Signifying Airbus’ latest milestone to become even closer to its customers and partners and to support them around the globe, Airbus and SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) have entered into an agreement to provide maintenance and engineering training services for Airbus aircraft in Singapore. Through this collaboration, SIAEC, one of the...

FL Technics announced the signing of a Base Maintenance agreement with Turkmenistan Airlines. Under the agreement, FL Technics will provide C-Check support for the carrier’s five Boeing 737 NG aircraft. The first Boeing 737-800 operated by the national airlines of Turkmenistan has already reached FL Technics premises in Vilnius, Lithuania....

Despite the fact that aviation industry creates around 6.7 million jobs and $6.8B for African GDP, it still remains an area for concern. There are a lot of factors to blame for such a performance, including limited technology, poor policing, cumbersome airport fees and taxes on jet fuel (which are about 20% higher than elsewhere on the globe), as...

Based on the recent forecasts by Honeywell Aerospace, during 2014–2018 the civil rotorcraft market, currently worth around $7.4 billion will be supplemented with up to 5 500 civilian-use machines worldwide. In addition, what has conventionally been an industry focused on the industrialized nations of Europe and North America has begun to undergo...

Consortium of Sikorsky Aircraft and PZL Mielec signed an agreement with WZL-1 in Lodz concerning the future cooperation if BLACK HAWK platform win the tender for multitask helicopter for polish army. The agreement is the part of the partnership built together with PGZ (Polish Armament Group) to support Polish armed forces.   The...

PZL-Świdnik, an AgustaWestland company announced that during Heli-Expo 2015, currently taking place in Orlando, Florida, USA, AgustaWestland has signed a distribution agreement with Tuncang Investment Co.,Ltd, appointing the company as an official, non-exclusive distributor of the SW-4 light single engine helicopter in China. The agreement also...

CS SOFT a.s. was invited for the 3rd time to participate at the round table discussion with the Vice Governor, Government of Hebei Province, Mrs. Qin BoYong, China. During the meeting the Vice Governor expressed their interest in Air Traffic Management products for here Province. To go further in negotiations, CS SOFT a.s. accepted an invitation...

The recent flight testing of the new, environmentally friendly Boeing ecoDemonstrator 787 has definitely been a glorious moment for both aviation technicians and eco-activists. Unfortunately, according to the newest Oliver Wyman MRO survey, currently only 20% of companies consider investing in new technology as a way to adapt to challenges,...

During Aero India 2015, which took place in Bangalore from 18 to 22 February, Russian Helicopters CEO and head of the State Corporation Rostec delegation Alexander Mikheev showcased the latest Russian commercial and military technology for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Over 30 Russian companies, including Rostec’s Russian Helicopters,...

Another major milestone in Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft program was reached today with the maiden flight of the CS300 airliner. The technologically advanced CSeries aircraft will provide operators with an all-new family of single-aisle mainline jets specifically designed for the 100- to 149-seat market segment. The CS300 airliner – bearing...

Currently, the Middle Eastern commercial aviation MRO market is growing at a faster rate than the global average. According to ICF International, it is expected to account for up to 8% of the global civil aviation MRO market in 2015. However, as more and more local carriers find having suppliers from North America or Europe no longer acceptable,...

Boeing is implementing a plan to renew its focus on the company’s engineers worldwide by dedicating the first two of new Engineering Career Development Centers that would serve as training grounds for its technical workforce. Over the next year, leading up to Boeing’s 100-year anniversary in 2016, the company will open a dozen of these...

Only a year since its 2014 opening, Bombardier Business Aircraft’s Singapore Service Centre is delivering exceptional results to its customers in the Asia-Pacific region and is showing impressive growth as it continues to expand its capabilities and capacity. Since February 2014, the Service Centre has provided Bombardier customers with...

The A350 MSN2, one of Airbus’ five A350 XWB test aircraft, has landed today at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport for first time to demonstrate its all new features to Iberia, the Madrid airport authorities and the media. Iberia has eight A350-900s on order.  The A350 XWB is an efficient medium-capacity long-range wide-body aircraft....

Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, has won the Ministry of Trade and Industry award for best integrated corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy. The certificate was awarded by Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov on Thursday 19 February. “Given the complex macroeconomic environment these awards take on a...