The direct flights to the Rocky Mountains will be operated alongside the airline’s existing program of flights from Frankfurt From summer 2016 onwards, Lufthansa passengers can make the most of an expanded program of flights to North America, with Lufthansa introducing new non-stop flights from Munich to Denver on 11th May 2016. The connection has been allocated flight number LH 480 and w...
WestJet’s first Boeing 767-300 extended-range aircraft will perform its inaugural flight today, departing Toronto Pearson International Airport at 9 a.m. EDT. Operating as WestJet flight 655, the aircraft will arrive at Calgary International Airport at 11:12 a.m. MDT. “Today’s inaugural flight of our first wide-body aircraft ushers in a new era in the history of West...
On Wednesday, a report appeared on the TASS newswire, citing Aeroflot’s Chairman of the Board Kirill Androsov, that the Board of Directors would consider acquiring a stake in Transaero if the new owners make such a proposal. Aeroflot notes that while technically, the TASS journalist reported Mr. Androsov’s words accurately and without distortion, it wishes to cla...
This weekend British Airways will begin flying its new double decker Airbus A380 between Miami and London. The inaugural flight BA209 will touch down at Miami International Airport on Sunday, Oct. 25 and will depart as the BA208 the same evening. The superjumbo A380 is the largest and grandest aircraft in British Airways’ fleet. The new aircraft spans two full decks and can accommodate up...
Qatar Airways welcomed the flagship carrier of Morocco, Royal Air Maroc’s first direct flight to Doha, as part of the two airlines’ joint business agreement which they signed at the Arabian Travel Market Dubai in May 2015. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker joined the Kingdom of Morocco’s Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics,...
AVINCO has been awarded an exclusive remarketing mandate to place a Boeing 747-400 on behalf of China Airlines. The 1997 vintage aircraft is currently operated by China Airlines and is available immediately. The aircraft (MSN28709) is powered by PW4056 engines, current configuration 70C/319Y and 9 galleys, and MTOW 872K. Avinco is based in Monaco, Dublin, Moscow, Dubai, Dal...
Today, PSA Airlines reached agreement with its pilot union to dramatically improve and increase its pilot flow-through program to American Airlines. This agreement will almost double the current number of pilots flowing to American, culminating in nearly 100 pilots flowing per year. The agreement affords PSA pilots a career path directly to American through a seniority-based fl...
• Pension provision: cabin staff who choose to fly longer to receive significantly higher pensions (or substantial lump-sum payment) • One-off EUR 20 million payment by Lufthansa into company pension fund for cabin personnel • All 19,000-odd cabin personnel of Lufthansa German Airlines to remain entitled to transitional pension provisions • Remuneration offer: one-off...
10 new passenger cars and a new prototype container-transporter join the Frankfurt Airport company’s growing e-fleet Airport operator Fraport AG continues to expand its fleet of electric-powered vehicles at the company’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base with the addition of 10 more electric cars, as well as a prototype container-transport vehicle to be used in ground handling&...
Russia’s Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute has commenced fatigue testing on the long-range version of Sukhoi’s Superjet 100. The testing is intended to confirm the type’s design life of 54,000 cycles and 70,000h. Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division puts the current confirmed service life at 6,000 cycles and 9,000h. Chief designer Vladimir Lavrov says the tests at the M...
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo is looking to raise up to $500 million in its upcoming IPO to cut its debt and fund its recent $26 billion aircraft order. Slated for end October, the IPO will place some 12% of the company's shares into the market. IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh said the offering would help the airline capitalize on its previous successes in the competitive domestic...
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo) today made this announcement: Norwegian, Europe’s third largest low-cost airline, is continuing to expand its international operations by signing an agreement to purchase 19 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners – the order will help more than quadruple its current long-haul fleet to 38 aircraft within the next five years. The agreement is the largest sin...
It has been a busy 30 months for Piaggio Aerospace. Since breaking into the defence market with the unveiling of its unmanned P.1HH HammerHead surveillance platform at the 2013 Paris Air Show, the Italian airframer has opened a plush new factory and switched chief executives. It has severed the remaining financial link with the Ferrari family who helped rescue the company in the late 1990s, and be...
Virgin Australia’s regional arm is disposing of its eight Fokker 50s and adding four Fokker 100s and an Airbus A320 as part of fleet and operational changes in Western Australia. The 46-seat Fokker 50s have been used to serve West Australian government regulated routes to Albany, Esperance and Ravensthorpe in the state’s south west, as well as regular public transport (RPT) flights...
China Southern Airlines (CZ), the national's largest carrier, has filed an application to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for launching two international routes from Shenzhen to Sydney and Dubai at the end of this year and early next year, respectively. Pending government, starting Dec. 1, the Guangzhou-based carrier will operate the Shenzhen-Sydney service four...
Beijing Capital Airlines (JD), a regional subsidiary of Hainan Airlines (HU), is waiting government approval to launch a nonstop international service from Qingdao, Shandong Province to Melbourne, Australia in next July. Pending government approval, the Beijing-based carrier will start operating the Qingdao-Melbourne service from July 1, 2016, using Airbus A330 aircraft, according to...
Qantas welcomes American Airlines' state-of-the-art, flagship Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to Sydney on Friday, November 13, 2015, where American will show customers its award-winning on-board products. As part of the carriers' expanded partnership announced in June 2015 American will operate the B777-300ER on its new daily, nonstop flight from Sydney to Los Angele...
Aviation authorities are gearing up for a make-or-break re-audit by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scheduled to take place next week. On Wednesday, Air force chief ACM Tritos Sonjaeng, in his capacity as head of the command centre to address civil aviation problems, met officials in the sector, including the Office of Civil Aviation (OCA) to make sure they are ready for the insp...
Triumph Group, Inc. announced the acquisition of Fairchild Controls Corporation, a leading provider of proprietary thermal management systems, auxiliary power generation systems and related aftermarket spares and repairs, from Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. The acquired business, which is based in Frederick, Maryland, will operate as Triumph Thermal Systems -Maryland and be included in t...
An Air Force MQ-1B Predator, a remotely piloted aircraft, crashed in southern Turkey at approximately 9:36 p.m. local time, Oct. 19. The aircraft experienced mechanical failure after conducting a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The Air Force maintained positive control and brought the aircraft down in an unpopulated area. There were no military or civilian injurie...
Newcastle International Airport has become the latest UK airport to transition to using state-of-the-art electronic flight progress strips. Moving from traditional paper to electronic flight strips will offer major efficiency benefits for Newcastle, allowing for the seamless sharing of operational data across the entire airport. Aircraft can now be given departure clearances electronically,...
