Russian airports are neglecting the rules of ornithological protection, low-cost airline Pobeda CEO Andrei Kalmykov said in an interview with journalists on Wednesday. Pobeda, which is part of Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot, has sent letters with the relevant warnings to the Russian Transport Ministry and the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), the chief executive said. &qu...
Low-cost airline flydubai said on Monday that it has partnered with online travel agent Booking.com to add hotel booking services to its website. Powered by Booking.com, Hotels.flydubai.com features more than 954,000 hotels worldwide. Passengers can read other guests’ reviews and book rooms with a range of payment options. “With this website, we are able to offer our passengers e...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released global air freight data showing that demand measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) slowed in May with growth falling to 0.9% year-on-year. Yields remained pressured as freight capacity measured in available freight tonne kilometers (AFTKs) increased by 4.9% year-on-year. Freight demand decreased or flat lined in May across all reg...
Airbus expanded its order book for the best-selling A320 Family in June with contracts for 27 of the single-aisle jetliners in both the NEO (new engine option) and CEO (current engine option) versions, while a combined total of 64 aircraft were delivered during the month from the A320, A330, A350XWB and A380 product lines. The June bookings came from five undisclosed cu...
Textron Aviation Inc., Textron AirLand, Textron Systems, Bell Helicopter , TRU Simulation + Training and Textron Airborne Solutions, all businesses of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), have announced their plans for the Farnborough International Airshow (FIAS)—one of the leading aerospace events in the world—which will be held July 11-15 at the Hampshire Airport. “The Farnborough Airs...
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Hypersonics, electric propulsion, triple deckers -- think you've seen everything when it comes to new aircraft concepts? Well just hold on a second, here comes the pod plane. It's yet another revolutionary aircraft design, this one created by Switzerland's Federal Polytechnic Institute, that aims to transform the way people and cargo travel. While the concept might be boundary...
Fractional ownership provider PlaneSense is finalizing the details of a new jet-based program that it intends to launch “in the coming months.” The New Hampshire-based company is expecting to boost its fleet to 40 aircraft by year-end, as it prepares for the late 2017 service entry of the new Pilatus PC-24. In mid-June, PlaneSense took delivery of its third Nextant 400XTi&...
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd has delivered its 1,400th PC-12 and achieved a significant flight time milestone for the NG fleet. Just over a year since celebrating the delivery of its 1,300th PC-12, Pilatus marked the delivery of the 1,400th aircraft. The new 2016 PC-12 NG, serial number 1612, was delivered to a customer in the southwestern United States. An additional milestone was achieved by the flee...
German police said they had found no hazardous items after evacuating a Germania plane bound for Antalya in Turkey at Kassel airport in Germany. This after an anonymous caller said luggage posing a danger was on board. Germania said flight ST8056 had been due to fly to the Turkish resort of Antalya and that all 128 passengers and seven crew members were being looked after at Kassel airport....
Last week, the flight data recorders ("black boxes") extracted from the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 yielded clear evidence of a fire aboard the doomed plane, officials said. Today investigators say they've recovered some of the voice recordings. Even with this news, though, the May 19 crash remains unsolved and could be for some time. But if airlines had instituted a more high-te...
Capital Air Ambulance, the UK’s largest fixed-wing medical evacuation company, is planning to grow its share of the European market by expanding its fleet and operational bases. Exeter-headquartered Capital, which is a subsidiary of UK corporate services provider Rigby Group, took delivery in June of its first business jet. The Bombardier Learjet 45 has opened up the southern European and...
