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Boeing, Air Europa Announce Order for 20 737 MAX 8s

Airbus recognizes suppliers for excellent in-service performance

On the occasion of the annual Airbus Suppliers Awards ceremony held during Farnborough Air Show 2016, Didier Lux, Airbus SVP, Head of Customer Services, and Geneviève Laurens-Chassagne, Head of Supplier Support Management distributed Awards and Certificates to Systems & Equipment supplier...

Boeing Business Jets Announces Orders for Two BBJ MAX 8 Airplanes

Boeing Business Jets announced at the 2016 Farnborough International Air Show today, the sale of two BBJ MAX 8 airplanes. The recently booked BBJ MAX 8s were ordered by two separate undisclosed customers, one customer based in North America and the other in Asia. “The BBJ MAX a...

Sikorsky and Bristow sign 10-year support agreement for S-92 helicopters

Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company and Bristow Helicopters signed a 10-year agreement providing Bristow’s S-92® fleet with extended support for its aftermarket material needs. Sikorsky’s Total Assurance Program provides Bristow continued aftermarket support to operate its S-92 fleet within a known budget, reducing the risk of unplanned costs. The contract was signed in a c...

UK aviation minister attends handover of Airbus Helicopters H145 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance

In the presence of Transport Minister, Robert Goodwill MP, Airbus Helicopters formally handed over the second and final H145 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) at the Farnborough Air Show 2016. The aircraft, which will go through a completion process at Airbus Helicopters’ Civil Helicopter Hub at Oxford Airport, will be fitted with a state of the art Bucher medical interior specifically tailor...

WOW air placed $85 million CFM56-5B engine order

In a special signing ceremony here today, Iceland-based WOW air announced it has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power four new Airbus A321ceo (current engine option) family aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at $85 million U.S. at list price. The airline, which began commercial service in 2011, currently operates a fleet of seven CFM56-5B-powered A320...

Viking Signs Twin Otter Series 400 Multiple Aircraft Purchase Agreement with Tara Air of Nepal

Viking Air Limited of Victoria, British Columbia, and Tara Air of Kathmandu, Nepal, have signed a multi-aircraft purchase agreement for three Viking Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft to be delivered between September 2016 and early 2017. The three Series 400 Twin Otters will be delivered in regional commuter configuration and will be added to Tara Air’s existing fleet of Series 400 and legac...

P&WC's PT6A engine poised for growth in European market

Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) iconic PT6A engine is poised for considerable incremental growth across Europe thanks to a regulatory change that will open the continent's skies to single-engine instrument flight rules (IFR) flights for commercial passenger service. P&WC played a leadership role in helping the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) develop the guidelines that s...

Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion avionics selected for new TRJet 328 Series

Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system has been selected by TRJet Havacilik Teknolojileri Anonim Şirketi (TRJet) for its new TRJ328™ aircraft and TRP328™ turboprop, with first deliveries expected in 2020. Rockwell Collins will collaborate with Turkish companies for production, support and training opportunities. “The rapid development of these...

P&WC to provide turbofan and turboprop engines for revitalized 328 aircraft program

Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW100 family of turboprop engines, designed for the regional airline industry, has been selected by TRJet to power its new TRP328™ aircraft. TRJet, an aviation company based in Ankara, Turkey, has asked Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) to develop a new version of its PW127 engine to provide heightened performance over the PW119 engine that powered the or...

Safran and HAL to form JV in India to support Indian helicopter operators

Safran Helicopter Engines and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) have agreed to establish, in India, a support centre for national and international rotorcraft customers. The joint venture will be opened in the coming months. This new centre will provide maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) services for Safran TM333 and HAL Shakti engines installed on HAL-built helicopters. This scope would...

Exclusive - Armands Krauze on business aviation role

During IV Annual Baltic Business Aviation Conference we had amazing opportunity to talk with Armands Krauze, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia and find out his opinion regarding the role of business aviation in further country development. Q. What are your associations with the word aviation? A.K. Primarily I associate aviation with a convenient and fast...

Viking and Longview Aviation Asset Management to Provide New Lease & Financing Options

Viking Air Limited (“Viking”), a global leader of utility aircraft, support and services and manufacturer of the world-renowned Twin Otter, and Longview Aviation Asset Management, today announced a new relationship that will provide customers for both new-build and used Twin Otter aircraft with new financing alternatives and additional flexibility when considering their aircraft needs....

First AW169 Full flight simulator certified

Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced the first Level D Full Flight Simulator for the new generation AgustaWestland AW169 light intermediate helicopter obtained ENAC (Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile – Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and EASA certification on June 30th. Based at the Leonardo Training Academy in Sesto Calende, Italy, the new simulator will be used to deliver advance pilot tra...

Qatar Executive becomes the largest dedicated G650 operator in the world

Qatar Airways and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp announced a new order for three new G650ERs on the opening day of the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow, UK. The order adds to the three G650ER aircraft already in service and available for charter with Qatar Executive and is part of a 30-aircraft sales agreement announced in May 2015 between the two companies. This order makes Qatar Executive the l...

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As the 10th edition of the Riga Aviation Forum was getting ready to open, 50SkyShades — a long‑standing Media Partner of the event — took the opportunity to sit down with Zigmars Vestfals,...

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AERO 2027 (April 14–17) saw the formal announcement of Air Charter Expo Regional – Europe by show organisers The Air Charter Association and Business Air News, made during ACE26 at Lo...