Boeing has announced three management changes at its Boeing Capital Corporation and Boeing International subsidiaries. BCC president Walt Skowronski announced on October 16 that he will retire at the end of the year, with Mike Cave to take on the leading role at BCC. As a result, Shep Hill will assume Cave’s responsibilities as senior
Boeing, Shanghai Airlines and Shanghai Airport Authority celebrated the opening of a new two bay hangar at their Pudong based maintenance, repair and overhaul joint venture, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co, on October 15. Boeing Shanghai was established in June 2006, and focuses on MRO for 737NGs for a variety of airline customers in China
Embraer ECC Leasing has announced that it will showcase the 16-seat corporate shuttle version of its ERJ-135 at the NBAA convention from October 20-22. “Following a detailed market review, which identified a growing demand for cost effective and versatile shuttle aircraft, ECC Leasing elected to convert some of its current 37-seat ERJ 135 aircraft into
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has told The Australian that Jetstar would not take over any more routes from the Qantas brand despite the success in turning around losses in the Japanese and domestic New Zealand markets. “We have decided that, with Qantas, we have gone to a minimum network, a network we can’t drop below,”
The ADF’s commitment to Operation Padang Assist in Sumatra hasn’t let up more than two weeks after the city was nearly destroyed by a powerful offshore earthquake. An October 14 ADF media release says three RAAF C-130 Hercules transports have been flying constantly between Jakarta, Darwin and Padang to take in more than 230 tonnes
Qantas is not expected to take its next two Airbus A380s until December following “flight stability problems” encountered with one of the aircraft, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported. The airline has confirmed that one of the A380s will undergo further testing at Toulouse after encountering the problems during routine flight testing, the newspaper reported.
