ISS NEWS

Bombardier Announces Construction of New Global Manufacturing Centre in Mississauga is on Track, Reiterates Sustainment of 2,000 Jobs and Commitment to Aerospace Community in Ontario

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Nov 3^rd 2021 |

Set for completion in 2023, the new world-class facility for final assembly of Global aircraft will exemplify Bombard...

Martin Apsel-von zur Gathen named new Head of Operations Planning & Steering at SWISS

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Jul 16^th 2021 |

Martin Apsel-von zur Gathen has been appointed as SWISS’s new Head of Operations Planning & Steering. He will a...

SWISS names Marco Willa as its new Head of Regional Sales Switzerland

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Tue, Jul 6^th 2021 |

Marco Willa has been appointed as SWISS’s new Head of Regional Sales Switzerland. He will take up his duties on 1 September. Willa currently serves as the Luftha...

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Dominique Fehlmann to assume further leadership functions at SWISS

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Jun 14^th 2021 |

Dominique Fehlmann, SWISS’s Head of Legal, Corporate Affairs & Compliance, is to take on the additional function of Head of Business Development & Executive Offi...

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Stefan Vasic named new Head of Marketing at SWISS

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Jun 4^th 2021 |

Stefan Vasic has been appointed as SWISS’s new Head of Marketing. He will take up his new duties on 1 July. Vasic is presently the company’s Head of Sponsoring & Events, Social Media and Tourism Partnershi...

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ABL Aviation appoints Michael Weiss as Chief Commercial Officer

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, May 10^th 2021 |

ABL Aviation, the global independent aircraft investment management firm, today announces the appointment of Michael Weiss as Chief Commercial Officer. Michael’s...

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SWISS appoints Romain Vetter as its new Head of Western Switzerland

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Apr 1^st 2021 |

Romain Vetter has been appointed as SWISS’s new Head of Western Switzerland, with commercial responsibility for the company’s Geneva-based business activit...

FAA issues an emergency airworthiness directive for PW4000-112 engines

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 25^th 2021 |

Following the serious incident on a United Airlines 777-200 on February 20, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring thermal-imaging inspect...

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NASA Names W. Russ DeLoach as Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Dec 21^st 2020 |

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has selected W. Russ DeLoach to be the agency’s next chief of safety and mission assurance (SMA). DeLoach will transition into...

A new Head of Technical Division at SWISS

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 3^rd 2020 |

Claus Bauer has been appointed as SWISS's new Head of Technical Fleet Management and Process Owner Engineering, replacing Peter Wojahn who will retire at the end of January. This appointment will be effective on Febru...

SWISS and airBaltic among the first customers of Airbus' FHS-C offer for the A220 family

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 5^th 2020 |

Airbus has revealed that SWISS and airBaltic are among the first customers of its new Flight Hour components maintena...

ISS moves to avoid space debris

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Sept 23^rd 2020 |

Astronauts on the International Space Station carried out an "avoidance maneuver" Tuesday to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of debris, said US space agency NASA, urging better management of objects in Earth...

Iran says black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Aug 24^th 2020 |

The black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner mistakenly downed in Tehran have revealed the pilots were still alive after the first of two missiles hit the plane, Iranian o...

Lockheed Martin Technology Protects NASA's Mars 2020 Mission

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jul 30^th 2020 |

Lockheed Martin developed the technology behind the aeroshell that will protect NASA's newest Mars rover, Perseverance, and deploy the first-ever Mars helicopter. The ...

Virgin Atlantic cuts over 3,000 jobs on virus impact

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, May 5^th 2020 |

Virgin Atlantic will cut over 3,000 jobs -- around a third of staff -- as the coronavirus pandemic grounds planes worldwide, the British carrier part-owned by tycoon...