Constant Aviation has expanded its Aircraft on Ground (AOG) mobile response teams with a new Philadelphia-based group that will focus on servicing south-eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. This is the second new location announced this year after the new...
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Pratt’s PW800 engine program achieves Type Certification by Transport Canada Civil Aviation
Pratt & Whitney Canada achieved an important milestone with its PW800 engine program awarded Type Certification by Transport Canada Civil Aviation. The PW812GA is selected by Gulfstream Aerospace to power the Gulfstream G400 business jet. Thrilled at the...
BBN Cargo Airlines expands cargo operations in Indonesia with new airline
BBN Cargo Airlines established a new cargo airline BBN Airlines Indonesia on August 31, 2022. As scheduled carrier, BBN Airlines Indonesia will manage cargo operations in the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the southern hemisphere....
Eikos Statyba wins £41.5 million contract to build new passenger terminal at Vilnius Airport
Lithuanian Airports has finalised Eikos Statyba as the contractor to build the new passenger departure terminal at Vilnius Airport. The total value of the contract is £41.5 million (excluding VAT). The new terminal will be built between the VIP terminal with the...
Vallair invests in spares, acquires A321 for part-out
Advancing on the Group’s strategy to build a spares hub in France, Vallair has purchased an Airbus A321 (MSN 1008) for imminent part-out. The 1999-vintage aircraft was previously operated by AtlasGlobal and managed by TrueAero. The airframe will be fully disassembled...
BagsID demonstrates first image-based baggage recognition solution at Rome Fiumicino Airport
BagsID has successfully deployed its new mobile recognition app during an Innovation Hub incubator program for start-ups at the Rome Fiumicino Airport. Using the app, airport staff were able to scan a set of test bags with the image recognition technology providing...
Pittsburgh International Airport commences construction of 77,000 square foot cargo facility
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is all set to open a 77,000-square-foot cargo facility dubbed Cargo 4. The facility will include 69,000 square feet of warehouse space and 7,300 square feet of office space across two floors enhancing the cargo-handling...
Indian MRO, Air Works eyes 20% growth across all segments this fiscal
Indian domestic MRO firm, Air Works, is eyeing a 15 to 20% growth in the top-line this fiscal with all segments of the business seeing growth. On a standalone basis, Air Works closed FY22 with a revenue of nearly INR 350 crore, which came from base maintenance,...
Capital A Bhd to add three A321 converted freighters to cargo arm
Capital A Bhd, parent company of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia is planning to add three Airbus SE A321 freighters to its Teleport cargo arm in the first quarter of 2023. The freighters would be leased from BBAM Limited Partnership. Francis Anthony, head of...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals moves a step ahead in Green Terminal sustainability
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has signed an agreement to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from CLP Power Hong Kong (CLP Power) equating to 45.9-gigawatt hours of power generated from renewable energy sources. The move is the latest step in Hactl’s...
Air Tanzania extends partnership with Swissport at Dar es Salaam airport
Air Tanzania has extended its partnership with Swissport at the Dar es Salaam home base for two more years until 2024. Swissport has been providing airport ground services and air cargo handling to Air Tanzania since early 2020. The partnership will include a...
Collins opens $18 million wind tunnel test facility in Rockford, Illinois
Collins Aerospace has opened an $18 million wind tunnel test facility for its Ram Air Turbine at Electric Power Systems in Rockford, Illinois. According to Collins with this fully automated technology, enhanced quality, and real-time data analytics, the new wind...