AD Aerospace has appointed Andrew Rushton as business development manager in response to the growing demand for its state-of-the-art CCTV solutions for safety and security of aircraft. The 30-year aerospace veteran has formerly served in technical and sales departments for companies including Boeing, BAE Systems and Thales. Avantair has named veteran finance and customer service executive David Haslett as its new COO. Haslett is former managing director of Sportech Racing.
The All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 lithium ion battery that failed Jan. 16 exhibits signs of “thermal runaway,” according to Japanese investigators.
M1 Composites Technology has opened a 24,000 sq. ft. composites repair facility and manufacturing plant in Montreal to provide rapid turnaround of damaged commercial and military aircraft components. MNG Technic won a contract from Oren Air to provide base maintenance services covering four Boeing 737-800s. C checks will take place at MNG Technic facilities at Istanbul Ataturk Airport.
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Delta Air Lines have met to discuss passenger complaints about flight delays, cancellations and customer service on US-Accra routes.
Japan Airlines (JAL) reported a net profit of ¥140.6 billion ($1.52 billion) for the first nine months of its fiscal year (April-December 2012), down 3.7% from net income of ¥146 billion in the prior-year period.
Yakutia Airlines has taken delivery of its second Sukhoi Superjet 100. It will be used on routes from Yakutsk to Khabarovsk, Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok and other cities in Russia’s Far East and Siberia. It will also be used on routes to Harbin, Niigata and Seoul.
