After just a month in charge, Crossair founder Moritz Suter has been replaced as chairman of Hirschmann Industrial Holding, parent of Swiss business aviation services specialist Jet Aviation. Suter, who had a brief stint at the reins at Crossair parent Swissair in 2001 before he left, claiming his efforts to turn round the company were being blocked, is to be replaced by Rita Hirschmann, widow of Jet Aviation's founder, Carl Hirschmann.
Source: Airline Business
French investigators have found that a Cessna 525A Citation departed Paris Le Bourget after personnel failed to realise nose-gear maintenance was incomplete, forcing the jet to return for a gear-up landing.
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
Textron Aviation’s machinists walked off the job on 23 September after members of the 5,000-strong work group voted down the company’s proposed new employment contract. The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer, which owns the Cessna and Beechcraft brands, confirms that workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) went on strike. ...
