Actualité aéronautique

KomyMirror Breaks 100,000-unit Sales Barrier Since 1997

transmise le 26 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

Over 100,000 KomyMirrors have been delivered since 1997, giving service to airlines and other customers. There has not been a single claim from any customer!

Visit Worthing... no not that one... the Caribbean!

transmise le 23 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

The Caribbean is a firm favourite as a Virgin Holidays destination, which comes as no surprise with everything on offer. With dazzling beaches, endless watersports and quality golf the Caribbean attracts.

MyCapeTownInfo Launches New Hotel and Flight Booking Search Engine

transmise le 23 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

MyCapeTownInfo.com has successfully launched a booking search engine that enables potential guests the ability to book a hotel and a flight to Cape Town without having to navigate to other websites. This incredible search engine now allows potential tourists to determine the bulk of their travel costs in one place.

After 14 Nights in the Air, QinetiQ Prepares to Land its Zephyr Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft

transmise le 23 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

QinetiQ will today bring Zephyr () , its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) back to earth after two weeks in the air - smashing a number of long-standing official and unofficial world records.

Egencia Delivers Powerful New Features and Technology to Uncover Savings and Support Traveller Duty of Care

transmise le 21 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

Egencia(R), an Expedia, Inc. company, today released new product features and tools, bringing more spend transparency and traveller security to organisations. Among the additions to the platform are: an innovative Air Fare Benchmarking tool that actively monitors fare trends on requested routes and benchmarks them against the same route over the last 3 months; and a Traveller Security platform in partnership with red24 that provides a high standard for orgnisations' traveller duty of care by monitoring traveller movements globally.

Dassault Falcon Enrolls 100th FalconCare(R) Customer

transmise le 21 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

Dassault Falcon enrolled today its 100th FalconCare(R) customer in the guaranteed maintenance cost program for Falcon aircraft. The 100th customer, Abelag Aviation, is a well known FBO, aircraft management, charter and maintenance provider with four facilities in Belgium and France. Their managed fleet includes a 2000EX EASy, a 2000LX, and a 7X - to be delivered soon, all of which are enrolled in FalconCare(R).

BP Technology at Work: Air BP Lubricants and the Boeing 787 Air BP Lubricants has Helped to Power the Boeing 787 Dreamliner(TM) Aircraft's First Flight

transmise le 20 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

Rolls-Royce has chosen BP Turbine Oil (BPTO) 2197 as the oil for Boeing's most advanced passenger aircraft. BPTO 2197 is lubricating the Dreamliner's Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines during the aircraft's flight-test programme. BPTO 2197 lubricated the inaugural Boeing 787 flight on December 15, 2009. Since then, the four Trent 1000 powered Boeing 787 flight test aircraft have accumulated more than 1100 successful flight hours.

Aviation Event Marks the First Appearance of Partnership Which Aims to Enthuse Young People in STEM Subjects

transmise le 20 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

The Farnborough International Airshow, 19 - 25 July, marks the first appearance of the partnership between Promethean and the BLOODHOUND SSC (Supersonic Car) Project.

Bombardier choisit la technologie AIRWARE(TM) d'Alcan pour son programme CSeries dans le cadre d'un accord à long terme

transmise le 20 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

Alcan Global ATI et Bombardier, l'un des principaux constructeurs aéronautiques, ont conclu un accord à long terme pour la fourniture exclusive d'AIRWARE(TM), la technologie avancée d'alliages aluminium-lithium d'Alcan, pour les structures primaires de tous les appareils du nouveau programme CSeries. AIRWARE(TM) représentera plus de 20 % de tous les matériaux utilisés pour la construction des avions CSeries.

La technologie AIRWARE(TM) d'Alcan sur l'Airbus A350 XWB

transmise le 20 juillet 2010 par PRNewswire

Alcan Global Aerospace Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), une division d'Alcan Engineered Products (elle-même une division du groupe Rio Tinto) annonce la signature d'un contrat jusqu'en 2020 avec Airbus pour la fourniture d'AIRWARE(TM), une technologie aluminium, pour l'A350 XWB. Les autres conditions du contrat n'ont pas été révélées.