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AVIATION NEWS
backbone of our economy and a
key source of economic growth
in advanced, industrial as well as
emerging and developing
markets.”
Menin Rodrigues, the Chairman
of Shambrock Conferences
International, said: “I would like
to express my gratitude to Etihad
Airways for its commitment and
support of the SME sector in
Pakistan through this partnership
with us. We hope this
collaboration will continue to
flourish in the future.”
Heli-One
Exhibiting at
Berlin-ILA
2012 (HALL 3
– 3617A)
British Columbia, Canada – Heli-
One Canada, Incorporated (Heli-
One), the world’s largest
independent provider of
helicopter maintenance, repair
and overhaul (MRO) services
announces it will exhibit at the
ILA Berlin 2012 Exhibition from
September 11-16, 2012
(HALL 3 – 3617A).
Senior representatives of Heli-
One’s helicopter MRO sales and
marketing team will be on-hand
to discuss operator requirements
related to delivery of valuedriven
helicopter repair and
overhaul solutions that improve
safety and reliability, extends
aircraft life and reduces operator
costs. Learn about how Heli-
One’s unmatched helicopter
services enable our customers to
go further, do more and come
home safely.
Heli-One holds an extensive
portfolio of helicopter MRO
services including:
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney
Canada PT6T - Turbomeca Arriel
1 & Arriel 2 / Makila 1 - General
Electric T58 / CT58
- Major Dynamic Components
- Airframes and Major
Inspections (various Sikorsky,
Eurocopter, AgustaWestland and
Bell models)
- Comprehensive Avionics
support
Heli-One is headquartered in
Delta, British Columbia, Canada;
with maintenance, repair and
overhaul facilities in Delta -
British Columbia, Canada;
Stavanger - Rogaland, Norway;
Fort Collins- Colorado, USA and
Rzeszów - Podkarpackie, Poland.
Airbus lights up Berlin’s
Humboldt-Box with its vision of
the future of flight in 2050
Breathtaking lightshow launches
Airbus Smarter Skies campaign
ahead of ILA
A spectacular 4D projection light
show transformed Berlin’s
Humboldt-Box into a moving and
pulsating canvas to demonstrate
the benefits of smarter flight in
the future. The show, which
launches the Future by Airbus
Smarter Skies vision of air travel
in 2050 and beyond, illustrates in
stunning perspective how smarter
aircraft operations could cut
travel times, reduce emissions
and lead to fewer delays.
“Our light show unveils the
significant benefits of combining
smarter aircraft, smarter
technology and smarter skies in
2050”, says Charles Champion,
Executive Vice President
Engineering at Airbus. “Our
Smarter Skies vision is one where
highly intelligent aircraft would
be able to organise themselves
and select the most efficient and
environmentally friendly routes,
making the best use of daily
weather and atmospheric
conditions. It is also one where
aircraft might copy the best
aspects of nature and fly like
flocks of birds allowing them to
travel more efficiently and lower
their energy use.”
Beginning with a single paper
aeroplane launched from the
balcony of the Humboldt-Box, a
maze of 3D blocks depicts the
barriers and obstacles created by
current national air space
boundaries. A map of the world
scattered with pin points and
bright pulsing lines of light
highlights the world’s busiest
routes. The show then takes
passengers forward in time to
2050 to demonstrate a world of
flight where obstacles are
removed, passenger travelling
times are shortened, and where
fuel use and emissions are
reduced. The show closes with a
fleet of Airbus concept planes
flying in formation.
Charles Champion continues:
“Our research for the Future by
Airbus programme has shown
that air passengers expect to fly
more in the future, but they want
to do so with fewer delays, less
noise and more sustainably. The
aviation industry has already
committed to some of the
toughest targets of any industry
by pledging to cut aircraft
emissions by 50% by 2050. Our
Concept Plane has illustrated
how aircraft design could
contribute. Our Smarter Skies
campaign, brought to life by this
light display, demonstrates the
future benefits that smart aircraft
operations could bring if we work
together as an industry to make
them happen”.
The Future by Airbus Smarter
Skies vision consists of five
concepts which could be
implemented across all stages of
an aircraft’s operation. It includes
aircraft launched into a
continuous ‘eco-climb’, flying in
formation using ‘express
skyways’, ‘low noise’ glided
approaches, low emission
landing and ground operations
and airports that grow their own
alternative energy sources.
A Fourth
Bombardier
Global Aircraft
Added to US
Air Force
Inventory
M O N T R E A L ,
QUEBEC–(Marketwire/Asianet-
Pakistan – ) - Bombardier
Aerospace announced that it
delivered a Global 6000 aircraft
to the US Air Force in a
ceremony conducted at a
Bombardier facility in
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