C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully dead sticked an Airbus A320 to a safe landing on New York’s Hudson River in 2009 after hitting a flock of geese, said late last week that he would step down as U.S. envoy to the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), effective this Friday (July 1). (www.ainonline.com) 更多...
RAAF Base Townsville is awaiting the arrival of two additional Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters purchased as part of a foreign military sale from the United States. (asiapacificdefencereporter.com) 更多...
New York CNN Business — At least 730 flights were canceled across the United States on Sunday evening, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. (www.cnn.com) 更多...
Following GE’s previous announcement of its plan to separate GE into three independent companies focused on the growth sectors of aviation, healthcare, and energy, the company today announced several changes to its aviation division senior leadership team. H. Lawrence Culp Jr. has been named CEO of GE Aviation, in addition to remaining chairman and CEO of parent GE; John Slattery, who held the role of president and CEO of GE Aviation, will become executive v-p and chief commercial officer of the… (www.ainonline.com) 更多...
Australia’s national flag carrier Qantas is making a comeback to another European destination for the Northern summer - Rome. (aviationsourcenews.com) 更多...