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Rolls-Royce delivers 1,000th BR725 engine to Gulfstream

eNethersole — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:48:43 +0000

The engine, that was developed and assembled at the company’s business aviation headquarters in Dahlewitz, Germany, has been shipped to Gulfstream in Savannah, Georgia, USA.

The BR725 engine exclusively powers Gulfstream’s highly successful ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650 and Gulfstream G650ER business aircraft. Since its entry into service in 2012 the G650 aircraft family has established a reputation for excellent reliability, efficiency and speed, all combined with an outstanding environmental performance.

The BR725-powered G650 aircraft family holds 120-plus world speed records, including the one for the farthest, fastest flight in business aviation history. With more than 500 aircraft in service, the G650ER and its sister aircraft, the G650, prove they are among the most trusted business jets in the world.

Dr. Dirk Geisinger, director Business Aviation, Rolls-Royce, said: "Having delivered 1,000 BR725 engines to Gulfstream is another testament of our leading position in the business aviation market. Our partnership with Gulfstream, that started some 60 years ago, is a real success story and it will continue into the future with the Pearl 700, which powers the Gulfstream G700 and the Gulfstream G800.”

Dr. Jörg Au, chief engineer Business Aviation, Rolls-Royce, added: “The BR725 engine is a pinnacle of engineering excellence, having accumulated almost 1,5 million engine flying hours over the past decade, while setting new benchmarks for reliability and performance. Reaching the incredible milestone of the 1,000th engine delivery, is a momentous occasion for both Rolls‑Royce and Gulfstream, and I couldn’t be prouder of the great team behind this product. We are looking forward to delivering many more engines to Gulfstream and to servicing our BR725 customers for decades to come.”

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Rolls-Royce has delivered the 1,000th BR725 engine to its customer Gulfstream Aerospace.

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ICAO Assembly urged to adopt net-zero climate goal for aviation

eNethersole — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:47:23 +0000

Over 150 countries are expected at the 41^st International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly where one of the most important topics of discussion will be climate change.

Executive Director of the Air Transport Action Group, Haldane Dodd says the climate emergency needs action from all actors: “last October, the aviation industry set net-zero carbon by 2050 as a challenging, but achievable, goal for aviation. This cannot rely on industry action alone – we will need support from the energy sector and governments to make net-zero aviation a reality.

“Governments meeting at the ICAO Assembly over the next two weeks are urged to take a visionary approach to the climate challenge and adopt the recommendations of the ICAO Council for a long-term climate goal for the sector. There are a number of short-term issues being faced by us all, be they the rebound from Covid-19, geopolitical pressures or economic concerns. But the existential challenge of climate change needs global and decades-long thinking if we are to avoid the worst effects.”

The industry says it is important that governments adopt a long-term climate goal at this year’s Assembly. Such a globally-aligned policy environment will bring stability of direction and certainty to catalyse the needed investments in new fuels and decarbonisation technologies.

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Representatives of the world’s governments meeting in Montreal are being urged to adopt a long-term climate goal of net-zero carbon by 2050 for the aviation sector.

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Emirates expands flight schedules across its three South African gateways

eNethersole — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:43:34 +0000

The airline said the ramp up of flights are part of its ongoing commitment to support South Africa’s economic and tourism recovery through enhanced connectivity across all of its gateways. The airline’s latest move also reaffirms South Africa’s strategic importance on its network, as it prioritises service expansion and rebuilding its capacity to unlock further growth potential.

The airline will be expanding its schedule to and from Johannesburg with three daily flights from 1 March 2023. Cape Town will be served with double daily services starting from 1 February 2023. Emirates will also be adding two more flights to Durban, making it a daily operation from 1 December 2022. The reintroduction of the new flights between Dubai and the airline’s three gateways in South Africa will enhance Emirates’ schedule to 42 weekly services.

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Emirates is adding additional services to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

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Boeing to pay $200 Million for misleading public about 737 Max jet

eNethersole — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:40:41 +0000

The corporation’s fired CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, also agreed to pay fines set by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that stated Boeing and Muilenburg knew that part of the plane's flight control system was flawed and posed an ongoing safety concern yet told the public that the 737 MAX was safe to fly. The crashes led to the plane be grounded around the world for some 20 months, one of the longest groundings in aviation history.

