After revealing its new joint brand logo last year, LATAM has followed through with a comprehensive rebranding of customer touch-points from the ground up. The new branding will be incorporated in service counters and airline lounges, aircraft liveries, new crew uniforms, membership loyalty cards, and digital touch-points including the airline’s website, apps, and in-flight entertainment...
Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.) – based Delta Air Lines has placed an order for 37 A321ceo aircraft. This order follows previous Delta orders for the Current Engine Option version of the largest Airbus A320 Family member in 2013 and 2014. Delta took delivery of its first A321 in March 2016. Including that aircraft and today’s announcement, Delta has ordered a total of 82 A321s. Each will be po...
Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand and Textron Aviation Inc., all Textron Inc. companies, announced their plans for the Marrakech Airshow at the Menara Airport in Marrakesh, Morocco, which runs April 27-April 30, 2016. Textron will be displaying in chalet A8. Bell Helicopter This year, Bell Helicopter is showcasing the Bell 407GXP, equipped by NorthStar Aviation as a light attack hel...
Bombardier Business Aircraft has announced the appointment of Elena Skomorokhina as Sales Director, CIS. As reported to BizavNews, the Canadian aviation manufacturer Bombardier Business Aircraft has welcomed Elena Skomorokhina as Sales Director in CIS. This information was confirmed to BizAv News by the public relations department of the manufacturer. In this new position, Elena Skomorokhi...
The Irkut corporation and Air Tanzania will study the possibility of supply short and medium-range aircraft MS-21 to Tanzania, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by the companies on Thursday. After the talks executive director of the Tanzanian company Johnson Mfinanga said that in terms of technical and operational characteristics the Russian airliner meets the requirements of th...
There is light at the end of the tunnel for loss-making airberlin, the German airline that is part of Etihad Airways’ global alliance network. Airberlin, the second-biggest carrier in Germany, reported a loss of nearly €450 million (Dh1.87 billion) for last year, but in its most upbeat trading statement for years. “The underlying fundamentals of our business are now trending...
Captain Debbie Slade has been a Qantas pilot for 27 years and counting. During that time, she has gone to work in a uniform that, while functional and practical, was never really designed for women pilots. All that will change from October, when Slade will head into the flightdeck of the Airbus A330s she currently flies for Qantas in a new uniform from Australian designer Martin Grant t...
After receiving FAA clearance to fly into Cuba earlier this month, Exclusive Charter Service is introducing special fixed-rate charters from various U.S. airports into the country’s main gateway, José Martí International Airport. For instance, flights in one of the company’s seven-passenger Piaggio Avanti II twin turboprops from Palm Beach In...
Babcock International Group has completed the acquisition of Heli Aviation, a provider of helicopter services in Germany. The new company will sit within Babcock’s mission critical services (MCS) business. Heli Aviation is a long-established helicopter business located in Augsburg – one of Germany’s traditional aviation industry regions. With more than seven years’ exper...
Jetsmarter the corporate jet charter company has branched out into the helicopter sector in New York (NYC) offering free helicopter journeys between Manhattan and high-society playground The Hamptons. The service will commence on 6 May so will cross the Memorial Day Weekend and will finish on 2 October. The company will run a scheduled service between the two dates between the destinations....
Jet Aviation Basel recently performed a major refurbishment in conjunction with a scheduled C-Check on an Embraer 135 Legacy 650. The refurbishment included a full carpet replacement, seat and divan re-upholstery, wood repairs, re-covering of the dado panels and a new Non-Textile Flooring (NTF) installation in the galley. In addition, the Paint Shop at Jet Aviation Basel painted the e...
BMW’s superbike engine makes this L-39 Albatross go. Whether it’s the DNA or something in the water, in aviation circles, the Czech Republic is renowned for creative, innovative and sometimes downright bizarre aeronautical designs. But at this week’s big Aero global aviation show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, even the Czechs outdid themselves. There on the display floor was...
