Growing airline fleets in Asia Pacific are prompting UTC Aerospace Systems to expand its already extensive presence in the region to keep up with customer demand to support their aircraft.
Courses for disaster response and emergency management training, based on CAE’s experience with simulation training for military scenarios, are also being developed.
Singapore-based aircraft maintenance and modification company ST Aerospace has lent its weight to the space race, signing up to engineer the latest launch platform for Virgin Galactic.
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) is moving into the aircraft leasing business because it sees that owning aircraft on lease to airlines may help it to sell its maintenance and aircraft modification services.
Probably to preserve good relations with its neighbors, especially Indonesia, Australia has avoided public admission that it puts much effort into airborne electronic intelligence. Now it has broken cover.
Action movie star Jackie Chan, already the owner of a spectacularly dragon-liveried Embraer Legacy 650, took delivery this month of the first Legacy 500 business jet in China.
AsBAA exults as business aviation operators now have a new gateway, with plenty of ramp space, to the Hong Kong-Macau-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai metroplex, aka the PRD, or Pearl River Delta.
U.S. companies see reinvigorated impetus for Asia Pacific sales following the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed to this past October, government and industry officials said here Monday.
Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan and IATA CEO and DG Tony Tyler were among those honored Monday at the Air Transport World 42nd annual airline industry achievement awards in Singapore.
Pratt & Whitney says Boeing has fully embraced the concept of the geared turbofan, and is in discussion over its potential use for the new middle-of-the-market aircraft.
Aerolease Aviation, a Florida-based lessor with a portfolio of 40 used Boeing 757s, signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 10 Mitsubishi Regional Jets (MRJ) plus 10 options.
French avionics company Thales has scored a major victory at Singapore Airlines, ousting its traditional supplier to equip the carrier’s future fleet of Airbus A350 XWB aircraft with in-flight entertainment and Ka-band connectivity.
Embraer believes Asian low-cost airlines would be well-advised to change their business model to eliminate the high number of route changes by introducing smaller aircraft.
At China’s biggest military parade of recent times last Sept. 3, marking the end of World War II, Chinese President and PLA leader Xi Jinping announced that the PLA will shed 300,000 troops, signaling the start of a long-awaited structural reform of the world’s largest armed force.
The first E-Jet E2 to be presented to the public will be the up-to-106-passenger E190-E2, which has its first flight scheduled for the second half of 2016 and entry into service in 2018.
Tianjin Airlines began taking deliveries of a USD 2.1 billion order for 40 Embraer E-Jets with the acceptance two months ago of the first of 20 E195s for the regional airline.
Rolls-Royce is continuing to ramp up production at its Singapore engine assembly plant as it works to develop the new Trent 7000 and new technologies for future engines.
Singapore’s Economic Development Board, the government agency tasked with attracting foreign companies to Singapore, says there is a big push underway toward innovation.