03-10-2012 03:59 First Philippine Industrial Park Tanauan City, Batangas 3 October 2012 President Benigno S. Aquino III graced the opening of the Philippine facility of B/E Aerospace in Batangas, the British firm whose investment of almost two billion pesos in the country is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft galleys, provider of interior products and solutions, and distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables for commercial planes and business jets. According to the President, this project marks a new kind of manufacturing in the country. President Aquino said, "We move up the value chain, it also marks the foothold we have secured in the aerospace supply sector." He also thanked the executives of the company for putting up a facility outside USA and Europe, and entrusting its operation in the hands of the skilled Filipino workers. Together with Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Lilia De Lima and top officials of B/E Aerospace, President Aquino passed through several sections of the assembly area and unveiled the commemorative plaque signalling the inauguration of the facility. * * * Connect with RTVM Website: Facebook Twitter: @RTVMalacanang LinkedIn: Radio Television Malacanang

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7 October 2012 Last updated at 17:00 ET By Shilpa Kannan BBC News, Bangalore

A crowd of workers looks on proudly as a tractor tows a military helicopter across a huge field near Bangalore, in the Indian state of Karnataka.

This is the Rudra - one of the modern fighter aircraft produced at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (Hal), India's oldest and largest aircraft manufacturer.

The helicopter has been fitted with technology including laser rangefinder and thermal vision to enable the detection of targets in all weather conditions.

Armed with 70mm rockets, anti-tank guided missiles and air-to-air missiles, it is expected to play a major role in India's military industry.

Hal is state-owned and the major supplier to the country's armed forces. In the past 60 years, it has built more than 3,500 aircraft.

Hal has also helped to build an aerospace industry in and around Bangalore, where more than a quarter of India's air and spacecraft are produced.

Now the local authorities are hoping to attract more investment to turn the area into India's aerospace hub.

"Karnataka has its advantages - skilled manpower and engineering talent, and a lot of the supplier base is located here," says Karnataka's investment commissioner Maheshwar Rao.

National Aerospace Laboratories, Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Indian Space Research Organisation all have their offices in Bangalore. Leading private companies such as Boeing, Airbus, Honeywell and GE Aviation are also based in this city of 8.5 million people.

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The Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program is currently accepting applications from teachers and student for its 2012-13 cycle.

WAS is a free statewide program for high school juniors that emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and encourages students to consider careers in these fields. The program is divided into two components: an online distance learning curriculum and a six-day summer residency.

Students:

Beginning in mid-December, students will begin Phase One: a series of online distance-learning lessons using curriculum designed in partnership with NASA and the University of Washington (UW) Department of Earth and Space Sciences. In this phase, students will have the option to pay a fee to receive five UW credits in Space and Space Travel (ESS 102) upon their successful completion of the WAS curriculum. This course will satisfy the Natural World area of knowledge requirement for graduation from UW. Applying for UW credit is optional and students will be able to participate in Phase One even if they choose not to register for credit.

Student performance on the Phase One curriculum will determine eligibility for Phase Two: a six-day summer residency session hosted by The Museum of Flight in Seattle. Participants will work with professional engineers on the design of a human mission to Mars. Participants will also receive briefings from experts, tour engineering and scientific facilities and laboratories and compete in a variety of hands-on engineering challenges. These challenges include model rocket design, construction and launch, robotic rover design, construction and obstacle course competition, lander design, construction and deployment and payload lofting system design.

Program participants must be high school juniors, Washington residents and U.S. citizens. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for full status; however, students with a GPA below 3.0 may be admitted on a conditional basis.

The student application deadline is Nov. 9.

Teachers:

Teachers accepted into WAS will participate in both phases of the program. During Phase One, teachers serve as online academic evaluators (OAE) and receive a $400 stipend to evaluate approximately 25 students from mid-December to May through the WAS Moodle website. Phase One consists of eleven online lessons and every two weeks OAEs use program-developed rubrics to evaluate the essays and math assignments that students submit online.

Phase One teachers will also be provided a $500 stipend to participate in the six-day summer residency held at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. During the residency, teachers work with a STEM professional to guide a team of ten students as they plan a human mission to Mars. The summer residency also features guest speakers, tours of engineering facilities that are not available to the general public and hands-on engineering challenges. Teachers can opt to earn 60 free clock hours and all summer residency room/board and travel expenses are covered by the WAS Foundation.