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices who also serves as Lead Counsel in the pending litigation in federal district court in Chicago against Boeing in the second crash that took 157 lives, said in reaction to today’s news, “Muilenburg or anyone else who persuaded the government to keep the MAX 737 Boeing flying should be fully investigated for conduct that could be criminal in nature.” Clifford added, “That includes the government examining all communications made between parties at the corporation or to anyone outside of Boeing.”

It is reported that that Boeing and Muilenburg agreed to settle charges of violating the antifraud provisions of U.S. securities laws, but they did not admit or deny the SEC's allegations. Boeing agreed to pay a $200 million settlement, and Muilenburg agreed to pay $1 million. “Muilenburg’s $1 million payment is an insult to the families and this tokenism is reprehensible particularly in light of the $62 million golden parachute he reportedly received upon being fired following the company’s actions,” Clifford said.

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Boeing has agreed to pay $200 million in fines for misleading the public about the safety of its 737 MAX aircraft that crashed twice, leaving 346 people dead in 2018 and 2019, reports Clifford Law Offices.

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Air Belgium and Airlink sign commercial agreement

eNethersole — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:22:19 +0000

This first cooperation agreement between both companies offers Air Belgium customers the ability to purchase multi-sector journeys for flights operated by Air Belgium and Airlink, on a single ticket. It includes the added ability to have their luggage checked through their final destination when transiting through Johannesburg.

Niky Terzakis, CEO Air Belgium, said: “South Africa is in high demand for Belgian and European travellers. We are delighted that our dynamic agreement with Airlink will allow us to offer our customers seamless connections to 12 popular South African leisure and business destinations such as the Kruger National Park, Durban and Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth) as well as important business destinations like Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Richards Bay amongst others. We’re also excited to be able to offer our passengers the possibility to travel to bucket-list destinations within the SADC region as well as the DRC.”

“Choice, reliability, top quality service and convenience are Airlink hallmarks. Through this cooperative arrangement with Air Belgium, Airlink offers inbound business and leisure travellers an unmatched choice of onward connections across our entire network, which spans 36 destinations in 11 sub-Saharan countries. Similarly, we now offer convenient connections through Johannesburg and Cape Town, to Belgium, which, besides hosting the EU capital, is a leading gateway for visitors to Europe. It is also the heart of the international diamond trade and an important centre for industrial manufacturing, making it a crucial trading partner for many of markets and countries we serve,” explained Airlink CEO and managing director, Rodger Foster.

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Air Belgium has signed a new commercial agreement with South Africa’s independent and premier airline, Airlink.

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Ethiopian Airlines wins big at SKYTRAX 2022 World Airline Awards

eNethersole — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:52:43 +0000

Ethiopian won for:

▪ Best Airline in Africa 2022 for 5th consecutive years,

▪ Best Business Class Airline in Africa 2022 for 4th consecutive years,

▪ Best Economy Class Airline in Africa 2022 for 4th consecutive years and ▪ Best Business Class Onboard Catering in Africa

Moving an incredible 11 ranks up, Ethiopian has also been placed 26th in the World's Top 100 Airlines for 2022 as voted by airline customers around the world.

Ethiopian group CEO, Mesfin Tasew, said: “We are truly honoured by the multiple prestigious awards that Ethiopian won today. It gives me great pleasure to witness such a rewarding event to the hard work Ethiopian Airlines employees and management team put in order to provide our valued passengers the best quality service. I would like to assure our customers and everyone who casted their votes in favor of Ethiopian that we will continue to provide a world class service tailored with African flavored Ethiopian hospitality. We managed to provide our service, unbeaten by the Covid19 pandemic, the greatest challenge for the aviation industry and we will keep pace, enhancing our level of service to an even better level along the way.”

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Ethiopian Airlines has been named the winner of four awards at the SKYTRAX 2022 World Airline Awards, at a ceremony held in London on 23 September 2022.

