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AMSTERDAM, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners announced at Gala VIP Dinner on First Day of ATC Global 2013 Winners of the ATC Global 2013 Excellence Awards were announced last night, in recognition of exceptional progress in delivering improved air traffic management performance worldwide. The successful finalists were announced at an evening VIP Gala dinner on the first night of ATC Global 2013. Taking place in Amsterdam this week ATC Global 2013 returns...
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reinhold Industries, Inc., a world leader in the manufacture of composite seating structures and proprietary mechanical seating components for the commercial aircraft industry, has been granted part 145 Repair Station Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This FAA Repair Station Certification grants Reinhold Industries, Inc. approval for performing contract repair of authorized mechanical components and...
MIAMI, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Commercial Service, a trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC), has invited Pan Am International Flight Academy, a global aviation training company headquartered in Miami, Florida, to participate in a joint Aviation Trade Mission next month in Beijing, China. The trade mission delegation including Pan Am and other select U.S. companies within the aviation...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JetSelect Aviation, LLC, a Global Aviation Service Provider, today announced the recognition of its operational excellence by being honored with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Diamond Award of Excellence for Aviation Maintenance Technician Training. This prestigious award recognizes aviation companies and maintenance specialists that initiate highly effective training programs aimed at improving safety and technical knowledge...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Medical Operators Association (AMOA) commends Congress for passing aviation reauthorization legislation that includes strong provisions to advance the safety of air medical transportation. The "FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012" (H.R. 658) includes a series of provisions directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to further improve and update the regulation of our industry. The AMOA has supported inclusion of air...
Airlines for America Commends FAA Modernization and Reform Act Helps Improve Safety, Limit Tax Burden on Airlines, Customers WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today commended Congress for its bipartisan leadership in passing the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, a comprehensive bill that will help make air travel even more safe and efficient for passengers and...
EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 will be able to operate at the same separation distances as the 747-400, according to a ruling from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ICAO, a United Nations agency tasked with codifying principles and techniques for international air navigation, sent a letter to all member nations recently saying that a team of wake experts had examined flight test and simulation data, and that it determined...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) has recently won two Task Orders under the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST) contract, as well as one new task order under the General Services Administration's (GSA's) Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70. The first award is a continuation of Tantus' work with FAA's Chief Information Officer to provide program management support. Through this...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tauri Group, LLC is pleased to announce that it was awarded a $6.2 million contract for analytical services from the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation. Under this contract the Tauri Group will provide commercial industry analysis to include launch reporting, market analysis of launches and payloads, and maintenance of the Space Transportation Analysis and Research (STAR) database. In addition, Tauri will support the Commercial...
HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, February 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Once again events reported in the United States have clearly highlighted the inadequacies of the European Union Transport Department's (DG TREN) oversight of air safety within Europe. A USA Today analysis of Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) data in the United States has shown that 65,000 commercial passenger flights took place between 2003 and 2009 in an un-airworthy condition. In addition, the FAA imposed fines against 25 US...