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UTC Aerospace Systems has opened its first facility in Africa, establishing a subsidiary operation in Casablanca, Morocco, BizJournals.com reports.

The subsidiary, Ratier-Figeac Maroc, is part of the UTC Aerospace Propeller Systems business, The Charlotte Business Journal reports. The unit designs, manufactures and services propeller systems, cockpit controls, cabin equipment and actuator systems for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft.

RFM's Morocco facility encompasses 46,000 square feet and specializes in cockpit controls and cabin equipment, the paper reports, citing a press release from UTC Aerospace.

Charlotte-based UTC Aerospace Systems, formerly Goodrich Corp., is a unit of Hartford's United Technologies Corp.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UTC Aerospace Systems held a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by dignitaries, partners and suppliers to celebrate the inauguration of its new Propeller Systems facility in Casablanca, Morocco. The new subsidiary, Ratier-Figeac Maroc, (RFM) is UTC Aerospace Systems' first facility in Africa. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTX).

"We are delighted to celebrate the opening of RFM in Morocco and to build partnerships within the community," said Michel Ferey, who leads the Propeller Systems business at UTC Aerospace Systems. "This is a great opportunity for UTC Aerospace Systems to expand operations and grow our Propeller Systems business."

RFM was created in January 2011 as part of an ongoing Propeller Systems' cost reduction strategy. During the facility's construction, RFM technicians trained at the IMA ("Institut des Metiers de l'Aeronautique") the Moroccan Institute specialized in training in aeronautical activities. Employees began working onsite at the RFM facility in Morocco upon the building's completion in March 2012.

In addition to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the inauguration included a tour of the RFM assembly shop and several speeches by key dignitaries, including the French Ambassador in Morocco, the President of the GIMAS, and the Moroccan Minister Abdelkader Amara, who thanked the Propeller Systems' team for its confidence in Morocco to build this new industrial site.

The RFM facility covers 46,000 square feet, and is specialized in the assembly of cockpit controls and cabin equipment.

UTC Aerospace Systems' Propeller Systems unit designs, manufactures and services propeller systems, cockpit controls, cabin equipment and Trimmable Horizontal Stabilizer Actuator (THSA) systems for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft..

UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries. UTC Aerospace Systems supports a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities.

United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company that provides high-technology products and services to the aerospace and building industries.

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President Benigno S. Aquino III led the grand opening of British firm B/E Aerospace Inc.'s aircraft interior design facility at the First Philippine Industrial Park in Barangay Ulango, Tanauan City, Batangas, its first in Asia, yesterday.

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04-10-2012 09:13 The creation of the Joint Aerospace Steering Committee, or JASC for short, was announced at the recent Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition, in Pretoria. The Chief Director: Advanced Manufacturing (Aerospace and Defence) in the Department of Trade and Industry, Nomfuneko Majaja, explains what JASC is meant to do.

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27-09-2012 22:40 Davis Aerospace was the only school-based program to host this year's Michigan Aviation Association Michigan Air Tour on September 21, 2012. In recognition of the remarkable aviation programs that Davis Aerospace offers, the school was selected as the starting point of the 2012 Michigan Air Tour. Nearly 30 pilots from across the state and Canada landed personal aircrafts on the grounds of Davis Aerospace. The tour also held stops in Marshall, Adrian, Battle Creek, Cadillac and Alpena. A presentation was held honoring the Davis Aerospace Flight Training Program for being only one of few flight programs available to public school students in the United States that allows students who successfully complete all flight-training requirements to achieve their Private Pilot license prior to graduation. The students also provided school tours to the visiting pilots of the MAA.

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FRANCE AND Germany have collided over the location of the headquarters for a new aerospace giant to be formed from a planned merger of Europe’s EADS and Britain’s BAE Systems.

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Gilles Labb had a dream to create a diversified aerospace powerhouse.

The head of Hroux-Devtek Inc. spent decades building the Montreal company into a thriving maker of aircraft landing gear, airframes and industrial turbines with an ambitious growth strategy.

