Rossiya Airlines, Aeroflot Group’s newly merged regional carrier, announces it has commenced flights. The new Rossiya’s first flight was completed on 27 March, marking the beginning of the Spring-Summer 2016 Season. This season Rossiya will fly to a total of 81 destinations, including 54 domestic destinations in addition to international destinations across 15 countries. The new Ros...
Czech Airlines and AIRBUS S.A.S. signed a new agreement based on which Czech Airlines will acquire seven new Airbus A320neo aircraft from the manufacturer. The aircraft will be added to the Czech Airlines’ fleet around 2021. The new agreement replaces the original contractual relation of the parties and settles all commitments of Czech Airlines thereto. In turns, the new Airbus...
Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand, Textron Aviation Inc. and Textron Systems, all businesses of Textron Inc., have announced their plans for the 19th edition of the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE 2016) in Santiago, Chile, held March 29 through April 3. Textron will be displaying in Chalet C2 – C6. For more than 35 years, FIDAE has brought together experts from diverse indust...
FlightSafety International has announced that today marks the 65th anniversary of its founding. “Today we commemorate and celebrate FlightSafety’s 65th anniversary,” said Bruce Whitman, chairman, president and CEO. “Throughout our history, we have focused on our mission to enhance aviation safety while providing outstanding customer service and the highest quality traini...
Nomad Aviation has moved its headquarters from Berne to Zurich. The new offices are located at Zurich Airport (Kloten). "With our new state-of-the-art offices we are now closer to our customers and the important businesses in the greater Zurich area and also at a Swiss hub of Executive and VIP aviation", says Claude Neumeyer, CEO of Nomad Aviation. "Corporate functions inclu...
EasyJet has travelled a long way in its 20-year existence. Since introducing the British public to the low-cost carrier model, and inspiring multiple other operators to follow its lead, the UK-based company is now an established airline of choice for many leisure and business travellers. More than 69.8 million passengers flew with EasyJet in 2015: a 4.6% increase on its previous year of operati...
The Latvian airline airBaltic has launched its Amsterdam – Tallinn route, for the first time in history establishing direct links from the Dutch capital to all three Baltic capitals. Wolfgang Reuss, SVP of Network Management airBaltic: “With the opening of our new route, airBaltic now offers the best service from Amsterdam to the Baltic region. We operate up to four flights daily fr...
Gulfstream Aerospace’s service center in Sorocaba, Brazil, recently performed maintenance on its first Argentina-registered aircraft, some seven months after receiving maintenance authorization approval from Argentina’s Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil. The large-cabin Gulfstream the facility worked on is based at Ministro Pistarini International Airport near Bue...
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, will take part in FIDAE 2016 International Air & Space Fair, from 29 March to 3 April, in Santiago, Chile. The holding company will showcase its newest Ma-171A2 helicopter for the first time; together with Rosoboronexport it will also demonstrate Mi-28NE and Mi-35M military helicopters. Presently, more than 200 Russian and S...
The Dassault Falcon 8X is now in the final stages of its flight-test and certification program as the French aircraft manufacturer prepares to begin deliveries of the ultra-long range trijet this summer. According to Dassault, FAAand EASA certification of the 6,450-nm/11,945-km 8X is expected by June. To date, three flight-test 8Xs have completed nearly all certifi...
An EgyptAir flight from Alexandria’s Burg Al-Arab airport to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Tuesday by a passenger reportedly wearing an explosive belt. A hijacker informed the pilot of flight MS 181 he was wearing an explosive belt, the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement. The Airbus A320 had 81 passengers, the ministry said. Cypriot authori...
Indonesia is about to roll out its first passenger plane, one of several smaller, homegrown aircraft being studied in Asia, designed especially for short hops across the region's emerging markets, where air travel is booming. State-owned aerospace firm PT Dirgantara Indonesia's 19-seat N219, which cost $400 million and took just over five years to make, is scheduled to make its first fl...
