When two Allegiant Airlines pilots couldn't control their plane and scrubbed a takeoff from Las Vegas in August, the carrier discovered that a critical piece of equipment in the tail had come loose. Allegiant ordered inspections of its other Boeing Co. MD-80s to ensure that all similar connections were secured. Eight days later, Allegiant said in response to questions from Bloomberg th...
A UN aviation panel Wednesday rejected a ban on rechargeable battery shipments on passenger airliners, despite evidence they can cause explosions and unstoppable, in-flight fires, aviation officials told The Associated Press. The International Civil Aviation Organization panel on dangerous goods voted 10 to 7 against a ban, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren&#...
An American Airlines plane landed safely after it was hit with a laser beam on approach to San Diego International Airport, airline officials said Wednesday. The pilot of Airbus A321 from Phoenix reported the laser in the cockpit shortly after 9:00 p.m. Tuesday before it landed about 10 minutes later without incident. The plane had 168 passengers and a crew of six aboard. No injuries we...
A woman passenger was not allowed to board an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to New Delhi on Monday morning as staff members of the private airline found her "inappropriately dressed". According to co-passengers, the woman, who was wearing a dress, missed her flight, though she was accommodated on a later flight after she reportedly changed into trousers. While IndiGo confirmed t...
A woman who claims her family was escorted off a JetBlue flight on Tuesday says a flight attendant "antagonized" her family prior to the confrontations that she says led all nine family members to being detained. Keren Kimchy and her family -- a total of five adults and four children -- had boarded the flight at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and were headed to t...
NBAA and AOPA are joining a new task force charged with devising a proposed registration system for private and recreational unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx detailed plans this month for a UAS national registry and announced the creation of the UAS Registration Task Force Aviation Rulemaking Committee (AR...
Gulfstream Aerospace continues to be a star performer at parent company General Dynamics, with the aerospace segment reporting its highest-ever quarterly revenue and the fifth consecutive quarterly profit exceeding $400 million. Year-over-year, third-quarter aerospace revenue climbed $548 million, to $2.343 billion, while profits rose by $15 million, to $426 million, General Dynamics chairman and&...
Farnborough, UK-based TAG Aviation formed an alliance with Swedish operator Bromma Business Jet, under which TAG Aviation Europe is the exclusive air charter sales agent for Bromma’s two Dassault Falcon 7Xs. The arrangement brings to six the number of Falcon 7Xs available for charter in Europe. “We have already performed many long-range charters on thes...
Sun Aviation of Vero Beach Florida, has received its International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) certification. The company is the second US based FBO to receive the certificate. “The receipt of the IS-BAH Certification represents nearly a year of hard work by the Sun Aviation team.” Pete Holman, director of Operations at Sun Jet Center said: “The rec...
The business jet industry has an age problem. The average age of a business jet owner is over 60. In a recent CJI survey of 5000 consumers only pensioners were likely to be able to identify a business jet brand. But the NBAA deserves real credit for helping to change this. It has announced that Dierks Bentley, the award winning country singer and songwriter, is a speaker at this year’s NB...
The Gulfstream G500 has flown more than 100 hours over 45 flights. The longest flight so far has lasted for 5 hours and 22 minutes. Since the aircraft’s first flight in May, the test aircraft has flown up to 38,500 feet/11,735 meters and reached a maximum airspeed of Mach 0.80. “It’s just really exciting to see how well this aircraft is performing. This plane has bee...
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with an undisclosed customer for four (4) B737-400 conversions. The work is scheduled to begin November 2015, with all conversions completed during 2016. “PEMCO is pleased to announce this program with a new North American customer,” said Director of Cargo Conversions, Mike Andrews. &l...
Amman: The Royal Jordanian Board of Directors decided, in its session held on October 26, to elect Captain Suleiman Obeidat a board member, and mandated him as interim president/CEO of Royal Jordanian effective October 27, 2015, for a transitional period of three months. The Board of Directors also accepted the resignation of the former president/CEO Captain Haitham Misto, as of Octob...
Air Moldova expands its route network by launching the new flights to Kiev and Odessa, starting from October 26, 2015. Chisinau – Kiev – Chisinau flight will be operated daily by the comfortable Airbus 320 aircraft according to the following schedule: Every day: Departure from Chisinau – 19.30 (local time); Arrival to Kiev – 20:15 (local time); Departure from Vienn...
In a partnership that firmly establishes the UK as leaders in MROinnovation, easyJet has partnered with AJW Group in a five year cost-per-flight-hour contract to support its growing fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft. The contract is evidence of a new dynamic in aviation support which sees AJW establish its position as the leading independent provider of integrated servi...
GKN Aerospace has signed a GBP multi-million, long term agreement (LTA) with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to supply titanium rotating parts for the PW1100G-JM and PW1400G-JM, Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engines. This contract covers the planned production period for this programme to 2028, with first deliveries targetted for this year end. Manufacture of these critical rotati...
Seabury Group (Seabury), a leading global advisory and professional services firm, announced today new leadership for Seabury Global Aerospace & Defense Consulting (SGAD). Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Charles R. (CR) Davis, who has been serving as Executive Vice President since the beginning of this year, has assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer from Christoph...
fastjet Zimbabwe’s first flight between Harare and Victoria Falls took off today, marking the launch of a new low-cost Zimbabwean airline. fastjet Zimbabwe’s first flight departed Harare International Airport at 14h00 with dignitaries, government officials, media and local passengers on board. Upon arrival at Victoria Falls International Airport at 15h00, the flight was welcomed by...
Fitch Ratings expects to assign an ‘A’ long-term rating to The Boeing Company’s (BA) proposed issuance of approximately $900 million of senior unsecured notes. The notes will be issued in three parts, with maturities of 2020, 2022, and 2025. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The ratings cover approximately $9 billion of debt ($...
Dassault Aviation has completed certifications of FANS 1/A+ for its Falcon 900A/B and 900C/EX aircraft. Obtained in association with Honeywell, the approval will allow operators to meet worldwide mandates for preferential routing in the North Atlantic tracks region and other oceanic airspace, greatly improving communications over oceanic and other remote routes. FANS 1/A+ provides new functi...
Indian newspaper The Financial Express reported with reference to the country’s Ministry of Defense that a contract for delivery of T-50 fighters may be signed in November, Rossiyskaya gazeta reports. A delegation from Delhi responsible for signing the contract will arrive in Moscow in late autumn. It is planned that the agreement will provide India with 154 new FGFA fighters (export vers...