But in a strategic about-face in July, the company announced a plan to focus on its landing-gear business and sell most assets in its other divisions. Mr. Labb said the board, fed up with the companys languishing stock price, decided to sell non-core assets in a bid to boost shareholder value as a pure play.

The decision has had the desired effect. Hroux-Devtek shares have soared more than 50 per cent since the news.

But the move also highlights growing concern about Canadas aerospace sector.

After more than two decades of solid progress, Canadas aerospace industry today is under threat from an increasingly competitive global aerospace market and eager new rivals intent on dominating the sector.

The loss of a promising aero structures research and development hub at Hroux-Devtek weakens Canadas aerospace sector and makes it more vulnerable to hungrier emerging economies, said Mehran Ebrahimi, a professor and director of a group studying aerospace-company management at the University of Quebec at Montreal.

A part of our expertise has just been sold, he said. This is worrying and were seeing more and more of it.

Canadian aerospace manufacturing owes much of its world-class status to Bombardier Inc.s game-changing family of regional jets. Where it once had only one rival Brazils Embraer SA in the regional-jet market, Bombardier now faces competition from new entrants in China, Russia and Japan.

In its business-jet division, Bombardier used to be up against four big rivals. Then, Brazils Embraer got into the game and now companies in China and Japan are also planning to join the fray.

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WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

B/E Aerospace (BEAV) will issue its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 prior to the opening of the NASDAQ Stock Market on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, and will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. A live audio broadcast of the conference call, along with a supplemental presentation, will be available on the investor relations page of the companys website at http://www.beaerospace.com.

About B/E Aerospace

B/E Aerospace is the worlds leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and the worlds leading distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables. B/E Aerospace designs, develops and manufactures a broad range of products for both commercial aircraft and business jets. B/E Aerospace manufactured products include aircraft cabin seating, lighting, oxygen, and food and beverage preparation and storage equipment. The company also provides cabin interior design, reconfiguration and passenger-to-freighter conversion services. B/E Aerospace sells and supports its products through its own global direct sales and product support organization. For more information, visit the B/E Aerospace website at http://www.beaerospace.com.

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26-09-2012 06:24 (www.abndigital.com) The Africa Aerospace & Defence expo 2012 took place in South Africa, putting the spotlight on an industry that commands over $34 million annually. ABN recently spent the day with one of Africa's leading defence players, the Paramount Group to give us a glimpse into this highly competitive and lucrative industry.

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October 2, 2012 - TITANIUM 2012 will include Aerospace Materials and Processes speaker panel, which will examine titanium manufacturing techniques and alloy selection, both of which are critical for aerospace applications. Titanium Metals Corp.will sponsor panel, which will be moderated by Dr. Yoji Kosaka, senior manager, U.S. research, at TIMET's Henderson Technical Laboratory.Speakers will include representatives from Boeing, Dassault Aviation of France, Rolls Royce, Honeywell Aerospace, and Northrop Grumman. International Titanium Association 2655 W. Midway Blvd. Broomfield, CO, 80020 USA

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DENVER -- Aerospace Materials and Processes, a speaker panel at TITANIUM 2012, the 28th annual conference and exhibition, hosted and organized by the International Titanium Association (ITA), will examine titanium manufacturing techniques and alloy selection, both of which are critical for demanding aerospace applications. Titanium Metals Corp. (TIMET), Dallas, will sponsor the panel, which will be moderated by Dr. Yoji Kosaka, senior manager, U.S. research, at TIMET's Henderson Technical Laboratory, Henderson NV.

A paper by Dr. Daniel G. Sanders, senior technical fellow, Boeing Research and Technology for Chicago-based Boeing Co., will examine promising new titanium alloys and production methods now under development at Boeing, which may offer advantages over the existing alloy options. With the recent launch of the Boeing's 787 jetliner as a backdrop to his remarks, Sanders will note the ongoing interest in novel titanium alloys, as they are compatible with composite materials because of their similar galvanic properties and coefficient of thermal expansion.

Matthieu Pachoutinsky, metallic material and processes engineer at Dassault Aviation of France, will provide an overview of titanium applications in Dassault airframes. He will focus on structures using forged cast parts, superplastic forming and diffusion bonding. "Whereas landing gear or engines manufacturers take the benefit of the wide range and high quality of material manufacturer's portfolio, Dassault chooses mainly the Ti-6-4 workhorse," Pachoutinsky stated in a preview of his remarks. "This allows us to rationalize our sources and to minimize qualification costs. Though our material portfolio is narrow, we can target a large range of structural parts, with appropriate optimized processes."

