It's a deal! Sun-Air of Scandinavia is to buy two Dornier 328 turboprops from new owner AvCraft in a deal worth $8 million, it was announced yesterday. Avcraft chief executive Ben Bartel (above left) and Sun-Air chief executive Niels Sundberg inked the deal at the show yesterday. Sundberg plans to use the aircraft as part of an expansion programme. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in October and will probably be used on the Oslo-Manchester route.
Source: Flight Daily News
Former JetBlue Airways chief executive Robin Hayes will succeed Jeffrey Knittel as chairman and chief executive of Airbus Americas, effective 3 June.
US air taxi developer Archer Aviation has opened an office in Washington DC focused on regulatory affairs that will be led by Billy Nolen, former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Comac has kicked off a joint research meeting for its in-development C929 widebody, bringing together a large group of academics, scientists and engineers, as well as government officials, from across the country.