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TATV Spotlight: Embraer CEO on African opportunity

Ethan Cobbing — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:30:57 +0000

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Airbus tests loading system for outsized military cargo on Beluga

eNethersole — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:18:19 +0000

The capability was successfully tested during a verification exercise with the German armed forces, the system’s first customer, by loading a CH53 military medium-lift helicopter into the Beluga.

“The demand for outsized air cargo capability is on the rise. Capacity is scarce and, in light of current geopolitical developments, many customers are looking for new, fast and efficient solutions. This is exactly what we offer with our BelugaST fleet,” said Michael Schoellhorn, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space. “Our teams have been working on a remarkable solution to facilitate a speedy, efficient and autonomous handling to load heavy military cargo onto the aircraft. Speed, agility and autonomy are crucial elements for our customers when it comes to such operations.”

The new self-funded cargo loading system and jig, developed by engineers at Airbus Defence and Space, have now been unveiled to customer representatives from international armed forces following the verification event in Manching, north of Munich. The system was developed and manufactured from scratch in 1.5 years – from the initial exchange of ideas with the German customer to its verification, which is still subject to final confirmation by the Bundeswehr in the coming weeks. The system enables arrangements for the loading of a CH53 in a reduced state of dismantling to be completed within less than 1.5 hours while the actual loading process into the Beluga aircraft can be accomplished in about an hour. The total lifting capacity of the system, which requires no crane for its use, reaches 35 tonnes and can be relocated to the aircraft’s destination.

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Airbus Defence and Space has developed and tested a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Airbus Beluga A300-600ST aircraft.

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Ethiopian Airlines and Geven-SkyTecno to produce insulation blankets

eNethersole — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:21:24 +0000

This is part of a Boeing agreement (BSCA) between The Boeing Company, Geven-Skytecno and Ethiopian Airlines.

The new joint venture company of Ethiopian Airlines and Geven-SkyTecno, named “Ethiopian Sky Technologies”, is based in Addis Ababa with primary manufacturing facility at Bole Airport.

Ethiopian Airlines holds 51% and SkyTecno 49% of the stake of the newly established company. The parties as per their commitment are jointly manufacturing the products in Italy and Ethiopia as a supplier to The Boeing Company.

Geven-SkyTecno has been contributing its process technology proficiency, manufacturing know-how as well as being responsible for speeding up the industrialization, qualification processes and training skills to the Joint Venture.

Ethiopian Airlines and SkyTecno invested in the state-of-the-art blankets manufacturing equipment to provide unrivalled customer service and product access. The Joint Venture focuses on delivering tailor-made solutions for Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. Products are manufactured in a multicultural environment in synergy between the African and European continent, subject to strict quality control, in order to meet the most demanding expectations of the aircraft industry.

"We are very pleased to announce this joint venture with Ethiopian Airlines, with whom we are looking forward to working together" says Alberto Veneruso, managing director of Geven- SkyTecno. "Our manufacturing excellence combined with our expertise in process technology, industrial efficiency and world-class distribution capabilities will provide our customers with best- in-class insulation solutions. Furthermore, Geven-SkyTecno provides the JV with a team of highly trained technical engineers with unparalleled experience meeting the demand for similar products from world airlines and OEM’s”, continues Veneruso.

Mesfin Tasew, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group on his part said: “We are glad to unveil a modern manufacturing facility of Ethiopian Sky Technologies at our home base, Addis Ababa. As part of our Vision to develop the Aerospace Manufacturing Industry in Ethiopia, the partnership with Geven-SkyTecno takes our capability to the next level. As we have a very well established MRO capability with an excellent track record of providing aircraft maintenance we can leverage this capability and experience to further develop our Aerospace Manufacturing capability and eventually make it one of the key Strategic Business Units of the Airline. We are happy that we have gone into this tri-partite relationship with Geven-SkyTecno and Boeing and that we started manufacturing and exporting the Aircraft Thermo-Acoustic Insulation Blankets for the 737 MAX. We are keen to expand the scope of activities to other aerospace products to the mutual benefit of all parties.”

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Ethiopian Airlines and Geven-SkyTecno have inaugurated a state-of-the-art facility for the manufacturing of Insulation Blankets for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

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