Dr. Michael Glavicic, senior materials engineer for international aerospace engine manufacturer Rolls Royce, will review a summary of the progress achieved in the company's "Advanced Titanium Microstructure Modeling" program, which is funded under the Metals Affordability Initiative (MAI). Glavicic states the goal of this program is to develop computational models that predict location specific microstructure and mechanical properties for wrought titanium alloys through the integration of phase field, crystal plasticity, variant selection, thermodynamic and neural net models into the commercially available finite-element software DEFORM, supported by Scientific Forming Technologies Corp., Columbus, OH.

Dr. Daira Legzdina, principal product design engineer at Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace, will present "Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys". Additive manufacturing is a layer-by-layer technique of producing three-dimensional objects directly from a digital model without the need for hard tooling. Legzdina will spotlight three technologies are being considered for the production of titanium parts: Direct Laser Metal Sintering (DMLS); Electron Beam Melting (EBM); and Ion Fusion Formation (IFF). Legzdina's presentation will review the various technologies and discuss titanium alloy applications at Honeywell Aerospace. Additive manufacturing, according to Legzdina, has the potential for major cost savings in the aerospace industry, offering the ability to produce prototypes quickly and inexpensively, ability to produce end of life parts where tooling is no longer available.

Eric J. Fodran, Ph.D., materials and process engineer, Northrop Grumman, Advanced Materials and Processes, Falls Church, VA will discuss Electron Beam (E-Beam) metallic Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Ti-6Al-4V alloy providing a unique opportunity to meet the demands of accelerating production needs by supplying a rapid, cost-effective means of fabricating metallic components that are otherwise cycle time intensive and costly to fabricate.

It's not too late to register for TITANIUM 2012 in Atlanta October 7-10(th). Visit http://www.titanium.org for Registration.

Contact: Jennifer Simpson, Executive Director Denver, Colorado USA 1-303-404-2221 Telephone 1-303-404-9111 Facsimile conference@titanium.org Email

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sept. 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. formally announces the addition of an Anti-Skid Braking System (ABS) as a new option for the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet, the world's first and most efficient Very Light Jet. The new Anti-Skid Braking System is available as an option on the new production Eclipse 550 jets and will be offered as a retrofit to the existing fleet. In-aircraft testing is complete with certification and availability expected within six months.

ABS allows for maximum braking energy and skid control without the need for a conventional hydraulic system, which is unique to the Eclipse Jet. "Testing of this system has exceeded our expectations, from normal touchdown speeds to a complete stop in less than 750 feet with aggressive braking," states Cary Winter, SVP of Engineering at Eclipse Aerospace .

This innovative and proven technology will add yet another level of safety to the Eclipse Jet's robust set of safety features and stellar safety record. The new system will include two brake control valves installed in each wheel well, two axle mounted wheel speed sensors, a computer, and a software update to our Avio Processing Center software. The total installation weighs approximately seventeen pounds. Eclipse Aerospace will also be offering a weight reduction package that will minimize the weight impact of the ABS installation. The Anti-Skid Braking System will be available as an option on all IFMS equipped aircraft.

"ABS and the previously announced Auto Throttles are just two of the many exciting new features and engineering enhancements Eclipse Aerospace will be releasing in the very near future." stated Winter.

The fully certified ABS retrofit installation for the Eclipse Jet will be available in early 2013, with installation on new production Eclipse 550 Jets available at initial deliveries. Based on the performance experienced in testing, Eclipse will seek to adjust the Aircraft Flight Manual performance numbers as appropriate.

For more information and to view a video of the Eclipse Anti-Skid Brake Test, visit http://www.ECLIPSE.aero.

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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Former Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) chief engineer Phil Saunders will be honored by the Society of Aerospace Engineers (SAE) International for a career of distinction in the aerospace industry. Saunders was selected for his innovations that helped fuel the company's successful development of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber and the U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS).

A photo accompanying this release is available at http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=14953

SAE plans to present its 2011 Clarence L. ("Kelly") Johnson Aerospace Vehicle Design and Development Award to Saunders during the organization's biennial AeroTech Congress and Exhibition, to be held Sept. 24-26, 2013 in Montreal.

