Increasing sales potential in the relatively untapped seaplane market has led Viking Air Limited of Victoria, British Columbia, to introduce the world’s first dedicated seaplane in the 15 to 19-passenger category, the Viking Twin Otter 400S Seaplane. Recognized as the…
Speaking in a meeting with the officials from Ministry of Roads and Urban Development in Tehran, Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders said the first delivery of 20 ATRs to Iran will start in November and will last through 2018. Iran…
Diamond Aircraft (London, Ontario) is adding 40 employees to its staff after winning work from Germany’s Dornier Seastar Aircraft. The name Dornier is legendary and pivotal to the history of seaplanes. Diamond faced turbulence five years ago that forced it…
United Technologies issued an 8-K today disclosing it is taking an ~$870m pretax charge in 4Q15. This is because it negotiated the end of a royalty payment agreement between Pratt & Whitney Canada and the Canadian and Québec Governments. P&WC…
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC) newest version of the venerable PT6 is the PT6A-140AG and has been selected to power Air Tractor’s new AT502XP aircraft – is just one of the company’s many agricultural segment successes and initiatives supporting the…
At last week’s NBAA, GE Aviation announced their latest turboprop engine, called the Advanced Turboprop or ATP. You can watch the announcement on our NBAA video. The new ATP is aimed at the P&WC PT6 engine. GE was delighted to…