Columbis expands
Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing has established a sales and service centre in Denmark. Known as Columbia Aircraft Scandinavia, the company will serve Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland and offer maintenance for both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
Safety minded
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that Australia has a good safety record after comparing the fatal aviation accident rate of the country between 1995 and 2004 with rates in Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and USA. The ATSB study was prompted by claims in the local media late last year, after a number of incidents, of a growing trend in fatal accidents.
Phoenix rises
The UK’s largest airline pilot training organisation, Oxford Aviation Training, has opened a US pilot training centre at Phoenix Goodyear Airport. The $8million centre can accommodate 300 student pilots a year and will operate a fleet of 32 New Piper types comprising Warriors, Arrows and Senecas.
Canary contract
The Canary Islands has approved funding for an eight-year contract for five emergency medical service helicopters.
Epic training
Honeywell has teamed with Aerosim Technologies to offer a PC-based Primus Epic flight management system (FMS) training programme for the Agusta/Westland AW139.
Source: Flight International
