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Mock up shows military role for X2

Last month Sikorsky displayed a mock-up of a possible X2 Light Tactical Helicopter (LTH) design at the Army Aviation Association of America annual co
Rotorcraft

Conclusion in sight for UK’s SAR competition

Selection of a preferred bidder could emerge before the end of this year in the UK’s search-and-rescue helicopter (SAR-H) procurement process, which aims t
Aircraft

ASA Grounding Costs SkyWest $7.6M

Atlantic Southeast Airlines’ unscheduled grounding of 60 CRJ200s on March 31 for engine inspections lowered revenues at parent company SkyWest by $7.6 mill
Aircraft

Joy Air to Launch this Month

A new regional airline based in Xi’an, China called Joy Air plans to launch revenue operations this month with three Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) MA-60 turboprops.
Aircraft

Pinnacle Draws Nearer to Pilot Deal

Pinnacle Airlines CEO Phil Trenary last month reported “very good progress” in management’s negotiations with the airline’s ALPA-represented pilots for a n
Aircraft

Republic’s Hawaii Venture Advances

Republic Airlines injected another $2.5 million into its partnership with Hawaii’s Mokulele Airlines on May 1 and this month plans to send a fourth Embraer
Maintenance and Modifications

Worldwide MRO market to top $55 billion by 2015

epair And Overhaul (MRO): A Global Market Report, Global Industry Analysts provides a comprehensive review of the MRO industry and quantifies potential in
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Italy’s Esperia Orders AgustaWestland Twin

Esperia Aviation Services, based at Rome Urbe downtown airport, has ordered one AgustaWestland AW109E Grand.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sikorsky Opens Korean Parts Depot

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) has opened a regional parts facility with Times Aerospace Korea (TAK) at the Gimpo Aerospace Complex in Gimpo City, Gyong
Rotorcraft

Swiss Rescue Organization Posts Record Activity

 Rega, the Swiss not-for-profit air rescue organization, last year for the first time surpassed 10,000 annual helicopter missions, at 10,425.
Rotorcraft

Columbia Chinook Fights Mexico Fires

Columbia Helicopters has dispatched one of its Boeing 234 Chinook tandem-rotor helicopters to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to assist with wildfire suppressio
Rotorcraft

Bristow Acquires More S-300s

Sikorsky Global Helicopters has delivered six more S-300CBi trainers to Bristow Academy’s existing fleet of 48 of the models.
Rotorcraft

Bell’s Profits Surge

Despite plummeting revenues and profits at parent company Textron, Bell Helicopter posted significantly improved first-quarter results compared with the sa
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintained in the USA? Aviation’s scary little secret

So here’s a pop quiz (true or false) for all you aviation enthusiasts: 1. All employees in safety-sensitive positions at U.S.
Safety

Legislation targets HEMS safety record

While the FAA develops new rules to improve the safety of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS), the ranking Republicans on the House Transportation

EBACE 2009

It might surprise some to hear this, but the state of the economy was not on the minds of everyone at last month’s European Business Aviation Convention &
Maintenance and Modifications

EADS, mas to create regional MRO

EADS, mas to create regional MRO MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysian Airline System (MAS), and EADS SECA, a Pratt & Whi

NASA chief could come from ranks of astronauts

President Obama reportedly is set to name former astronaut Charles Bolden Jr.
Aircraft

Tarom Takes its First ATR 72-500

Romanian flag carrier Tarom took delivery of its first ATR 72-500 last month under the terms of a $37 million contract it signed last year for two of the t
Aircraft

Embraer Delivers First Lineage 1000

Embraer delivered the first Lineage 1000 on May 8 to His Excellency Aamer Abdul Jalil Al Fahim of Abu Dhabi.

Hainan Group cuts ERJ 145 order in half

Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company (HEAI) has reached an agreement with Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group to cut in half a firm order for 50 ERJ 145s
Maintenance and Modifications

GDAS Closes at MSP

General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) plans to shutter its facility located at Minneapolis-St.
Regulations and Government

Industry seeks input on TSA’s onerous airport badge rules

With an effective deadline of June 1 looming, five trade associations sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking her to withdraw
Regulations and Government

Part 135 CRM may be mandatory

The FAA has released a proposal to require crew resource management (CRM) training for all Part 135 certificate holders’ pilots and flight attendants.

Resilience on display at Salt Lake City confab

Although heartened by the turnout at last month’s Regional Airline Association Convention, held May 18 to 21 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt L
Rotorcraft

Bell 429 Certification Nears

FAA and Transport Canada certification of Bell’s new 429 light twin could come as early as this month.
Rotorcraft

International charter alliance kicks off

The new Global Executive Helicopter Network (GEHN) began operations on May 1 as a transatlantic alliance of helicopter charter providers.
Aircraft

In the works: Honda Aircraft – HondaJet

Honda Aircraft has announced a delay in first flight of the conforming prototype HondaJet and projected first customer delivery.
Aircraft

In the works: Spectrum Aeronautical S.40 Freedom

The FAA has issued a number of special conditions needed for Spectrum Aeronautical’s all-composite S.40 Freedom twinjet to achieve type certification.
Aircraft

In the works: Farnborough Aircraft – Kestrel

New owners have taken over the insolvent Kestrel program and plan to bring the single-engine all-composite turboprop through to certification.