by Dino D'Amore | Feb 8, 2023 | Cargo, Zone: Americas
Textron Aviation is to offer a gravel kit for its new twin-engine, large-utility Cessna SkyCourier turboprop to allow customers “the flexibility to operate their aircraft in and out of unimproved runways around the world”. “Cessna aircraft have been moving people and...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 8, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Americas
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, or ASUR, which operates airports in Colombia, Mexico and the US, reported passenger traffic for January 2023 of 6.3 million, 29.8% above January 2022. Traffic increased by 37.8% in Puerto Rico, 33.6% in Mexico and 16.6% in Colombia,...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 8, 2023 | Maintenance, Parts, Zone: Americas
Pratt & Whitney on February 7 said it had opened a “new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF engine MRO network”. Described as a 155,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta” for the housing of “disassembly, assembly...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 8, 2023 | Airline, Maintenance, Zone: Americas
Lufthansa Technik and Avianca have signed a five-year contract for the Colombian carrier to receive instant and real-time information about the configuration and condition of its Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft as well as their engines and components. The deal takes in...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 8, 2023 | Technology, Zone: Americas
Aireon is to provide “space-based data” to enhance Boeing’s Fleet Insight flight tracker. The company said in a statement that it would offer “real-time, streaming space-based ADS-B data through its AireonSTREAM product” and allow Boeing “access to the only...
