Actualité aéronautique

Cronus Partners Pleased to Announce Birken Manufacturing Company Financing

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

Cronus Partners LLC (“Cronus Partners”) is pleased to announce it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Birken Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“Birken”), a privately held aerospace component manufacturer, in a refinancing of the company’s debt. By securing a credit facility from Webster Business Credit, a division of Webster Bank, N.A., and an equipment lease facility from a leading independent lessor, the restructuring provided the company with additional funding capacity for future growth.

AAA Chicago: Late Labor Day to Reduce Number of Vacationers, but will be Third Busiest Labor Day Weekend this Decade

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

AAA today projected the number of Americans traveling on vacation this Labor Day weekend will be heavily impacted by when Labor Day falls on the calendar. Approximately 39.1 million travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 miles or more away from home, a decrease of 13.3 percent from 2008 when Labor Day travel was the highest this decade. Labor Day fell on Sept. 1 last year allowing for a long weekend trip before a new school year started in many regions of the country. This year, however, Labor Day is Sept. 7, when the school year has already started for many children.

Qantas Takes Delivery of Fourth A380

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

Qantas Airways has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380, with the aircraft arriving in Sydney following a ferry flight from Toulouse, France.

Goodrich to Address Gabelli and Company’s 15th Annual Aircraft Supplier Conference

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

Paul Gifford, Vice President of Investor Relations for Goodrich Corporation , will address Gabelli and Company’s 15^th Annual Aircraft Supplier Conference in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. He is scheduled to speak at 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Eastern time.

Two Million Trips to London's Airports on easyBus

transmise le 26 août 2009 par PRNewswire

easyBus has just carried its two millionth passenger, a creditable achievement for the fledgling airport transfers operator. London based easyBus, which operates a low-cost express transfer service between central London and Stansted, Luton and Gatwick airports, has reached this milestone by achieving an impressive 25% growth in revenues over the previous year. More than half of easyBus' customers have used the service for the first time this year.

Le banc d'essai pour le renseignement en vol de Lockheed Martin termine son premier vol et obtient la certification FAA

transmise le 26 août 2009 par PRNewswire

Les combattants beneficieront de capacites ISR (renseignement, surveillance et reconnaissance) essentielles plus tot, maintenant que le banc d'essai en vol developpe par Lockheed Martin a recu son "Experimental Airworthiness Certificate" de l'Administration federale de l'aviation (FAA). Ce laboratoire de multi-intelligence en vol (AML) sera utilise pour adapter des combinaisons avancees de capteurs afin de repondre aux besoins specifiques des missions militaires, de renseignement strategique et de securite interieure.

Reval Acquires FXpress Corporation

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

Reval announced today that it has acquired FXpress Corporation, a leading treasury software provider to the Fortune 1000. The acquisition solidifies Reval’s position as the leader in global derivative risk management and hedge accounting software solutions and services for corporate end-users of interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity and credit derivatives. Additionally, Reval closed $16 million in venture capital funding from North Bridge Venture Partners and Commonwealth Capital Ventures bringing funding from both venture capital firms to $44 million.

Zensar Solutions Chosen for Low Cost Airline in Australia

transmise le 26 août 2009 par PRNewswire

Zensar Technologies (BSE: 504067, NSE :ZENSARTECH, ISIN :INE520A01019, the leading global IT and BPO services provider, today announced the successful delivery of application development and support and BPO services to Jetstar Airways. The success in this area is one more example of Zensar's successful impact sourcing service, which has been specially designed to enable significant reduction of technology and process costs for recession hit sectors and firms.

LaBarge Awarded $2.6 Million Contract for MESA Advanced Military Radar System

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

LaBarge, Inc. has been awarded a $2.6 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation to continue to provide electronic subsystems for the MESA (Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array) radar system.

Castle & Cooke Unlawfully Operating, Promoting Itself as Fixed Based Operator at Van Nuys Airport, Says Lawsuit

transmise le 26 août 2009 par Business Wire

Castle & Cooke Aviation Services, Inc. has been unlawfully operating and marketing itself as a Fixed Based Operator (FBO) at Van Nuys Airport, flouting rules restricting its authority to fuel aircraft, according to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court.