2009 was a stormy year for New Mexico’s budding aviation industry, when most companies faced a significant drop in demand for products and services, according to a story in the New Mexico Business Weekly. But the clouds started to part a bit by fall, when Eclipse Aviation arose from the ashes with...
In a first for the renewables and aviation industries, Heritage Aviation, the new general aviation facility at the Burlington International Airport (BTV) in Vermont, has installed a wind turbine on-site at its new facility. It is a Northwind 100, a 100kW wind turbine manufactured by Northern Power of...
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF)’s Class of 2010 has been unveiled. Those who will be inducted are Captain Alan Bean, astronaut and lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, man’s second lunar landing; Warren Grimes, father of aircraft lighting and inventor of aircraft navigation instruments...
The International Biplane Association will hold its 2010 Fly-In at historic Ranger Airfield (F23) in Ranger, Texas. ... read the rest of Biplane Fly-In slated for Ranger Airfield (134 words)
The 2010 California Power Systems (CPS) catalog is now available. The catalog has more than 500 pages of everything for outfitting, owning, and maintaining an ultralight or homebuilt aircraft, according to company officials. The catalog includes complete factory specs on every Rotax engine, including...
California Power Systems, the only West Coast Rotax Training Center, recently completed a new training and maintenance facility at the company’s Oakland International Airport (OAK) North Field facility.... read the rest of Rotax training center opens new facility (166 words)
The Arizona Business Aviation Association (AZBAA) will hold its Ninth Annual AZBAA Aviation Benefit & Reception on March 26 and 27 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Proceeds will benefit a scholarship endowment for students pursuing careers in business aviation. For more information: AZBAA.org
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported international scheduled traffic (RPKs) rose 2.1% year-on-year in Nov-2009, while freight demand recorded a 9.5% improvement. Director General and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, stated, “demand continues to improve, but we still have a lot of ground...
SAS dropped 3.6%, after a report in Danish Business Daily, Børsen, claimed the airline has already spent the majority of the USD850 million it raised from its rights issue, raising concerns that further capital injections may be required.
United Airlines’ shares gained 1.0% yesterday, as the carrier announced plans to offer USD500 million of senior secured notes due in 2013.
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus’ woes with the A380 linger on. After initially forecasting 21 deliveries for the aircraft in late 2008, the manufacturer revised the target to 18, then 14, during the year and confirmed yesterday that it will only deliver ten A380s in 2009 - two less than last...
After several successful years that have seen EgyptAir gain access to the Star Alliance and lanch its own regional subsidiary, EgyptAir Express, Egypt’s national carrier faces a major new competitive threat in the form of Air Arabia’s latest JV, Air Arabia Egypt.
AirAsia’s shares declined 2.2% yesterday, with the carrier’s CEO, Tony Fernandes, in an interview with today's Business Times, stating the LCC is optimistic about the airline’s prospects for next year, with forward bookings “looking good” for Jan/Feb-2010.
