Embraer to Attend Russia’s Premier Business Aviation Event
September 10, 2009
Company will display its Legacy 600 executive aircraft at JetExpo 2009, in Moscow
São José dos Campos, September 10, 2009 –
Embraer will participate in the fourth Russian
International Business Aviation Exhibition, JetExpo
2009 (www.JetExpo.ru), at the Crocus Expo
complex, in Moscow, Russia, September 16-18. The
Company will showcase the Legacy 600 jet in the
static display at the Avia Business Terminal, in
Vnukovo-3 Airport, and promote its portfolio of
executive jets.
“Embraer is pleased to participate, once again, in
JetExpo, the only trade show dedicated to business
aviation in Russia, and, at the same time, to give the
public an opportunity to see the Legacy 600,” said
Colin Steven, Embraer Vice President Marketing and
Sales – Europe, Africa and the Middle East,
Executive Jets. “We believe that our range of
executive jets, with their superior performance,
economics and comfort, are ideally suited to meeting
customer demands in the Russian market.”
The Company’s expanded portfolio is comprised of the entry level Phenom 100, the light
Phenom 300, the newly launched midlight Legacy 450 and midsize Legacy 500, the proven
super midsize Legacy 600, and the ultra-large Lineage 1000 jets. All of them are positioned at
the top of their categories, offering premium comfort, excellent performance and low
operating costs.
ATR appoints new President for India’s Customer Services subsidiary
September 10, 2009
ATR appointed Jean-Luc Establie (52) as new president of the ATR India Customer Support Private Ltd, its subsidiary in India, succeeding Marc Bourret, who is taking new responsibilities as Project & Planning Director in the ATR Customer Services directorate.
Jean-Luc Establie has been since 2002 Sales Director for India and the surrounding region. In his position he strongly contributed to the success of ATR in the development of the regional market in India, with sales for more than 70 new aircraft since 2005.
While keeping his sales responsibilities, Jean-Luc Establie will additionally be in charge of further developing and expanding the customer support services provided by ATR, which also play an important role in its success in the region.
He initially joined ATR in 1999 as Sales Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
Prior to joining ATR, he worked at Socata from 1996 as Sales Director for Southern Europe. Previously, he had worked in the Marketing and Commercial Department of the Electronic division of Aerospatiale (the predecessor to EADS), being in charge of the worldwide promotion of Aircraft Electronic Documentation and Aircraft Maintenance software. He initially joined Aerospatiale in the Electronic division as a CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) manager.
He started his career in 1982 in developing real time software.
Jean-Luc Establie received a Masters in Electronics & Computers from the Institut Supérieur d’Electronique du Nord (Lille, France) in 1982.
Jean-Luc Establie has a CPL (Commercial Pilot License), and flies as Instructor and Flight Examiner. He has three children and likes skiing and diving.
ASIA JET INTRODUCES NEW CHALLENGER 605 JET TO HONG KONG
September 10, 2009
Hong Kong, Sept. 10, 2009 – Hong Kong-based Asia Jet announced here at the Asian Aerospace Show it is introducing a brand new large-cabin, mid-range Challenger 605 into charter service in Asia. This Challenger 605 aircraft will be based at the Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre at Chep Lap Kok International Airport, where it will be operated and maintained by Asia Jet’s exclusive operating partner, Metrojet. The aircraft will be available to Asia Jet Cardmembers beginning in the third quarter of 2010.
The Bombardier Challenger 605* aircraft is the next step in the continuing evolution of the world’s best selling family of large business jets. Next-generation innovation, on a tried-and-true platform that has seen Challenger become the backbone of the worlds’ most esteemed corporate fleets. An aircraft built in response to the needs and absolute necessities of pilots and business leaders alike, for today and tomorrow. By design, it provides corporate and government leaders with the widest – and indeed, one of the quietest – cabins in the industry, in which passengers can work or rest in total comfort and tranquility. It is also designed to ensure that the Bombardier Challenger aircraft, and those who fly in them, continue to stay ahead of all others.
