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The Board of Directors of Airbus Group (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has approved the following top management appointments as proposed by Airbus Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders and Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier, effective as of 1 January 2015: Tom Williams (62), presently Executive Vice President Programmes at Airbus, will succeed Gunter Butschek (54) […]
The countdown is now on for next year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo which takes place at the Hamburg Messe in Germany from 14-16 April 2015. Organised by Reed Exhibitions, Aircraft Interiors Expo 2015 will be the essential hub for the aircraft interiors industry to view ground-breaking new products and innovative technologies, as well as networking with […]
Embraer’s Legacy 500 executive jet today was granted certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) during a ceremony at its headquarters, in Cologne, Germany. This approval enables entry into service of the aircraft in the Member States of the European Union as well as in EASA associated countries. “EASA’s certification is a very important […]
AeroAngel pilots will fly three girls from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 20, 2014, so that they can spend their Christmas break with their father who recently received a heart transplant. The girls, ages 9, 11, and 12, stayed in Tulsa while their father, Joseph Buchanan, a decorated Army veteran, traveled […]
Mexico City, Mexico, December 11, 2014 – Embraer delivered the 1,100th E-Jet production aircraft, yesterday, during a ceremony held in the Aeromexico hangar, at the Benito Juarez International Airport, in Mexico City. The aircraft, an E190 model, is also the 200th aircraft from the E-Jet family flying in Latin America. “In the same year that […]
Parsippany, New Jersey – Global Aerospace clients now have access to Convergent Performance’s Fit 4 Duty(TM) program, an innovative Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) solution that goes beyond traditional “sleep and scheduling” approaches. Designed by sleep scientists, Olympic athletes/trainers, and other subject matter experts, the program includes all elements of an FAA compliant FRMS, but […]
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s new PW210A engine has earned certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), further clearing the way for its entry into service on AgustaWestland’s new AW169 helicopter. The PW210A engine, selected in 2010 by AgustaWestland to power the AW169 helicopter, received its first certification with Transport Canada in July 2014. The […]
Wetaskiwin, Alberta – December 10, 2014… Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) will induct four new members at its 42nd annual gala dinner and ceremony to be held Thursday, June 4th, 2015, at the Ontario Science Centre, in Toronto. The new members are: -Arthur Roy Brown, DSC: WWI pilot and combat leader; -James Stuart “Jim” […]
Aoife O’Sullivan, a London-based partner at international law firm Kennedys, has been named to the Board of Directors of Aerion Corporation. O’Sullivan will participate in strategy formulation and the overall governance of the company as its AS2 supersonic business jet program gathers momentum. “Aerion is growing rapidly,” said Aerion Chairman Robert M. Bass. “Aoife’s extensive […]
Airbus Group has signed a share buyback agreement with Helsinki-based Patria to sell its entire 26.8 percent to the Finnish defence, security and aviation services provider. The Board of Patria fully endorses the transaction, which will place Patria in full control of its strategic future, in agreement with the State of Finland, the company’s majority […]
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