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John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) has signed a five year contract to provide fleet management services for over 1200 units of ground support equipment (GSE) across Australia and New Zealand for Menzies Aviation. The agreement will see Menzies’s existing GSE fleet transition into the JHAS maintenance system over the next three months. This includes a

Airbus’s board is aiming for a late April decision on a possible re-engining of the A320, according to chief operating officer – customers John Leahy. “If we do it, it will be just an engine option,” Leahy told AviationWeek following a meeting of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders in Orlando, Florida. He is

MT Propeller has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the retrofit of a new five bladed propeller to the Pilatus PC-12. The company says that the five bladed, scimitar shaped composite prop increases the performance of the PC-12, with ground roll distance reduced by approximately 15 per cent, a five per cent reduction

Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) has completed the first helicopter pilot training course on behalf of the Rescue and Salvage Bureau section of the People’s Republic of China Ministry of Transport. Eight cadets were involved in the year-long program at FTA’s Parafield facilities. The course included an English language module, ground school theory training and 140

Air New Zealand has announced that it will add capacity to its domestic network from January next year due to growing demand and an expected surge in traffic due to the Rubgy World Cup. The airline said in a statement lodged with the Australian Securities Exchange that it plans to increase domestic capacity by 10.5

The second of three 747-8F flight test aircraft, RC522, successfully completed its first flight on the evening on March 14, taking off from Paine Field in Everett for a two-and-a-half-hour flight that landed at Boeing Field in Seattle. RC522, with Captain Kirk Vining, copilot Rick Braun and systems operator Joel Conard on board, reached an