Singapore has announced its Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), has recently set up a fl ight recorder readout facility to download and analyze data from the cockpit voice and fl ightdata recorders. “Our AAIB is more than happy to offer to other organisations the use of its fl ight recorder readout facility as this is one of the most important areas of aircraft investigation procedure,” said Singapore’s transport minister, Raymond Lim. Mr Lim highlighted the … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Singapore to analyse ‘black boxes’
SINGAPORE: ST Aerospace to train pilots
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace), has announced that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Aviation Training Academy (Singapore) Pte Ltd (ATAS) to set up a commercial pilot training academy in Singapore. The joint venture company, known as ST Aviation Training Academy Pte Ltd (STATA), will be majority owned by ST Aerospace with a 70% stake and ATAS, holding a 30% stake, with a total investment of US$5.2 million. The academy will begin fl ight training in Australia … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: ST Aerospace to train pilots
SINGAPORE: Jett8 makes its debut
Singapore’s only privately owned cargo airline Jett8 Airlines made its offi cial debut at Changi Airport onSeptember 19. Louis Tan, founder, chairman and CEO of Jett8 Airlines Cargo, said:“Very quickly we have to get... four orfi ve aircraft to enjoy the economies ofscale and we should be operating upto fi ve aircraft within a year from now.When we do have our eventual fl eet itwill be a very, very big contributor tothe Singapore cargo scene.” Tan said he plans to raise … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Jett8 makes its debut
RUSSIA & CIS: Atlant-Soyuz sets sights on cargo
Currently about 70 per cent of Moscow-based Atlant-Soyuz’s annual turnover of US$240 million stems from the passenger business, something theairline is aiming to change. “We intend to lift the cargo business rapidly and balance our revenue in the years to come with about 50 percent being contributed by the passenger and the other 50 per cent from the freight business,” said Alexey Malyarevich, head of cargo at Atlant-Soyuz. The fi rst of the new fi ve-order Ilyushin 96-400T … [Read more...] about RUSSIA & CIS: Atlant-Soyuz sets sights on cargo
RUSSIA & CIS: New freighter from Ilyushin
The brand new Ilyushin 96-400T displayed at the latest Moscow Air Show MAKS will be ready for service next month, according to its manufacturer. Capable of lifting 92 tonnes with a range of 5,200 km, the aircraft is currently undergoing certifi cation by theRussian aviation authorities. “We have received inquiries from quite a number of airlines be it from China, Africa, South America and even Iran,” Victor V. Livanov, Ilyushin’s General Director told Payload Asia. By … [Read more...] about RUSSIA & CIS: New freighter from Ilyushin
RUSSIA & CIS: Antonov Ruslan production to restart
Russia’s Motor Sich OJSC and Ukraine’s Antonov Design Bureau announced recently that they would jointly resume production of the Antonov 124 “Ruslan” cargo plane. The An-124 and its successor, the An-225, were originally designed in the late 1970s to support Soviet oil and gas development in Siberia, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all new production of Antonovs came to halt. Volga-Dnepr and ADB expressed their intention to extend their fl eets with modernised … [Read more...] about RUSSIA & CIS: Antonov Ruslan production to restart