Saunders retired in December 2011 as the chief engineer for Northrop Grumman's Navy UCAS program.

"Phil Saunders helped alter, fundamentally, the course of aviation history," said Paul Meyer, vice president and general manager for Northrop Grumman's Advanced Programs and Technology business area. "His technical innovations on B-2 and X-47B, and his disciplined, no-nonsense leadership style helped redefine the list of 'standard features' for advanced aircraft systems."

Northrop Grumman is the Navy's prime contractor for the UCAS Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program, an effort that will demonstrate in 2013 the ability of a tailless, autonomous unmanned aircraft to operate safely from an aircraft carrier. The company is also the prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long-range strike arsenal and one of the world's most survivable aircraft.

Over the course of his career, Saunders made significant engineering contributions to several advanced air systems.

During 19 years on the B-2 program, he designed the aircraft's Lateral/Directional Control Augmentation System, a set of computer algorithms that maintains the tailless bomber's aerodynamic stability. He also managed the design, development, integration and flight test validation of the B-2's flight control and terrain following-/ terrain-avoidance systems.

Saunders later joined the Navy UCAS team, bringing with him more than three decades of experience with flying wings and tailless bodies; conformal airspeed-measuring systems; software simulations; and highly computerized guidance and flight control systems.

He used this experience to help Northrop Grumman to design, develop and produce the carrier-compatible X-47B. His expertise in stability and control systems helped his team produce an aircraft that can fly itself autonomously with high precision, and identify and respond automatically to any anomalies in its flight-critical subsystems.

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DENVER, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Aerospace Materials and Processes, a speaker panel at TITANIUM 2012, the 28th annual conference and exhibition, hosted and organized by the International Titanium Association (ITA), will examine titanium manufacturing techniques and alloy selection, both of which are critical for demanding aerospace applications. Titanium Metals Corp. (TIMET), Dallas, will sponsor the panel, which will be moderated by Dr. Yoji Kosaka, senior manager, U.S. research, at TIMET's Henderson Technical Laboratory, Henderson NV.

A paper by Dr. Daniel G. Sanders, senior technical fellow, Boeing Research and Technology for Chicago-based Boeing Co., will examine promising new titanium alloys and production methods now under development at Boeing, which may offer advantages over the existing alloy options. With the recent launch of the Boeing's 787 jetliner as a backdrop to his remarks, Sanders will note the ongoing interest in novel titanium alloys, as they are compatible with composite materials because of their similar galvanic properties and coefficient of thermal expansion.

Matthieu Pachoutinsky, metallic material and processes engineer at Dassault Aviation of France, will provide an overview of titanium applications in Dassault airframes. He will focus on structures using forged cast parts, superplastic forming and diffusion bonding. "Whereas landing gear or engines manufacturers take the benefit of the wide range and high quality of material manufacturer's portfolio, Dassault chooses mainly the Ti-6-4 workhorse," Pachoutinsky stated in a preview of his remarks. "This allows us to rationalize our sources and to minimize qualification costs. Though our material portfolio is narrow, we can target a large range of structural parts, with appropriate optimized processes."

Dr. Michael Glavicic, senior materials engineer for international aerospace engine manufacturer Rolls Royce, will review a summary of the progress achieved in the company's "Advanced Titanium Microstructure Modeling" program, which is funded under the Metals Affordability Initiative (MAI). Glavicic states the goal of this program is to develop computational models that predict location specific microstructure and mechanical properties for wrought titanium alloys through the integration of phase field, crystal plasticity, variant selection, thermodynamic and neural net models into the commercially available finite-element software DEFORM, supported by Scientific Forming Technologies Corp., Columbus, OH.

Dr. Daira Legzdina, principal product design engineer at Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace, will present "Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys". Additive manufacturing is a layer-by-layer technique of producing three-dimensional objects directly from a digital model without the need for hard tooling. Legzdina will spotlight three technologies are being considered for the production of titanium parts: Direct Laser Metal Sintering (DMLS); Electron Beam Melting (EBM); and Ion Fusion Formation (IFF). Legzdina's presentation will review the various technologies and discuss titanium alloy applications at Honeywell Aerospace. Additive manufacturing, according to Legzdina, has the potential for major cost savings in the aerospace industry, offering the ability to produce prototypes quickly and inexpensively, ability to produce end of life parts where tooling is no longer available.

