Since every month in the EU around 5000 flights are cancelled and over 30 times more flights are delayed, theory says frequent flyers should know the ins and outs of airline refund scam systems. Nevertheless, according to statistics, airlines pay out a proper compensation to only 5% of all flight disruption cases, tricking passengers into accepting ridiculous coupons or shoddy refunds. Experts say...
Air BP has awarded this year’s Sterling Pilot Scholarship to 17 year old Hertfordshire student, Robert Norris, who becomes the third awardee since the scholarship was launched in 2015. The scholarship, which is valued at around £10,000, aims to assist aspiring UK pilots with little or no experience of flying to achieve a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL). Through the s...
Children from the Kamarad Tremosna Youth Centre in the Czech Republic have enjoyed an extraordinary experience. They have spent one week in a camp at the AeroClub Plasy airport, where they had a great opportunity to try out the lives of military pilots during World War II. They also flew on unique historical planes. A leading Czech business jet operator, ABS Jets, has been the proud partner of the...
One year after unveiling a cabin mockup of its all-new high-performance single-engine turboprop at Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh, Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has made significant progress in bringing to market the Cessna Denali. Manufacturing of the first full airframe test article has begun and the team has started building tooling fo...
Programme aims to reach 3,000 participants in the first year and will grow to cover several countries in the continent The Airbus Foundation together with its partner The Little Engineer is rolling out the Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) robotics programme in Africa. The initiative aims at training thousands of students between 10 and 16 years old in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineeri...
Norwegian marked another milestone in July, as the company carried more than 3.3 million passengers in a single month. The total number of passengers increased by 15 per cent compared to the same month last year. The load factor was 94 per cent. Norwegian carried 3,358,565 passengers in July, an increase of 15 per cent compared to the same month last year. The total traffic growth (RPK) increas...
Embraer Executive Jets has once again placed first in customer support, according to Aviation International News’ 2017 Product Support Survey. The company retained its leadership position, receiving a score of 8.4 out of a possible 10, for new and preflown business jets. Last year Embraer achieved this same rating, the highest-ever combined overall average in the industry. "With...
Austrian Airlines integrated the first Embraer jet in its fleet in January 2016. In the meantime, 16 aircraft of this type are being deployed on European short- and medium-haul routes to more than 60 different airports. Austria’s red-white-red flag carrier celebrated its surpassing the threshold of two million Embraer passengers on today’s flight OS 335 from Vienna to Oslo. The passeng...
Aircraft arrives in Brazil after Paris Airshow and five-week tour The first Airbus C295 search and rescue (SAR) aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), which performed a successful five-week demonstration tour through four continents, ended its long trip today at the Campo Grande military base. The Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Teniente Brigadier Rossato, together with the C...
Due to the anticipated high-demand on ground services during the 2018 Winter Games, Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. recommends that general aviation operators attending this event should begin planning for parking, airport services and crew accommodation immediately. The Winter Games will be held at PyeongChang in the Republic of Korea February 9-25, 2018. “While South Korea is...
Inmarsat has successfully completed its Global Xpress ‘Around the World’ test flight on a Gulfstream IV aircraft from 5-11 June 2017. The exercise covered more than 25,000 miles and demonstrated the ability of Global Xpress to deliver seamless, worldwide coverage across multiple spot beams and satellites. While government and business users have historically had to manipulate flight...
The first FBO network of China adds up new benchmark for the region’s industry Deer Jet had worked with the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and successfully completed the IS-BAH (International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling) accreditation for its Sanya and Haikou Fixed Based Operation (FBO). The accreditation is a new record in the history of the region’s...
