TAG Aviation

TAG Aviation | May 21, 2016

Rodger Renaud was promoted to president of West Star Aviation. Renaud, who has 36 years of aviation experience with companies such as Rockwell International and Midcoast Aviation, most recently was COO for West Star. Howard Millar was appointed COO of Stellwagen Group, the holding company that includes Dublin, Ireland-based Aviation Finance and Seraph Aviation Management. Millar will also serve as CEO of a newly formed subsidiary, Stellwagen Capital. Formerly he was deputy CEO and CFO of Ryanair...

TAG Aviation | May 21, 2016

Ahead of a looming mandate for new regulatory standards from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for private aircraft operators, TAG Aviation has announced it is offering a compliance solution, which it will be discussing with EBACE showgoers at its booth (Y044). Part-NCC, when it goes into effect in late August, will essentially mandate that all private operators of larger aircraft adhere to the same basic standards as commercial air operators, requiring the creation of an operations man...

TAG Aviation | May 04, 2016

Over the seven decades since independence India has stripped away many vestiges of its British colonial past, from changing the names of Bombay and Calcutta to removing the statue of King George V beneath Delhi’s India Gate. But one legacy of the British Raj has remained hidden in plain sight. The registration codes stamped prominently on the side of every civilian Indian aircraft begin with the initials “VT”....

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...