flight Operations and Maintenance Tracking Program. “The agreement between MD Helicopters, SkyBOOKS and our customers allows us to offer enhanced services to…
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Aeroflot Open International Innovation Contest Grand Final.
Aeroflot Open International Innovation Contest Grand Final will take place in Moscow starting from March 01 till March 03, 2013. This is the first time such a contest is held in Russia. The main goal of this competition organized in partnership with the Federal Business Incubators Network «Open Innovation Inc.» is to develop a concept of «In-flight Entertainment Platform». Teams of professional developers and university students took part in the…
