Sparfell Acquires LaudaMotion
The Swiss-based Sparfell Aviation
Group has announced its
recent acquisition of
LaudaMotion Executive
GmbH.
Headquartered in
Vienna, LaudaMotion
Executive holds an
Austrian AOC and
operates a fleet of 13
business jets primarily
comprised of Bombardier business aircraft.
As part of Sparfell Aviation Group, LaudaMotion Executive’s
6 0 employees and all operations will be managed by Edward
Queffelec, CEO of Sparfell Airways.
“Through the acquisition of LaudaMotion Executive, Sparfell
Aviation Group is now able to offer our clients private jet
charter, consolidating our offering to provide the turn-key
solution they expect,” says Edward Queffelec. “We could not
dream of a better partner to achieve this than LaudaMotion
Executive, an IS-BAO-certified operator with more than 15
years of experience in aircraft operation.”
“Niki Lauda’s expertise, reputation and precision were
legendary, both in Formula One and in aviation,” says Philip
Queffelec, Chairman of Sparfell Aviation Group. “Having
founded three airlines, we are honoured to uphold his legacy
and consider it our duty to pay respect to the company that
carries his name.”
http://www.sparfell-partners.comStandardAero Provides PT6A &
PW123 Support
Services
StandardAero
recently signed a multi-
year agreement with
Island Aviation Services
Limited (IASL) to provide
support for the Pratt &
Whitney (P&W) PT6A-27
and PW123 turboprops.
These engines power
the fleets of Twin Otter and Dash 8 aircraft operated by
Maldivian, the national airline of the Maldives.
StandardAero supports the global P&W PT6A operator
community from four DOFs located in North America, Europe,
Africa and Australasia, backed up by a global network of seven
service centers and over twenty dedicated mobile repair
technicians.
With more than 25 years of reliable turboprop experience,
StandardAero provides operators with a nose-to-tail suite of
services, including repair capabilities, engine exchanges, rentals
and Engine Condition Trend Monitoring (ECTM) analysis
http://www.standardaero.comSR Technics Earns Thai
Certification
A leading MRO service provider, SR
Technics, announced that the Civil Aviation Authority of
Thailand (CAAT) has extended an airworthiness certificate for
component maintenance to SR Technics Malaysia.The certification was granted after an auditing process that
SR Technics had passed and is valid for three years. It
supplements the
MRO supplier’s
existing airworthiness
certifications for
component
maintenance of over
800 part numbers by
authorities such as
the FAA, EASA and
the Civil Aviation
Administration of
China (CAAC)
http://www.srtechnics.comUAS Awarded for BizAv
Innovation
Leading global trip
support solutions
provider, UAS
International Trip
Support (UAS) has been
acclaimed winner of the
Innovation in Business
Aviation Category at
the 2019 fourth annual
Sapphire Pegasus Business Aviation Awards.
The award is the fourth endorsement for UAS at the awards,
which recognize excellence in the EMEA region. In 2018, UAS
won the title of Service Provider of the year; while Co-
Owner/Founder and Executive President Mohammed Husary
scooped the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2016, UAS was
awarded the accolade for Charity Effort for its CSR activities
http://www.uas.aeroVista Global Launches
Private Aviation
Marketplace
Vista Global has announced
the creation of XO, the global digital
marketplace for private aviation. The
launch of XO, powered by JetSmarter
technology, marks the beginning of a
new concept for private aviation
customers. Built by combining the
trusted operational and
customercentric expertise of XOJET
with the speed and convenience of
technology originally developed by
JetSmarter, the new brand will
provide elevated services for On- Demand private jet travel.
In the past, business aviation customers would have to
navigate this complex On-Demand market with no centralized
platform, they will now be able to fly anytime, anywhere, at a
moment’s notice through the XO app or online. As demand
moves towards digital solutions, customers will be able to:
Choose the best membership option to serve their travel
needs, from occasional flyers to those traveling more regularly,
XO offers more flexibility than ever before to address the $11B
per year global market of On-Demand business aviation
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