by Dino D'Amore | Aug 14, 2012 | Airline, Maintenance, Zone: Americas
A United Airlines 757 caught fire shortly before take-off from Seattle airport Sea-Tac. The fire on flight 776 bound for Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C, was found in the aircraft’s power unit. A preliminary investigation found that the fire might be...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 14, 2012 | Maintenance, Technology, Zone: Americas, Zone: Europe
GKN Aerospace has won a contract from Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., covering the design, build and supply of composite winglets and ailerons for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 ultra-long-range...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 10, 2012 | Airline, Cargo, Defense, Editorial Comment, Environmental, Finance, Insurance, Leasing, Legal, Maintenance, Parts, People, Regulatory, Technology, Zone: Americas, Zone: Asia/Pacific, Zone: Europe, Zone: Middle East/Africa
We understand that there are some things you cannot leave to chance and the annual get together in Dublin is one of those things. For this reason we have already made sure that the core of finance and leasing are in attendance and there are more airlines than have...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 6, 2012 | Cargo, Maintenance, Technology, Zone: Americas
Aeronautical Engineers has been selected by ASL Aviation Group to provide three B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration Freighter Conversions. The aircraft are all ex Qantas high gross weight B737-400’s, (MSN 24440/1992, MSN 24433/1994, MSN 24446/1994). All three...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 3, 2012 | Maintenance, People, Zone: Americas
PEMCO World Air Services is planning to lay off 474 workers at its aircraft maintenance complex at Tampa International Airport. The company says it has no choice in this action since United’s “recent sudden cancellation” of all its maintenance work...
