flightglobal.com —  2+ hour, 56+ min ago

...The package is valued at $350 million and includes the refurbishment of the 24 Excess Defense Article helicopters, says the Defense Security Cooperation... ...US Marine Corps. The US Marine Corps retired the AH-1W in 2020.... ...The completion followed the delivery of Manama's final AH-1Z to the US Naval Air Systems Command in December 2022.... ...Bell is listed as the prime contractor for the possible AH-1W refurbishment programme....

flightglobal.com —  13+ hour, 1+ min ago

...The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on 28 March disclosed a contract with Northrop Grumman for 54 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA... ...US Air National Guard. The US Air Force plans to upgrade some 608 F-16s with a more capable air combat radar.... ..."With the AESA radar? I can target more things than I can shoot," says Lieutenant Colonel Michael Trujillo, an F-16 pilot with the Washington DC ...

flightglobal.com —  14+ hour, 54+ min ago

...Pacific Air Charters orders two Tecnam P2012s, takes 23 options.... ...Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam has secured orders for two of its P2012 Traveller commuter aircraft from Hawaii's Pacific Air Charters.... ...The US Federal Aviation Administration certificated the P2012 in 2019.... ...Pacific Air Charters expects to receive its first P2012 in late July 2023....

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...A Boeing 777F operated by China Southern Cargo.... ...China Southern Airlines is set to spin off and list its logistics arm on the Shanghai stock exchange, as part of "business development" efforts amid... ...Plans to list China Southern Air Logistics were first floated in end-November 2022, though the airline said then it had not submitted any official... ..."[China Southern] adjusted its operation strategy in a timely manner by rescheduling and reducing the number of flights, and adopted various measures...

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...Citing the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and its SAF component, A4E used its Aviation Summit in Brussels on 29 March to call for the EU to "seize... ...the chief executives of Europe's largest airlines.... ...Left to right: A4e's Donceel, Ryanair group chief executive Michael O"Leary, Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr and EasyJet chief executive... ...Donceel, acting managing director of A4E....

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...Hong Kong-based HK Express has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, which sports the airline's new livery.... ...The aircraft, registered B-KKA (MSN11184), is the first of 16 A321neos the low-cost unit of Cathay Pacific Group has on order.... ...The delivery comes as HK Express ramps up operations as Hong Kong reopens to international travel.... ...HK Express is an all-Airbus narrowbody operator, with eight A321ceos, five A320ceos, as well as nine A320neos in service, according to Cirium fleets...

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...Speaking during the Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit in Brussels on 29 March, the airline leaders said "the time for excuses is over", amid... ..."Time for excuses is over" on European airspace reform: airline chiefs.... ...A4E chair and IAG chief executive Luis Gallego.... ..."That's why at A4E, we are calling for the European Commission, European Parliament and member states to take part in discussions and make progress...

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...At least three more destinations -- including New York City -- will be added within the next 24 months, the West Virginia Department of Tourism said... ...US discounter Breeze Airways plans to boost air service to the underutilised West Virginia International Yeager airport in Charleston by connecting... ..., Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco.... ...Launched in 2021 by David Neeleman -- founder of WestJet, JetBlue Airways and Brazil's Azul -- Breeze operates a fleet of Airbus A220s and Embraer...

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...Portland, Oregon-based Erickson Helicopters operates two Bell 214ST medium-lift helicopters and one CASA 212 small transport from Edwin Andrews Air... ...Base in the Philippines, on a contract with US Transportation Command.... ...Erickson operates two Bell 214ST medium-lift helicopters and one CASA 212 small fixed-wing transport from Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga.... ...The Portland, Oregon-based firm has been under contract with TRANSCOM in the Philippines since 2020....

flightglobal.com —  1+ day ago

...Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.... ...A pooled fleet of Airbus Defence & Space A330 multi-role tanker transports (MRTTs) operated by a group of six NATO nations will grow to 10 aircraft... ...the level of customer satisfaction," says Jean Brice Dumont, head of Military Air Systems at Airbus Defence & Space.... ...Confirmation of the follow-on contract -- placed via the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) -- came just days after the MMF on 23 March declared...