Good Week

Aerofoam Metals,
which has taken a leap forward in its aim of targeting the aerospace industry with the signature of a proprietary information agreement (PIA) with Boeing. The pair will explore opportunities to use Aerofoam's Aerometal, which allows products to maintain the physical characteristics of aluminium, but with lower density and weight. Aerofoam president Paul Colacci says the company is "excited that we have been able to engage the industry as quickly as we have".

 

SR Technics,
which has had to drop plans to acquire US maintenance company Empire Aero Center. The Zurich-based maintenance provider, owned by a consortium which includes Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, says it has "defined other priorities", despite agreeing to acquire EAC from Israel Aerospace Industries last year as part of a bid to increase US business. SR Technics says it will focus on "high-growth businesses and markets in the Middle East and Asia".

Bad week

"Nobody looks to British Airways as a benchmark for cost and efficiency - we still have a lot to do to make BA efficient."

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh on challenges that lie ahead for the airline

 

Walsh



Source: Flight International

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