The Orchestre Métropolitain and Bombardier, two major Quebec institutions, are joining together for the first time to kick off the sixth annual OM benefit gala. The May 26th event will be presented by TD Bank Group, with Abe Adham, member of the Board of Directors of the Orchestre Métropolitain and Managing Director and Head of Quebec Investment Banking at TD Securities, in...
Wisk Aero has partnered with the City of Long Beach, California through its Long Beach Economic Partnership to make AAM a reality in Southern California.Through this partnership, the two organizations will work to create an AAM working group composed of business, local government, and community leaders that will focus on evaluating, planning, and implementing AAM in Long Beach...
PAL Aerospace entered into a contract for the continued provision of air reconnaissance capability and associated support services for the Dutch Caribbean Coastguard. This new contract, which was awarded after an extensive evaluation of tenders to determine the Best-Price-Quality-Ratio to the customer, will see PAL Aerospace upgrade and operate two fully missionized DHC-8 maritime patrol aircraft,...
The first day of the 2022 MRO Middle East conference was marked for Liebherr by the confirmation of its further collaboration with Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI). The cooperation between the two companies began in 2017, when SAEI selected Liebherr to repair the flight controls and air management equipment on-board the SAUDIA Airbus A320 and 32 A330 aircraft. In 2021, SAEI rene...
New partnership to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstration programme that will take flight around the middle of this decade - Airbus & CFM International. The programme’s objective is to ground and flight test a direct combustion engine fueled by hydrogen, in preparation for entry-into-service of a zero-emission aircraft by 2035. The demonstration will use a A38...
Joramco announced the extension of their maintenance agreement with GetJet Airlines and continuing maintenance agreement with Corendon Airlines. The collaboration between Joramco and GetJet Airlines began in summer 2021 with the successful delivery of C check on Airbus A330. The new agreement covers 6-year nose to tail checks on another three of the airline’s A320 fleet, which...
Many agree that being a flight attendant sound simply dreamy. Yet in society, there are plenty of myths about the profession. Jovita Jasinskaite, a flight attendant flying for Avion Express, a European narrow-body ACMI operator, shares her thoughts on some of the most well-known myths about the career and life of flight attendants. Myth No. 1: Being a cabin crew is like working as a waite...
Taiwan STARLUX Airlines has taken delivery of its first widebody aircraft - an A330-900. It is the first of 26 Airbus widebodies set to join the airline’s fleet, comprising eight A330neo and 18 A350s. The A330neo aircraft and one A350 are being acquired on lease from ALC, while the airline has 17 A350s on direct order with Airbus. Benefiting from the A330neo’s unbeatable...
This Monday, February 21, Marie-Hélène Casanova-Servas, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Air Corsica, joined a crew from the company on the runway at Ajaccio airport for a photo shoot in front of an Airbus A320. She was accompanied by the leaders of the young Cortenese startup, OIA Creazione. The current uniforms of aircrew (air hostesses, stewards, airline pilots) and commercia...
Pratt & Whitney has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop novel, high-efficiency hydrogen-fueled propulsion technology for commercial aviation, as part of DoE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The Hydrogen Steam Injected, Inter‐Cooled Turbine Engine (HySIITE) project will use liquid hydrogen combustion and water vapor recovery to achieve z...
The recovery of international air traffic is progressing slowly but steadily. Due to rising passenger volumes, particularly during holiday seasons, individual airports are searching for professional personnel again. New employees are increasingly needed in the aviation and tourism industry in order to support the resumption of operational activities. In this regard, the Board of Airline Representa...
Vista Global Holding has entered into an agreement to acquire AIR HAMBURG’s operating platform and maintenance services. Founded in 2006, AIR HAMBURG has become one of the most well-established full-service private aviation companies, flying to over 1,000 destinations in Europe alone. It is the largest private jet operator by number of flights across Europe, organizing over 18,800 fligh...
