Any Australian purchase of the MH-60R ‘Romeo’ naval helicopter would be accompanied by a A$1 billion ‘Australian Industry Capability’ package, while the aircraft could be available for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2011, ‘Team Romeo’ officials told media in Canberra on October 22. The Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R is one of two contenders for the
Skywest Airlines has recorded a profit of S$3.179m (A$2.46m) for the 2008/09 financial year, a 65 per cent drop on the previous year’s result. The profit came on revenues of S$180.85m (A$140.34m), down two per cent ,while costs increased by two per cent to S$90.17m (A$69.97m). “The financial results are entirely satisfactory given several compounding issues:
Virgin Blue has hit back at claims by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) that the airline is being lax with its maintenance practices following an incident on a Boeing 737-800 which was taxiing at Melbourne Airport on October 20. According to newspaper reports, ALAEA federal secretary Steve Purvinas claimed that one of the
FlightSafety and Hawker Beechcraft have teamed up to offer MxPro training courses at FlightSafety’s new Maintenance Training Center at Wichita, Kansas, from November 9. The basic MxPro course will be taught by both HBC and FlightSafety instructors and incorporates two weeks of classroom and one week of hands-on instruction. It utilises a variety of methods
Airbus announced on October 19 that it has delivered its 10th A318 Elite business jet, which so far has accounted for nearly a quarter of the orders for members of the Airbus Corporate Jet Family. The A318 Elite was launched in November 2005, with the aircraft entering service in 2007.
Embraer revealed its new Legacy 650 business jet, which offers increased range compared to the Legacy 600, at NBAA on October 19. Like the Legacy 600, the 650 is based on the ERJ-135 regional jet, but introduces an additional belly fuel tank in a ventral fairing and upgraded Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 engines. This gives the