Combining superior strength, versatility and reliability with cost efficiency matching that of an appreciably smaller jet, the Bombardier Challenger 605 corporate jet is capable, confident and infinitely versatile, allowing leaders to act with swift effectiveness anywhere in their world.
“This remarkable business jet aircraft, with its impressive performance and large-cabin comfort features, will allow our Asia Jet Cardmembers to experience how effectively and efficiently the Challenger 605 can serve the requirements of this region,” said Justin Lee Firestone, Founder and CEO of Asia Jet.
*Either registered or unregistered jet trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.
NASA Awards SOFIA Contract Option to L-3 Communications
September 10, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA has awarded a contract modification to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P., of Waco, Texas, for further developmental engineering in support of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy mission, known as SOFIA.
This option modification under the base contract L-3 currently holds extends the period of performance through Dec. 31, 2009. The option is valued at approximately $8.7 million, bringing the total value of the contract to about $37.7 million.
The initial cost-plus-award-fee contract took effect Feb. 9, 2007, with a 23-month base period extending through Dec. 31, 2008, with three one-year options. Two additional one-year option periods yet to be exercised could extend the agreement through Dec. 31, 2011.
Under the base contract, L-3 Communications is responsible for completing development and testing of the SOFIA Airborne System, including modification, fabrication, installation, integration, and verification of various systems to meet mission requirements. Option 1 of the contract covers completion of the SOFIA subsystems, such as the mission control and communication system. The option also includes engineering and flight test support for the telescope cavity door-open flight tests and early science flight programs, and support of reviews leading to NASA public aircraft certification.
The SOFIA program includes a high-altitude airborne observatory consisting of a German-built 2.5-meter (100 inch) infrared telescope mounted in a cavity in the rear fuselage of a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner. Scientific instruments housed in the observatory will be capable of celestial observations ranging from visible light through the sub-millimeter far-infrared spectrum. NASA and the German Aerospace Center are developing SOFIA jointly.
TAM is Awarded United States Federal Aviation Administration Certification
September 10, 2009
The document issued by the American aeronautical authority enables maintenance operations on aircraft registered in the USA
SAO PAULO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TAM’s (NYSE: TAM, BOVESPA: TAMM4) Technological Center, the MRO business unit (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul), has just been certified by the American aviation authority, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to be able to perform maintenance operations on aircraft registered in the United States. With this seal of quality issued by the U.S. aviation authority, we amplify our array of MRO services offered and become the only Brazilian aviation company certified by the FAA, by the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) and by the ANAC (Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil – Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency).
“Now we are certified by the world’s foremost aeronautical authorities. This is a recognition of the quality of our service. With these approvals, we can strengthen our service offering MRO to third parties and meet the major airlines in the market,” states Ruy Amparo, Vice President of MRO.
The FAR 145 certification obtained authorizes us to perform all the major programmed maintenance operations (C and D checks), in addition to the revision of different aeronautic components. The process of obtaining this certification took 14 months and was preceded by extensive audits, in which all the technical and quality procedures of our Technological Center were thoroughly checked over and verified by the U.S. aviation authority.
Expansion of services
This last August, we were certified by the DGAC (Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil), the organization from the Chilean government, to service Airbus A318 aircraft and their components for aircraft registered in Chile. The certification was achieved after we were approved by the ANAC to perform maintenance on the Airbus A318 aircraft. It is the unit’s first approval for an aircraft model that is not a part of our fleet. We are also certified in Chile to perform maintenance operations on A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.
Our Technological Center has also been approved by the ANAC and by the EASA to carry out all the major programmed maintenance operations on Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 and A330 aircraft, both in our fleet and on third party aircraft, in addition to Fokker-100 aircraft. In addition, we are certified for the maintenance of components of the Boeing aircraft that are being incorporated into our fleet and we are in the final process of certification for Boeing 767 aircraft.
Since January of 2007, we have had the IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) certification, the most complete and accepted international acknowledgement in operational safety. The IOSA audit involves more than 950 requirements in 8 operational areas of a single airline company, including engineering and maintenance of aircraft, and others.
Our Technological Center is located in the city of Sao Carlos, in the interior of Sao Paulo State, and covers an area of 4.6 million square meters. In addition to maintenance hangars, the facility houses workshops for examining more than 3,000 aeronautic components.
