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Daher Taps Exec Aero for Central Florida TBM Service

Daher (Booth C13307) recently appointed Orlando-based Exec Aero as its TBM service center for Central Florida. Exec Aero was created by a group of ex-employees of cargo/courier company Flight Express–one of the largest Part 135 carriers in the U.S., according to Daher. Exec Aero general manager Nathan Marler dates the company’s relationship with Daher back to 201...

Russian Budget Airline Pobeda's Deal With Belarus Fails to Take Off

Russia's only budget airline, Pobeda, will not be sending flights to Belarus yet due to the countries’ failure to reach an agreement on tariffs and air carrier slots, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Thursday. Minsk was supposed to be Pobeda's first international destination after the airline was recently granted permission to fly abroad, but the airport didn't allocate slots...

End in sight for Lufthansa strike

After the end of the longest strike in the company’s history, Lufthansa will already return to almost normal operations on Saturday and will offer its customers the usual service as soon as possible. All scheduled long-haul connections will be able to operate on the day. Furthermore the long-haul connections from Frankfurt to Hong Kong, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, which we...

Alireza Ittihadieh: “We need to wake up to the new dawn”

“Markets fuelled by delusion are always dysfunctional. It may not have felt like it but the peak of this cycle was in 2014. We are now heading into the downmarket. No one wants to admit this and it is a serious problem. Brokers, dealers and OEMs have a responsibility to tell the truth.” Alireza Ittihadieh, founder of Freestream Aircraft has never worried about standing out from the...

Brand New B737-800 M. Shchepkin Joins Aeroflot Fleet

Aeroflot took delivery of its new B737-800 Next Generation aircraft made by Boeing. The plane is named in honour of Mikhail Shchepkin, a Russian actor and one of the founders of Russian acting school. Aeroflot’s Boeing 737-800NG has two-class composition with 20 seats in business class and 138 seats in economy class. The Business...

FLIGHT TEST: Legacy 450 wired for success

Embraer introduced its new mid-light and mid-size jets to the world at the 2007 NBAA convention and in 2008 christened them, respectively, the Legacy 450 and 500. The Legacy 450 is the 500’s little brother; sharing the same wing, engine hardware, empennage and cockpit. Their only major differences are the 450’s reduced cabin size and fuel capacity. The 450 is 1.06m (3ft 6in) shorter th...

Chapman Freeborn partners up with Norway’s Airbroker

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has started a strategic partnership with Oslo-based Airbroker to further enhance both companies’ business in the international air charter market. The aircraft charter specialist is now the exclusive partner for all of Airbroker’s charter requirements outside of its home market of Norway. The new agreement has been established to give Norwegian...

Rhenus moves historic rally cars for Hong Kong – Beijing rally

Rhenus Logistics has moved two historic Audi 80 Quattro rally cars from the UK to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong – Beijing Rally 2015. The cars were moved from Bebington (UK), to Heathrow Airport before travelling to Hong Kong via Luxembourg in a journey that took 10 days. They were then delivered to the owner of classic car and rallying company, S&P 4X4, Victor Ma. The vehicles were cho...

Sikorsky plays up importance of Asia-Pacific

Sikorsky plans to place a greater emphasis on the Asia-Pacific market, where it sees opportunities for both its military and civilian ranges. “The company recognises the importance of Asia, which is clearly a cornerstone as we rebalance from being a very US-centric company to looking at the international opportunities,” says the company’s regional director for Asia,...

RAAF demonstrates wireless communications capability

A suite of new capabilities for the Royal Australian Air Force’s C-17A Globemaster heavy transport aircraft have been showcased in Canberra, including the provision of Wi-Fi internet access for portable electronic devices issued by Defence. The demonstration is part of Plan Jericho, which is the plan to transform the RAAF and the wider Australian Defence Force (ADF) into a fighting force...

Virgin Australia shows off new home at Perth Airport

Virgin Australia has opened the doors to its new $300 million home at Perth Airport. While passengers will have to wait until November 22 to experience the new Terminal 1 Domestic Pier, Virgin chief executive John Borghetti and Perth Airport chief executive Brad Geatches gave media a tour of the new facilities on Friday morning. Virgin is moving its domestic interstate flights from Terminal...

Emirates signs agreement with Teledyne Controls

Emirates signed at the Dubai Airshow last week an agreement with Teledyne Controls to equip its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft pending delivery with Teledyne's GroundLink system. The Teledyne GroundLink system is a multi-application communication system that automates and accelerates the downloading of essential flight data after each flight and supports the very latest Flight Data Monitoring (F...