America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has appointed David Huntzinger vice-president of corporate safety. He was formerly responsible for the design, development, deployment and monitoring of advanced methods for improving safety management and safety programmes at US airframe manufacturer Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group, and has also worked for Bell Helicopter..
Source: Flight International
Japan’s National Police Agency has taken delivery of a pair of Airbus Helicopters H160 medium twins, becoming the type’s first parapublic operator in Japan.
CHC Helikopter Service is to deploy six helicopters – including three on-order Leonardo AW189s – to support a new offshore contract with Aker BP in Norway.
Airbus is expecting to deliver its first Pratt & Whitney-powered A321XLR shortly, to budget carrier Wizz Air, which has 47 on order. Speaking during a briefing on 9 January, commercial aircraft chief Christian Scherer referred to the initial delivery to Iberia in late October and the subsequent handovers to Aer ...
