Levan Tabidze has been named Engineering Manager for Twin Commander Aircraft in Creedmoor, North Carolina. Read more... ===> Posted on April 10, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011
Aerographs now offers a selection of prints, available for the first time, as a set, featuring everything from the DC-3 to the WACO.Read more... ===> Posted on April 10, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011
GAL Aviation Inc, a member of the GAL Group of companies of Ottawa, Ontario, will begin operations April 11. The company will have two divisions: GAL Interiors and GAL Technical. Read more... ===> Posted on April 10, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011
Mickey Rooney, famous actor known for National Velvet (1944) with Elizabeth Taylor, The Bridges at Toko-Ri (as a Navy fighter pilot) (1954), Black Stallion (1979) and most recently Night at the Museum (2006), is appearing at the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s “Hollywood Studs & Starlets...
This April 2009 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Grumman AA-1B. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Chesnee, S.C. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly...
Mexico’s three main airport groups continue to report monthly traffic declines and have not yet fully recovered from one of the country’s main carriers suspending operations six months ago. ASUR, GAP and OMA have all reported year-on-year declines in traffic for Mar-2011 and 1Q2011. Several Mexican...
Latin American airline groups Copa and LAN have again reported strong traffic growth as they look forward to another strong year of earnings.
Hainan Airlines announced a 3.5% slide in passenger numbers in Mar-2011 to just under 1.5 million. Cargo volume slumped 6% to 22,113 tonnes. The airline did not disclose any reasons for the reductions.
Tiger Airways stated it handled 6.0 million passengers in the 12 months to 31-Mar-2011. Average load factor in the period rose 1ppt to 86%. The carrier stated the growth trajectory shows that passengers are supporting LCCs.
As Chile’s competition authorities continue to investigate and delay the proposed merger of LAN and TAM, the expansion of Sky Airline in Chile is starting to nibble away at LAN’s commanding share of the market. LAN and TAM combined now control 61% of Chile’s international market, according to...
Air Partner has announced its global flight support division Air Planner has been rebranded and renamed Air Partner Ops 24, effective immediately. The Ops 24 division has three departments serving external and internal clients: Sub Charter and Leasing, Flight Planning and Flight Monitoring.
Jazeera Airways has announced it expects to be profitable in 2011, despite the unrest in the region and the USD10.1 million loss it suffered in 2010. The carrier returned to profitability in 4Q2010 and aims to be profitable in every quarter this year. The LCC is targetting a local market share of up...
The unrest in the Middle East and North Africa may cost Airbus as many as 60 orders this year, as airlines in the region delay acquisitions and offset deliveries to deal with the effect of the crisis. Airbus President Middle East, Habib Fekih, estimated that the manufacturer will take 90-100 orders...
Lufthansa reported traffic across its group airlines edged up 0.5% in March. Traffic at the main Lufthansa unit rose 2.3%, to 5.1 million passengers, while traffic at SWISS was up 3.9% to 1.3 million. Austrian Airlines traffic declined 2.4%, while bmi traffic fell 14.3%.
Two major shareholders in Amadeus - Cinven and BC Partners - sold a total of 44.76 million shares at EUR13.70 on Friday, according to Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley which managed the sale. The sale raised EUR613 million and represent 10% of the Spain-based travel distribution company. Shares in Amadeus...
Avinor has joined the Air Navigation Service Providers of Denmark (Naviair), Estonia (EANS), Finland (Finavia), Iceland (ISAVIA), Ireland (IAA), Latvia (LGS), the UK (NATS) and Sweden (LFV) in a landmark step in European air navigation. At the end of Mar-2011, the ANSP announced they agreed to start...
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. He is also a founding partner and regular contributor to FlightMonkeys.com. Bear with me for a minute. I’m going to use your imagination to help make a...
Aéroports de Paris and Aelia announced plans to merge Duty Free Paris and Société de Distribution Aéroport. Under the merger, Aelia will acquire shares owned by The Nuance Group in Duty Free Paris, which is a 50:50 JV between Nuance and Aéroports de Paris.
Shares in infrastructure and airports company Hochteif fell 9.5% on Monday. The company issued a forecast estimating pre-tax profit may fall by as much as 50%. CEO Herbert Luetkestratkoetter has announced he will step aside for Frank Stieler.
In a sudden flurry of activity, airports in the northern and central areas of Bulgaria, and now the capital Sofia, are being made available for lease concession. While Sofia Airport has its attractive features, the others may fail to generate much interest.
With expectations for fuel remaining high or even rising, Dahlman Rose Analyst Helane Becker issued a research note the company was downgrading the industry because it believes rising fares will destroy demand and airlines won’t reduce capacity as much as they should.
The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer, aviation sales rep for U-Fuel, and president of EAA1114...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA’s new David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center, located in Warrenton, Va., is now fully operational. “If you think of our national airspace system as an orchestra, the Command Center’s the conductor,” said Deputy Secretary John Porcari. “It...
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The folks at Oceano Airport (L52) in California are having a celebration May 14th and put the invitation on YouTube. The airport has been in danger of being closed after a developer decided a better use for the land was homes, not airplanes.Read more... ===> Posted on April 11, 2011 by Janice Wood....
Emivest Aerospace Corp., formerly Sino Swearingen, won approval from a bankruptcy court Thursday, April 7, to sell its assets to MT LLC at a deep discount, leaving the future of the struggling SJ30 business jet program temporarily in question, according to a report from AVWeb, which notes that speculation...
Enhanced Aircraft Systems (EAS) has launched its new website, EnhancedAircraft.com, which features a search engine that allows airplane owners to search for improvement products such as STCs and PMAs for their specific aircraft or engine. Read more... ===> Posted on April 11, 2011 by Janice Wood. No...
On March 29, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a final rule that indefinitely stays its original proposed rule mandating replacement of 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) with 406 MHz ELTs. The FCC will request further comment on the future of 121.5 MHz ELTs in a separate...
The Boeing Co. will offer internships each summer for business students who participate in a new Business Eagles Program created by Embry-Riddle’s College of Business. Read more... ===> Posted on April 11, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty and Hartzell Engine Technologies have teamed up to support Kyle and Amanda Franklin, a husband-and-wife airshow team who were injured last month during a show. Through June 30, a donation of $1 will be made to the Kyle and Amanda Fund for every Hartzell Engine Technologies...
