Credit crunch threatens completions work
Corporate completion work could be hit sharply should a global credit crunch materialise as turmoil in the US sub-prime mortgage market threatens to spread…
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ACE’s Milton takes stake in AirAsia X
Air Canada parent ACE Aviation Holdings’ chairman and CEO, Robert Milton, has been identified as a minority shareholder in Malaysian long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X.
AirAsia X says in a statement that Milton was a founding shareholder with a “minor interest” in Aero Ventures, which is the biggest single shareholder in the recently launched airline […]
FAA issues AD to prevent fuel leaks and fires in 737 Classics
US regulators are requiring operators of more than 500 US-registered Boeing 737-300, -400 and -500 “classic” aircraft to inspect the slat assemblies on the wings for damaged, missing or incorrectly assembled hardware that could cause fuel leaks and fires when the mechanisms operate for takeoffs and landings.
The final airworthiness directive (AD) issued by the […]
Working Week - Keeping clients happy at Bombardier’s business aircraft charter operation Skyjet
Mark Hardman, Bombardier Skyjet International’s operations manager for Europe, is based at the UK’s Farnborough Airport. He talks to Working Week about his part in the booming business aviation world
Probe begins after pilot’s firearm accidentally discharged
An investigation has begun after a US Airways pilot, who is a member of the US programme under which pilots can carry guns in the cockpit, accidentally discharged his firearm during a flight yesterday.
The incident happened on board an Airbus A319-operated US Airways flight 1536 from Denver to Charlotte.
In a statement the US […]