Aeroflot has taken delivery of a new Sukhoi Superjet 100 (registration number RA-89062) in full specification produced by JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA). The plane has been named in honour of Russian military pilot Peter Nesterov, an aerobatics pioneer and the first to perform the loop-the-loop maneuver subsequently known as «Nesterov’s...
Today Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel visited the Lufthansa Group in Frankfurt. The visit to the facility was occasioned by the opening of the new traffic control center (Integrated Operations Control Center – IOCC), an exchange with apprentices, as well as the naming ceremony of an Airbus A380. Angela Merkel began her visit by officially opening Lufthansa’s new traffic control...
Embraer came up a winner at the new aircraft sales casino at NBAA 2015 in Las Vegas yesterday, inking a deal worth more than $200 million for letters of intent covering three Lineage 1000E large cabin and three midsize Legacy 500 business jets. The prospective buyer is MGM Resorts International, which plans to use the aircraft to fly its customers. The new Lineage has a...
Iran’s media said on Saturday that a new airline will become operational in the country by next April. The new airline will be called “Tehran Air” and will be equipped with 11 aircraft - four Airbus 340 and seven Airbus 321 planes. Mohammad-Ali Ilkhani, the CEO of Tehran Air, has been quoted by the Persian-language news agency Tasnim as saying that the ai...
November 17 "Center of Business Aviation" Vnukovo-3, which is becoming a platform for showcasing of world's aircraft manufacturers latest models , Cessna Aircraft and Eastunion (Cessna Citation’ official sales representative for Russia and CIS countries) presented Cessna Citation X + to Russian customers. From Moskow the aircraft flew to Kazakhstan...
The government has claimed a tourism victory, with an agreement signed with a Chinese airline set to bring another 36,500 travellers to the state annually from late next year. Tourism Minister Kate Jones secured a memorandum of understanding with China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday night, following Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's meeting with executives during her October trade mission...
Million Air has joined forces with Capital Jet Company (CJET) and Epic Aviation in Beijing to operate CJET/Million Air, "the first and only premium FBO facility at Beijing Capital International Airport [ZBAA]." Million Air says it will train personnel and oversee operational and safety standards and bring its award-winning customer service to the operation and "the entire fa...
American Airlines is taking the first step in the evolution of its award-winning AAdvantage® loyalty program. In the second half of 2016, the program will shift how customers earn award miles from distance flown to dollars spent. Award redemption rates will be adjusted with some award levels increasing, while others will be decreasing. Additionally, American will offer the best elite-qual...
SkyGreece Airlines has gone bankrupt about two months after it halted operations that stranded hundreds of passengers, the court-appointed monitor said Wednesday. Jeffrey Kerbel of Ernst & Young confirmed that the airline was bankrupt, after filing for creditor protection in September in a bid to restructure. Details of decision will be provided "in due course," he wrote i...
Aerion announced its first firm order for its AS2 at NBAA”s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2015) on Nov. 17, bringing the supersonic business jet closer to reality. Now, some experts think the supersonic age is set to take off. “This time, what we have is real. I believe we will see a supersonic business jet by 2023,” said Oscar Garcia, chairman of Inte...
An airplane performed an emergency landing at the airport in the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas after a passenger on board claimed a bomb had been planted on the aircraft. The airplane was conducting a charter flight between the Polish capital of Warsaw and the Egyptian city of Hurghada, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) informs. Following the bomb threat, the crew demanded an emer...
Gulfstream Aerospace has recently received approval from the FAA for its Gulfstream G650 and G650ER aircraft to fly Required Navigation Performance with Authorisation Required (RNP AR) instrument approach procedures. The approval means G650 and G650ER aircraft equipped with PlaneView II and the Aircraft Service Change 901 software upgrade are capable of flying an RNP AR approach to a minimum RN...