Eric J. Fodran, Ph.D., materials and process engineer, Northrop Grumman, Advanced Materials and Processes, Falls Church, VA will discuss Electron Beam (E-Beam) metallic Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Ti-6Al-4V alloy providing a unique opportunity to meet the demands of accelerating production needs by supplying a rapid, cost-effective means of fabricating metallic components that are otherwise cycle time intensive and costly to fabricate.

It's not too late to register for TITANIUM 2012 in Atlanta October 7-10th. Visit http://www.titanium.org for Registration.

Contact: Jennifer Simpson, Executive DirectorDenver, Colorado USA1-303-404-2221 Telephone1-303-404-9111 Facsimileconference@titanium.org Email

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AMAC Aerospace, the Swiss-based provider of corporate aviation maintenance and completion services, has been granted Boeing B747-400 and B747-8 series Part 145 approval with immediate effect. Base and line maintenance services on these types can now be provided to all AMAC customers, with no restrictions.

The news of the Boeing approvals comes hot on the heels of AMAC Aerospace gaining its European EASA Part 145 approval to undertake heavy base maintenance on the Boeing 777 Series (announced this June) and Airbus A330 and A340 Series (announced earlier this month). The company can now accept scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities for airframe and powerplants. In addition, also announced earlier in September, AMAC Aerospace Basel has received UAE CAMO approval, making it authorised to provide Continuous Airworthiness Management services on UAE registered aircraft. Customers operating aircraft in this region can now take advantage of AMAC Aerospaces expert aviation management know-how and extensive maintenance services.

AMAC Aerospace continues to perform all major inspections including repairs and modifications, delivery of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Customer Bulletins (CB) Service Bulletins (SB) and Airworthiness directive (AD) avionic repairs, upgrades and other installation undertakings, adding to the companys extensive maintenance service capabilities.

About AMAC Aerospace

AMAC Aerospace, founded four years ago, is headed by Executive Chairman & Group CEO Kadri Muhhidin. The company boasts a 600-strong workforce and an order book of US$1 billion plus. Its business is split 50:50 between VIP completions and maintenance work and its extensive hangarage facilities in Basel, Switzerland have the capability to accommodate four wide-body and four single-aisle large jets, plus lighter business jet types. AMAC opened a third new wide body hangar in Basel in September, paving the way for heavy jet maintenance to commence next year.

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MONTREAL - Canada's aerospace sector stands to get a boost from an international airlines group's improving industry outlook, with profits expected to reach US$4.1 billion this year and US$7.5 billion in 2013.

The International Air Transport Association on Monday raised its forecast for 2012 from US$3 billion, saying passenger numbers so far this year were robust.

"Airlines are keeping their heads above water better than we expected," IATA Chief Executive Tony Tyler told reporters in Berlin.

But he noted that profits this year will still be less than half the US$8.4 billion that the industry earned in 2011.

Tyler blamed Europe's economic crisis, oil prices averaging US$110 a barrel, weak cargo demand and low business confidence for the slowdown.

A profit of US$4.1 billion on industry revenues of US$636 billion equates to a margin of just 0.6 per cent, up from 0.5 per cent in the prior forecast, Tyler noted.

Benoit Poirier of Desjardins Capital Markets said the improved profit forecast next year is positive for Canadian-based aerospace companies such as Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B), CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE), Transat A.T. (TSX:TRAZ.B) and Heroux-Devtek (TSX:TRZ.B) since profitability is typically linked to aircraft orders.

"We believe the street will see the upward revision to IATAs 2012 outlook and the solid improvement expected for 2013 as a positive surprise," he wrote in a report.

Poirier said the slightly higher forecasted profit margins demonstrates the considerable improvement in the performance of airlines in a challenging environment.

In the past, slowing demand and increasing aircraft deliveries resulted in falling passenger load factors and aircraft utilization. This time, however, airlines have kept those numbers high.

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28-09-2012 03:23 Creamer Media's Mariaan Webb speaks to Engineering News senior deputy editor Keith Campbell about the African Aerospace and Defence 2012 exhibition.

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