Emirates SkyCargo will expand its presence in Turkey when it begins daily, non-stop service to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport on December 15, 2015, increasing cargo capacity to and from the country by an additional 168 tonnes per week. The flight, which will be operated by an A330-200 aircraft with 24 tonnes of cargo capacity, will be the only daily wide-body passenger aircraft...
Air France has announced it will begin flying to Iran for the first time since 2008. The airline will serve Teheran from Paris-Charles de Gaulle three times a week (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) starting in April 2016. "Air France is showing that it is ready to seize all possible profitable development and growth opportunities", said Frédéric Gagey, chairman and CEO of...
West Star Aviation announced they have their first 8C inspection on a Bombardier Global Express aircraft in the works at their Grand Junction, CO location. 8C is an intense 120-month interval inspection that requires specialized tooling to perform. They will also perform a landing gear (restoration) inspection, the 1C/2C/4C inspection and other hourly inspections. Additionally, t...
Turkish Aerospace Industries and the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company, a 50-50 partnership between Honeywell International Inc. and Rolls-Royce, have signed an agreement to supply CTS800 turboshaft engines for the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter, a program of the Undersecretary for Defense Industry since September 2013. The agreement, which confirms a memorandum of understanding signed...
China's Jiangsu Baoli has ordered four Ka-32A11BC fire-fighting helicopters from Russian Helicopter, a subsidiary of the Russian state technology company Rostec. The helicopters will be delivered between 2016 and 2017, the Russian manufacturer said in a statement in late November. The Ka-32A11BC helicopter is designed for search and rescue operations, firefighting missions and providing...
Passengers were forced to deplane from an Air China (CA) aircraft that was preparing to fly from Fuzhou to Beijing after smoke was detected in the aircraft engine on Thursday morning. The Beijing-bound flight CA1822 was performed by a Boeing 738 aircraft, Registration B-5507. The flight was scheduled to take off from Fuzhou at 7:45 a.m. and land in Beijing at 10:35 a.m. Six firetrucks a...
Air China (CA) Thursday launched a nonstop flight between Beijing and Auckland, New Zealand, the first direct flight from the Chinese capital to New Zealand, the airline announced Wednesday at a press conference held at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). The inaugural flight CA783, performed by Airbus A330-200 aircraft (Registration B-5932) departed from Beijing airport...
Boeing has marked the on-schedule roll out of the first 737 MAX with a low-key ceremony at its Renton manufacturing facility just outside Seattle. The 737 MAX 8, named Sprit of Renton, emerged from the factory and went into the paint hangar on November 30, which Boeing said was “the precise date determined when the MAX development schedule was defined more than four years ago”....
United Airlines on Wednesday said it will cancel flight service between Washington and Dubai starting in late January, meaning no U.S. passenger carrier will fly direct to the Gulf states. The move comes after the U.S. government awarded a government contract for travel on the route in 2016 to rival JetBlue Airways Corp and its codeshare partner Emirates, which will operate the Washington-...
British Airways is competing with Gulf carriers over luxury travellers by flying its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its Dubai route. The new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will feature a new First cabin with just eight seats, in comparison to the 14 seats on other British Airways long-haul aircraft. The cut-down on seat numbers will give "more exclusivity and privacy to customers", said the Brit...
Changi Airport in Singapore consistently wins international accolades. Ranked No. 1 in the Skytrax World Airport Awards for the past three years, it's particularly noted for its 500,000 plants and many gardens, which are overseen by a team of dedicated horticulturalists. Now, the same company that manages Changi looks set to take over management and operations of two airports in India....
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reiterated his call for reform of theU.S. FAA after a government watchdog found that funding uncertainty over the past eight years has hampered the agency’s ability to perform its mission. “This [Government Accountability Office] report further highlights the need for Congress to take...