American Airlines Cargo lança ExpediteTC(SM), a solução para remessas com controle de temperatura
September 10, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas, 7 de setembro /PRNewswire/ -- A American
Airlines Cargo anunciou hoje o lançamento de seu serviço de
transporte com controle de temperatura -- ExpediteTC(SM). A partir de
hoje a companhia aérea passa a oferecer o ExpediteTC a seus clientes
no mundo todo, após um teste altamente bem sucedido envolvendo 10
pares de cidades internacionais.
Os clientes que tiverem remessas exigindo uma faixa de temperatura
específica durante o trânsito podem utilizar o serviço ExpediteTC com
total confiança, sabendo que faixas de temperatura específicas serão
monitoradas pelo pessoal da AA em vários pontos durante o trânsito -
incluindo a manutenção de gelo seco e pilhas, se necessário. A
companhia aérea oferece uma garantia total de remessa conforme a
reserva, além do manuseio, monitoramento e rastreamento
especializados.
O ExpediteTC foi criado com base na confiabilidade do Expeditefs,
produto expresso já conhecido no mercado, que fornece a mais alta
prioridade de embarque, rastreamento de alta visibilidade e garantia
total de embarque conforme a reserva.
"Quando se lança um serviço de alta qualidade, é preciso estar
confiante de oferecer exatamente o que é necessário para atender as
expectativas do cliente", afirmou Dave Brooks, presidente da American
Airlines Cargo. "Por esta razão investimos uma quantidade
significativa de tempo no planejamento de nossos procedimentos,
automação e treinamento para fornecer aos nossos clientes de
perecíveis de alto valor agregado um serviço confiável e comprovado".
A AA Cargo trabalhou juntamente com a fabricante de containers
especiais Envirotainer(TM) para oferecer três tipos de containers,
incluindo o LD3, LD7 e "E", que também podem ser despachados em
aviões convencionais. O resultado é um produto que permite ao cliente
determinar a temperatura interna -- numa faixa de -20C a +20C (-4F a
68F). Essas condições de temperatura são particularmente importantes
para remessas de produtos farmacêuticos e outros perecíveis de alto
valor agregado.
As remessas ExpediteTC(SM) recebem manuseio especial tanto no
aeroporto de origem quanto no de destino, a fim de assegurar que a
temperatura desejada permaneça constante. Cada remessa é rastreada
através do sistema de monitoramento de alta visibilidade da AA Cargo
durante todo o trânsito.
"O novo serviço da AA Cargo foi concebido para fornecer uma opção
extremamente confiável para a remessa de produtos sensíveis à
temperatura", declarou Joe Reedy, vice-presidente de vendas e
marketing da American's Cargo. "Com o lançamento de ExpediteTC,
criamos um serviço que atenderá muito bem os requisitos do mercado".
Safran completes acquisition of 81% of GE Homeland Protection
September 10, 2009
Paris and Fairfield, CT, September 8, 2009 – Safran and GE (NYSE: GE)
announced today that they have completed the transaction originally announced on
April 24, 2009, for Safran to acquire 81% of GE’s Homeland Protection business
(GE Homeland Protection). GE will retain a 19% stake in the company, as well as a
seat on the Board of Directors.
Homeland Protection is a leader in explosive and narcotics detection for aviation
safety, checked baggage screening, military & critical infrastructure protection and
new growth platforms in Chem/Bio, X-ray and Radiation/Nuclear detection. Safran
group’s subsidiary Sagem Sécurité will operate the new business.
Asian Aerospace 2009 opens in Hong Kong 10,000 delegates expected over three days
September 10, 2009
Asian Aerospace 09 opened in technicolour today in the time-honoured tradition of an eye dotting ceremony – that symbolises bringing the lions to life. The nine brightly coloured lions then performed a hip hop dance to showcase East meets West in front of a VIP line up of Hong Kong government officials and Consul Generals including The Hon. John Tsang, Financial Secretary of HKSAR, Mr Zhang Xiangmu, Director General; from the Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology of PRC and Mr Jin Zhuanglong, General Manager, COMAC, whose company’s C919 airliner model makes its international debut here this week.
