Business Will Become Part Of Phantom Works Division

Boeing said on Thursday that it is scaling back its investment in its air traffic management business and named Kevin Brown as the new head, beginning April 1. Brown succeeds John Hayhurst, who is retiring. Boeing also said the business will become part of Phantom Works, Boeing's research and development unit. Brown, whose new title will be vice president, air traffic management, will report to Robert Krieger, president of Phantom Works. Brown said that ATM will continue to engage industry and government aviation officials in the United States, Europe and Asia on air traffic modernization issues, and work with them to build support for transforming air traffic management globally.

When business is "not all that good," sometimes the smartest thing one can do is to fight the urge to curtail your activities with the rest of your competition and get ahead before they do likewise. A Manitoba airline continues to develop and expand its service offerings, with the launch of an airframe structural repair center to provide service to the local, regional and national aviation industry. Under the guidance of Satbachan Soor, a certified S Licenced AME, the repair center has been opened in the Skyward hangar property. Soor, who previously operated Saskatoon Aircraft Rebuilders has relocated to Winnipeg to undertake this new offering by Skyward. “We will specialize in the smaller commuter aircraft and insurance claims” states Soor, “Other local airframe