West Star Aviation announces Keith Schroeder as regional sales manager (RSM) for West Star Aviation. Schroeder will be responsible for the Midwest territory which includes Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Manitoba Canada.
D.O.M. News
05/27/2018 - 15:21
The San Diego Air & Space Museum’s Library & Archives launches a new online exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of U.S. airmail.
05/27/2018 - 15:04
Garmin announces it has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval of the G5000 integrated flight deck for the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP aircraft. The G5000 modernizes the cockpit, increases aircraft utility, offers significant weight savings and provides operators with a solution to fulfill global next generation airspace initiatives. Garmin also announces that SUN-AIR airlines of Scandinavia has selected the G5000 integrated flight deck upgrade for its Beechjet 400A aircraft. SUN-AIR Technic, the maintenance division of SUN-AIR, is also an authorized Garmin dealer and will be completing the first installation of the Beechjet G5000 upgrade in Europe.
05/25/2018 - 14:57
Duncan Aviation honors its veterans—roughly 24% of the company's workforce. More than 500 of Duncan Aviation's 2,150 current team members are military veterans.
05/25/2018 - 14:09
Duncan Aviation loses a longtime team member and an aviation expert who was well-known in the industry. Karl Detweiler, Duncan Aviation’s manager of Accessories Marketing and Business Development, worked at Duncan Aviation for nearly 22 years where he provided marketing expertise, business development, technical support and the development of FAA-approved repairs for aircraft component repair and overhaul. He passed on the afternoon of May 18 after a year-long battle with cancer, surrounded by his family.
05/25/2018 - 09:52
StandardAero announces the company will be restructuring, over the next 12-18 months, its primary Canadian MRO facilities to create three different Centers of Excellence (COEs) specifically for supporting helicopter airframe/component MRO services, helicopter engine MRO services and turboprop engine MRO services at it facilities located in Langley, B.C., Winnipeg, M.B., and Summerside, P.E.I., respectively.
05/23/2018 - 12:21
WD-40 Company is recruiting members in the automotive, construction, farming, maintenance, repair and operations fields to provide input on new WD-40® Brand products and uses and to learn how to further help users get the job done right. The initiative is part of a remastered PRO Board program, which serves as a way for WD-40 Company to hear unbiased feedback from trade professionals.
Cobalt Air IFE user interface
05/23/2018 - 12:15
Cobalt Air, a Cyprus airline, enhances its onboard experience for all its passengers with the introduction of in-flight entertainment (IFE) across its Airbus A319 and A320 fleet via portable wireless IFE platform, Bluebox Wow. Cabin crew training is complete in readiness for the system to go live across Cobalt’s route network.
05/23/2018 - 11:02
Snap-on expands its Tools for Life technical education program by now offering Structural Sheetmetal Assembly certification.
05/23/2018 - 09:15
Duncan Aviation announces its partnership with SmartSky Networks as the latter company launches its new 4G LTE-based inflight connectivity network. The air-to-ground (ATG) network delivers a true office-in-the-sky environment with unprecedented speed, reliability, and security. With low latency and high bandwidth, passengers will enjoy the same connectivity capabilities they do on the ground: streaming video, chatting, texting, playing games and video conferencing.
Bridgewater State University (BSU) President Fred Clark (left) shakes Cape Cod Community College (CCCC) President John Cox’s hand as President Cox raises the agreement both just signed, giving CCCC students in the Aviation Maintenance program access to student housing on the BSU campus. This is the first such agreement for Cape Cod CC and Bridgewater State, creating a true “destination program” for CCCC.
Housing for CCCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology Students Now Open at Bridgewater State University
05/23/2018 - 09:07
In a first-ever opportunity for students at Cape Cod Community College, on-site housing at Bridgewater State University is made available to students in CCCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) program. Students entering the program this fall will have the option to stay in an on-campus co-educational dorm and purchase an on-site meal plan if they wish.
05/23/2018 - 08:51
Satair’s UK operation opens of a brand new facility close to London’s Heathrow Airport, benefitting from a multi-million pound investment program. The new facility, at Space Waye, North Feltham Trading Estate, became fully operational on March 19 and has six times the area and 11 times the cubic capacity of the previous Heston, Middlesex, facility which Satair occupied for almost 30 years.
05/23/2018 - 08:42
RUAG Aviation completes an 8C check on a Bombardier Global Express XRS to full customer satisfaction. The downtime for the heavy maintenance inspection was optimized and included an upgrade to Satcom and WiFi communication technology. The project was completed at the aircraft services provider’s facilities at Munich-Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. RUAG Aviation is a Bombardier Authorized Service Center.
The list of approvals for ADS-B Out installation continues to grow for Flying Colours Corp.
05/23/2018 - 08:26
With the mandatory equipping of ADS-B Out for aircraft flying in controlled European air space only two years away, Flying Colours Corp. secures approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to install the tracking technology on Bombardier Challenger 300 airframes operating within its jurisdiction.
05/22/2018 - 08:28
West Star Aviation announces its satellite location at Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (CXO) has received FAA Part 145 Repair Station certification.
05/17/2018 - 11:49
Metro Aviation delivers a completed EC145e to Hartford Hospital LIFE STAR, a critical care program based in Hartford, CT. The aircraft’s price point and large cabin appealed to the VFR program that transports about 1,000 patients each year.
05/17/2018 - 10:05
Flightdocs, a provider of cloud-based aircraft maintenance tracking, compliance, and inventory management services, announces the establishment of a new technology center. The 6,200-square-foot facility houses nearly 40 developers and other technology experts and became operational this month.
05/17/2018 - 10:01
TRAXXALL Technologies, providers of an innovative aircraft maintenance tracking and inventory management system, announces a new client, JoinJet. The company specializes in offering charter flight services.
05/17/2018 - 09:54
Innov8 Cabin Solutions (Innov8), a supplier of affordable and flexible cabin upgrade products, and Aero-Dienst, a full-service provider in European business aviation, announce that they have entered into an agreement naming Aero-Dienst as the launch dealer in Europe for the debut of Innov8’s CABINFLEX (“CFLEX”) products, including its SIMPLICITY, COMMAND and CAST cabin control and entertainment product solutions.
05/17/2018 - 09:44
StandardAero signs an agreement with Beijing Reignwood Star General Aviation Company Limited to provide support to its fleet of Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines powering the company’s Bell 407GX, 206L4, 206B3 and Robinson R66 helicopters.