Etihad Airways has welcomed the highly-anticipated arrival of its Airbus A380 service at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The arrival marked the US debut of the airline’s exclusive A380 service, including The Residence by Etihad, the only commercially available three-room suite in the sky. The A380 now serves guests travelling on one of the airline’s two da...
. Welcome to London. Med-View Airline London Gatwick Airport Duty Manager, Kirit Masrani welcomes Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu; Med-View Airline CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole; and the carrier’s Head of Engineering, Lookman Animashsaun. Greeting Akiolu off the inaugural flight is Simon Edwards, Airline Business Development Manager, London Gatwick Airport. Services will operate on Mondays, Wedn...
Deal for 11 Next-Generation 737s and 11 737 MAX 8s fulfills growing customer demand for new technology, fuel efficient airplanes Boeing and BOC Aviation, announced an order for 22 737 airplanes, building on the leasing company's existing order book to fulfill customer demand. The order, consisting of 11 Next-Generation 737-800s and 11 737 MAX 8 airplanes, will be posted to Boeing...
The arbitration court of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district — Yugra stopped manufacture on business about bankruptcy of airline «UTair» (UTair). This is evidenced by the materials on the websiteof the court. The reason of the decision of the court was the refusal of the Complainant in the case — «Tatfondbank» from its statement. «Because ot...
Airbus has inaugurated a BizLab in Bangalore, India, its third after Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany, as part of its strategy to establish a global network of aerospace business accelerators. In parallel, Airbus has opened a first round of applications for start-ups seeking support in the region. Applications are open until December 9th on: www.f6s.com/airbusbizlabbengaluruseason1/apply...
A Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft of Russia’s air group in Syria has crashed in Syrian territory, presumably, as a result of an attack from the ground, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. The Defense Ministry said the plane was at an altitude of 6,000 meters. The pilots’ fate is unclear at the moment. According to early reports, both managed to eject themselves. "...
The Supervisory Board of Zodiac Aerospace Group met on November 23, 2015 and approved the financial statements for fiscal year 2014/2015 (September to August). FY2014/2015 was marked by the difficulties faced by the Group's Aircraft Interiors business, and in particular the growth crisis experienced by the Zodiac Seats segment. These difficulties have led to a drop in Current Operating Income....
On November 16 the U.S. began issuing international security notams under the accountability/location identifier of KICZ, replacing the use of ZZZ, which are no longer valid. Reference to flight information regions (FIRs) will also employ KICZ. The use of KFDC remains unchanged. However, the identifier of KICZ as the FIR in a notam’...
VistaJet, partnering with Priester Aviation, has expanded its services with the introduction of the Challenger 350 to its U.S. fleet. Priester Aviation is operating three VistaJet-owned Challenger 350s for VistaJet’s Flight Solutions Program. VistaJet is the agent for customers of the program. Europe-based VistaJet announced plans in late 2013 to expand into...
The Boeing B-52H is the vintage bomber that just won’t quit, and now the Cold War-era “Stratofortress” is being outfitted with one of America’s newest and longest-range conventional cruise missiles. Lockheed Martin has been put on contract to arm the 54-year-old aircraft – which has outlived many of those who predicted its retirement – with the extended-range...
China’s Jiangsu Baoli International Investment will take delivery of four Kamov Ka-32A11BC fire fighting helicopters in 2016-2017. The deal was announced in a statement by Russian Helicopters. 'These helicopters are successfully operated in China,” says Russian Helicopters chief executive Alexander Mikheev. “This contract confirms our interest in developing mutually...
Boeing and EVA Airways today finalized a historic order for up to 24 787-10 Dreamliners and two 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners. The order, valued at more than $8 billion at current list prices, marks the largest single commercial airplane purchase in Taiwan aviation. "EVA participated in development of the Boeing 777-300ER and became a launch customer in 2005...
