Aerospace Cluster Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Air Transport

GrandView Aviation | August 04, 2021

The International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) has awarded private jet charter company, GrandView Aviation, with its Stage II certification. GrandView has been expanding its service across the United States, and recently added a 12th Phenom 300 to its fleet, a Phenom 300E model. IS-BAO stages are part of a multi-year auditing process to advance an organization's safety management system development; having achieved Stage I in 2019, GrandView has been awar...

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Volatus Aerospace | April 06, 2023

Volatus Aerospace Corp. ("Volatus" or "the Company") announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Sky Scape Industries, LLC., of Woodbine New Jersey. The transaction was first announced in a press release on March 2, 2023. Expected 2023 revenue from existing inspection projects is C$1.4M of which approximately C$1M is recurring with margins, net income, and expenses within historical norms for projects of this nature. Volatus has been providing in...

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Transcend Air Corporation | August 13, 2021

Kaman Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Kaman Aerospace Group, Inc., has been selected by Transcend Air Corporation to build the Vy 400 High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft. The Vy 400 design is optimized to reduce the current time and cost barriers for regional city-to-city travel. The vertical takeoff and landing capabilities of the Vy 400 aircraft gives Transcend Air access to demand-rich centers of major cities. The high-speed Vy 400 travels...

Simple Flying | January 17, 2020

Canadian operator WestJet is planning a new transatlantic service. The Boeing 737 operated flight would be used to connect Canada’s Halifax to Manchester in the United Kingdom. The seasonal flight is set to operate over the 2020 summer period. WestJet is launching its third route from Halifax to the United Kingdom this summer. Accompanying its existing routes to London and Glasgow, the new connection will be operated by a Boeing 737 aircraft. Launching in June, the route will remain in ope...