ILA NEWS

The French Armed Forces ministry places its trust in DOMINNO to improve helicopter availability

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Apr 11^th 2018 |

French defense minister Florence Parly is clearly counting on innovation to strengthen France's defence capabilities....

A new beginning between Thailand and France in aviation training

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Aug 30^th 2017 |

August 15, 2017 marks a new beginning between Thailand and France in aviation training. The President of Civil Aviation Training Center of Thailand (CATC), R. Admiral ...

The availability of French Air Force fixed-wing aircraft from 2014 to 2016

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Mar 31^st 2017 |

In response to the questions posed by French deputy François Cornut-Gentille concerning the availability of French Air Force fixed-wing fleet, the Ministry of Defence ...

Japan loans Manila military planes for South China Sea

DEFENCE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Mar 27^th 2017 |

The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes in the South China Sea, despite Manila's increas...

Pilatus Appoints Air Alliance as its Authorised PC-24 Sales and Service Centre

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Jun 3^rd 2015 |

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd appoints Air Alliance GmbH as the official Pilatus PC-24 Sales and Service Centre for Germany and Austria. Air Alliance is now authorised to repre...

Airbus Helicopters signs first HCare Fleet Availability contract in Asia

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Apr 1^st 2015 |

The fleet of 10 AS365 Dauphin rotorcraft operated by Taiwan’s National Airborne Services Corps (NASC) will be covered by Airbus Helicopters’ HCare Infinite Fleet Avail...

Pilatus delivers the 1,300th PC-12

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Feb 23^rd 2015 |

In a ceremony today at Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd’s facility in Broomfield, Colorado, the Swiss aircraft manufacturer delivered the 1,300th unit of its single engine turboprop PC-12 to California-based airline Surf...

Rosetta’s Philae lander touched down on the comet 67P

SPACE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Nov 13^th 2014 |

The European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt reported a successful landing, announcing: “Philae has landed!”. Some seven hours before, the Philae lander had detac...

Alitalia and Etihad share common livery for Expo Milano 2015

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Oct 20^th 2014 |

Alitalia, Italy’s leading carrier, and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, have unveiled two aircraft in a unique Expo Milano 2015 livery...

Pan Am International Flight Training Center reveals new center in Bangkok

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Oct 6^th 2014 |

Pan Am International Flight Training Center, together with All Nippon Airways, Nok Air, and Assumption University, announced today the grand opening of a new world-cla...

Royal Thai Police receives its first search & rescue configured AS365 N3+ helicopters

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Sept 24^th 2014 |

In a ceremony held yesterday at the Thai Police Aviation Division, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) received its first of ...

Pilatus Announces Partnership with TASL

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Aug 27^th 2014 |

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is pleased to announce its partnership with TASL, a Tata Group Company, for the assembly of PC-12 aero structures at its facility in Hyderabad, India. The long-term contract between Pilatus an...

Rosetta and comet Churymov Gerasimenko - Five landing sites selected for Philae

SPACE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Aug 26^th 2014 |

Two and a half months before the long-awaited touchdown of Philae, the Rosetta spacecraft’s small lander, CNES convened scores of scientists from CNES, ESA and DLR plu...

Grant available to promote EGNOS adoption for aviation

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Aug 22^nd 2014 |

European GNSS Agency (GSA) launches call to increase EGNOS adoption in civil aviation. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has launched a call for proposals to foster fu...

Pilatus unveils the first PC-24 prototype

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Aug 4^th 2014 |

A world premiere took place on Swiss National Day (1st of August) when Pilatus Aircraft Ltd officially unveiled its first ever PC-24 prototype. Some 25,000 spectators watched as the show took place at Buochs airfield ...