Henry Canaday

Henry Canaday has been a business and aviation journalist for 15 years, with recent emphasis on aviation maintenance and airline information technology. Prior to that, he spent 20 years as an energy economist with both Federal agencies and the private sector.

Articles by Henry Canaday
GA Telesis acquires Finnair engine services unit 
GA Telesis has acquired part of Finnair Engine Services and will employ 80 engine service professionals from Finnair’s existing workforce.
Precision gets FAA certification for 757 Combi 
Precision Conversions has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for its Boeing 757-200PCC Combi variant.
Avtrade signs up DB Schenker for storage & logistics services 
Avtrade has contracted with DB Schenker to store, manage and provide local logistics services to support Avtrade’s Dubai and Singapore operations.
MRO Digest – May 15, 2013 
Briefs from the May 15, 2013 issue of ATW's MRO Digest
US DOT watchdog faults FAA’s MRO oversight procedures 
US Department of Transportation has faulted FAA’s MRO oversight procedures.
SR Technics establishes Kuala Lumpur team 
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, has established its senior management team and recruited 17 technicians and four certifying technicians of Malaysian nationality for its new component repair facility in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, due to open at the end of 2013.
ST Aerospace acquires Turbo Mach assets 
ST Aerospace San Antonio has acquired substantially all of the assets of Turbo Mach for $250,000.
FL Technics and XTRA Aerospace ink consignment agreement 
FL Technics further developed its component stocks entering into a consignment agreement with Florida-based FAA/EASA certified repair company XTRA Aerospace.
BAE regional unit gets go ahead to produce aircraft parts 
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has received EASA approval to extend its Part 21 G and J work on any aircraft type in both design and manufacturing.
Aerostar credits income growth to commercial business expansion 
Aerostar, the Romanian military MRO that has diversified into commercial MRO, increased revenue by 25% and profit by 30% from 2011 to 2012.
ST Aerospace reports revenue growth for 1Q 
ST Aerospace took in S$479 million ($390 million) in revenue in the first quarter, up 5% from the same quarter of 2012, but down 15% from the December quarter of last year.
Plastic Revolution 
One of the best pieces of news in aircraft economics recently has been the continued improvement in composites structures. Better materials and more efficient manufacturing methods have allowed composites to substitute for an ever larger portion of aircraft weight and volume.
ST Aerospace wins raft of new contracts; grows cabin and engines business 
ST Aerospace signed new contracts worth about $480 million in the first quarter of 2013.
Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen expands Asia-Pacific work 
Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS) is further expanding its MRO offer in Asia-Pacific.
Delta TechOps adds CF4-8s to portfolio 
Delta TechOps will expand its engine maintenance, repair and overhaul capability to include the GE Aviation CF34-8 engines.
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