Press Releases

SHANNON, Ireland, March 13, 2014 — GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with TUI Travel for two new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in May and June 2014 and will become the first 787 models in the […]

SOUTHBURY, CT March 13, 2014 — FltPlan, the largest flight planning service in North America, now offers Velocity Weather by Baron^(TM).The enhanced features include United States and Canadian radar, visible and Infrared (IR) Satellite, Surface Analysis and Echo Tops.FltPlan’s new weather data can be accessed on all devices including desktops, laptops, tablets and phones as […]

University City, Missouri — March 12, 2014 — Every year for the past 50 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized aviation professionals for their contributions to general aviation in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics, and safety. Recipients of the 2014 National General Aviation Awards […]

WASHINGTON–The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) hailed a bipartisan letter signed by 38 members of the U.S. Senate and sent yesterday to the Secretary of Transportation expressing lawmakers’ serious concerns that the Norwegian Air International (NAI) scheme may not comply with the U.S.-EU Open Skies Air Transport Agreement and is not in the U.S. […]

Redmond, Oregon, March 13, 2014 — SCOUT Paramotors, the world’s first carbon fiber built backpack aircraft has reached another world first. SCOUT Parmaotors has teamed up with the largest online retailer to become the first ever powered aircraft to be sold on Amazon.com About SCOUT Paramotors: SCOUT Paramotors, manufactured in Slovakia are one of the […]

Press Contact: Jeff Richards Manager, JSfirm.com (C) 724-610-0685; (O) 724-547-6203 jeff@jsfirm.com www.jsfirm.com 2014 FORECAST – Hiring in Aviation Fort Worth, Texas – JSfirm.com, an online aviation only job board, is pleased to release the 5th Annual Hiring Trends Survey. Jeff Richards, JSfirm.com Manager said, “This annual survey has proven to be accurate in past years […]

NEW YORK – 12 March 2014: – ZuluLog LLC and BlackBox Aviation Systems LLC announced today that the Boards of Directors for both companies have approved an agreement whereby ZuluLog will purchase substantially all of BlackBox Aviation’s assets related to its aviation record-keeping business. Under the terms of the agreement, BlackBox Aviation’s existing customer base […]

March 10, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic — Czech Aviation Training Centre (CATC) has chosen Britannica Knowledge System and its training management system, Fox, to oversee the administration of its customer training operations. Fox will replace several cumbersome, disconnected systems with a single, fully integrated and easy-to-use platform, which will optimize training operations while controlling costs […]

Piqua, Ohio, March 10, 2014 – The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Hartzell Propeller a Supplemental Type Certificate to install the company’s recently type certified high performance Bantam series three-blade propeller on diesel-powered Cessna Skyhawk aircraft. The Hartzell Bantam propeller series are small, lightweight two and three blade propellers with a thin, wide chord and […]

The International Society for Aviation Photography has announced that its 13th annual ISAP Symposium will be held April 3-5 in Tampa, Florida. The event will coincide with the annual Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in nearby Lakeland, and the two organizations are partnering on special activities for Symposium attendees. The Symposium is an […]