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Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Adds Lineage Service in Chattanooga

The new factory authorization adds to its Embraer maintenance portfolio, which includes the OEM's Phenoms and Legacies.
Rotorcraft

CHC Delivers Six New AW139s To Australian Air Force

CHC Helicopter will operate six new SAR configured Leonardo AW139s for the Royal Australian Air Force
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Creates Searchable STC Database

Many STCs in the database have not previously been offer for sale and customers may have not been aware of others in the listing.
Rotorcraft

CHC Delivers Six News AW139s To Australian Air Force

CHC Helicopter will operate six new SAR configured Leonardo AW139s for the Royal Australian Air Force
Regulations and Government

Streamlined LOA Approvals In the Works

The current LOA process takes six months, and stakeholders and the FAA are working to streamline it.
Aircraft

Boeing Inks Major Deals at Trump-Kim Summit

Orders for a total of 110 Boeing airplanes follow the FAA’s award of a Category 1 safety rating to Vietnam.
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Aircraft

MC-21 Serial Production Delayed Until 2021

Russian officials site sanctions and a need to switch to local suppliers for the Irkut narrowbody’s schedule slip.
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Rotorcraft

Bristow Removed from S&P Index, Stock Falls Anew

Bristow Group's removal from the S&P SmallCap 600 index comes amidst charges of defrauding shareholders
Rotorcraft

Assembly of First Production AW609 Weeks Away

Leonardo says second production AW609 will follow soon.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Boeing Lifts Lid on Loyal Wingman

During the Avalon show in Australia Boeing unveiled its loyal wingman UAV, which is being developed by Boeing Australia in partnership with the government
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Rotorcraft

Robinson Celebrates Four Decades of Deliveries

Since its first R22 delivery in 1979, the California rotorcraft maker has built more than 12,600 helicopters.
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Rotorcraft

Honeywell Bets On Electric Engine, VTOL Future

Honeywell is showcasing at Heli-Expo its hybrid-electric HTS900 while developing an all-electric VTOL engine.
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Rotorcraft

Celebrating 70 Years, HAI Lines Up Busy 2019 Heli-Expo

The association comes to Atlanta for first time as it commemorates its 70th anniversary, focuses on safety, tackles issues, and gathers industry.
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Aircraft

Enstrom Expects a Stronger 2019 from Sales Outside U.S.

Enstrom Helicopters also continues certification testing on its delayed TH180 piston-training helo.
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Rotorcraft

Transformative New Rotorcraft Near Certification As Heli-Expo Approaches

The OEMs are ready with new products, but is the market robust enough to support them?
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Rotorcraft

Aerometals H130 Filters Represent New Step Forward

The company is using computational fluid dynamics to assess airflow characteristics, resulting in a lighter and more efficient design.
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Rotorcraft

Canadians Take Top Honors in AAMS Sim Cup Competition

Competitors were judged on communications, teamwork, troubleshooting, creativity, and time management, among other skills.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier To Quadruple Singapore Mx Center

Bombardier Business Aircraft's Singapore service cent will add 330,000 sq ft and double its employment.
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Aerion Adds More Leaders to Team

Aerion continues to recruit executives and engineers, as well as refine its board of directors, as it preps to bring the AS2 supersonic bizjet to market.

Long-time Galvin Flying Services Leader Anderson Dies

When he was a teenager, Anderson joined the business that his uncle Jim Galvin founded.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Completes Australia Rebranding

The Jet Aviation brand now extends to six FBOs in Australia.
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Aircraft

Air Vanuatu Signs For Four A220s

Airbus wins its first orders of the year for the former C Series jet.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

ST Engineering Gets BVLOS Approval in Singapore

ST's DroNet UAS system will be used to patrol the Lower Seletar reservoir
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Aircraft

Embraer Shareholders Approve Joint Venture with Boeing

More than 96 percent of participating shareholders vote in favor of the transaction between the Brazilian and U.S. airframers.
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Rotorcraft

Victoria Police Order Trio of Leonardo AW139s

The Victoria, Australia Police Air Wing have ordered AW139s as part of its fleet modernization program.
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Rotorcraft

Kopter SH09 Getting Bigger Cabin, Increased Mtow

Kopter SH09 will now be able to carry 8 passengers thanks to redesigned fuel tank system
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Charter & Fractional

Private Pilot Convicted of Operating Illegal Charter Flight

Charter association welcomes conviction of pilot of illegal charter flight which crashed following departure when 426 lbs overweight.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Expands Premiair's Service Authority

Premiair will provide authorized service to Textron Aviation's entire product line, including Hawker jets.
Airports

Chicago Mayoral Candidate Pledges To Reopen Meigs

Candidate sees possibility of $500 million in revenue generation from reopening of the airport.

Gulfstream Aerospace Expands Leadership Team

Gulfstream is promoting Colin Miller to senior v-p of innovation, engineering and flight, and Greg Collett to senior v-p of manufactucturing and completion