Reed Exhibitions Chairman, Mike Rusbridge, highlighted Asian Aerospace is truly unique as a Business-to-Business commercial aviation show which combines an exhibition (this year supported by 356 companies from 28 countries), with six integrated industry conferences. These include the three day AA Congress, Aircraft Interiors Strategy Forum; APATS 2009; Asian Business Aviation Summit (new for 2009); Air Freight Asia 2009 and Inside Air Finance.
Some 10,000 delegates will visit Asian Aerospace this week Rushbridge said, together with some 1,200 business delegates from official and commercial delegations from China and Asia Pacific countries. At the opening ceremony today at the ultra modern Asia-World Expo he emphasised the relevance of Hong Kong as its venue and the important business relationships and networking that will be forged between East and West here.
The Hon John Tsang echoed that Hong Kong was the right place for this show. After 12 months of fluctuating fuel prices, falling ticket prices and a drop in profits in the air transport industry economies are preparing for take off again, he opined. “Hong Kong is a Mecca for business with its low taxes and open market.” He added that Hong Kong International Airport is the busiest airport in the world for cargo and one of the busiest for passengers – embracing 150 destinations and 40 mainland cities.
“Asian Aerospace offers a terrific opportunity for networking for operators, manufacturers, service providers and airlines – the right people, the right place and definitely the right time,” he concluded.
First Delivery of Luxury Phoenix CRJ
September 10, 2009
Project Phoenix has announced the delivery of the first high-specification Phoenix CRJ No 1 (Serial No 7211) to a Macau-based businessman. The delivery took place on August 24 at the Flying Colours Corporation completion facility in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
The aircraft departed for the United States for import/export formalities from where it routed west-bound via Anchorage, Petropavlovsk (Russia) and New Chitose (Japan) before arriving in Macau. The aircraft is managed and operated by Macau-based Jet Asia.
“The aircraft is everything we expected it to be and initial feedback from both the operator and owner is very positive. They are delighted with the quality and the handling of the aircraft,” said Project Phoenix President, Mike Cappuccitti. “The Phoenix is no longer a myth! It’s out there and performing.”
The aircraft’s elegant, new 15-seat luxury interior includes a state-of-the-art cabin management system and IFE, with Airshow 4000, ipod stations and Satcom communications. Phoenix CRJ No 1 has been fitted with long range fuel tanks, providing a maximum range in excess of 3,000 nm and giving US coast-to-coast capability.
Cessna’s Citation Sovereign Selected by Civil Aviation Administration of China
September 10, 2009
WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 8, 2009 Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced it received an order for three Citation Sovereigns from the China Flight Inspection Center (CFIC) of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
“The Citation Sovereign was chosen for its reliability, its wide operating envelope with a maximum true airspeed of Mach 0.80 and its unmatched low speed handling characteristics, which are important for flight inspection missions,” said Roger Whyte, Cessna’s senior vice president, Sales and Marketing.
“These three new Sovereigns will be a logical complement to CFICs existing fleet of eight Citations,” Whyte said.
“The CFIC use their Citations as flight inspection aircraft for the airways calibration of all the airports in the Peoples’ Republic of China including Hong Kong and Macau and airports up to 15,000 feet in elevation. The Sovereign will join the Citation XLS and XLS+ as the only business jets in their class certified to operate from airports at altitudes as high as 15,000 feet,” said Whyte.
Cessna expects to receive CAAC type design validation by the end of 2009. The three Sovereigns are scheduled for delivery to CFIC in late 2010, at which time they will undergo modifications to support the airways inspection mission. There are currently more than 20 Citations operating in China.
Since the first delivery in late 2004, more than 250 Citation Sovereigns have been delivered. Certified for operations to 47,000 feet (14,326 meters), the Sovereign can take off from airfields as short as 3,640 feet (1,109 meters) and has a maximum range of 2,847 nautical miles (5,272 kilometers) and a maximum cruise speed of 458 knots true airspeed/527 miles per hour (848 kilometers per hour).
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