Aviation News

Pratt & Whitney’s Tedd Biddle Awarded ASTM International Award of Excellence; New Global Standard Brings Aviation … (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pratt & Whitney Fuels Technology Manager Tedd Biddle was awarded the ASTM International Committee D02 Petroleum Products and Lubricants Award of Excellence for leading an industry group that [...]

Discovery of archaeological remains at Safi Aviation Park (Malta Star) Malta Industrial Parks Limited has yesterday notified the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and the Malta Environment and Planning Authority about the discovery of a possible archaeological site at Safi Aviation Park.

AVIATION WEEK Cybersecurity Report Details Recent Cyber Attacks, Government Policies and Industry Best Practices (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) AVIATION WEEK today launched an in-depth cybersecurity report in print and online that reviews the global spread, growing scale and diversified nature of cyber attacks, as well as governments’ and the aerospace & defense industry’s response [...]

AAR Acquires Aviation Worldwide (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance) AAR Corp. has decided to acquire Aviation Worldwide Services.

Standard Chartered Bank: Arranges US$200 Million Lease Finance For Qatar Aviation (Fox News) Standard Chartered Bank: Arranges US$200 Million Lease Finance For Qatar Aviation

WAI Conference Attendees Offer Their Perspectives on the Aviation Industry (The Aero-News Network) From The 21st Annual Women In Aviation Conference, Part 1 On February 25th through February 27th, 2010, the Women in Aviation International organization held their 21st annual conference; over 3,000 women and men gathered at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort to celebrate the [...]

European Aviation Industry Faces More Strikes (CBS News) European Aviation Industry Threatened By Chaos As More Strikes Planned Before Tourist Season

Fitch Rates Greater Orlando Aviation Auth, Florida’s $82.1MM Revs & $85.395MM Rfdg Revs ‘AA-’ (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK—-Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘AA-’ rating to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority , Florida’s approximately $82.11 million in airport facilities revenue bonds, series 2010A and $85.395 airport facilities refunding revenue bonds, series 2010B.

Aviation Authority pushing for flights (Jacksonville Daily Record) The economy may be slow and consumers may be sitting on their wallets, but the Jacksonville Aviation Authority is still looking for ways to convince airlines to add nonstop domestic and international flights out of Jacksonville International Airport.

Aviation experts predict biofuel-powered flights within 10 years (USA Today) Within a decade, passenger planes will be flying on jet fuel largely made from plants flax, marsh grass, even food waste as airlines seek to break away from the volatile oil market and do their part to fight climate change, aviation experts said Wednesday.