The operator added Gulfstream G550 and Bombardier Global Express As BizavNews found out, a Austrian leading business aviation operator Tyrolean Jet Services began operating a new aircraft Gulfstream G650 (OE-IYE). Business Jet will be operated exclusively in the interests of the owner and will not be available for charter flights. In turn, the charter fleet Tyrolean Jet Services repleni...
Air France will cut less than a third of the 2,900 job cuts it proposed in a 2016/2017 plan that triggered clashes with some staff, the chief executive of parent company Air France-KLM said on Sunday. The job cuts in 2016 would be voluntary and heavier job losses in 2017 could be avoided if talks with unions led to an agreement on alternative savings measures by the beginning of next year, Alex...
United Continental Holdings Inc.'s directors as recently as Friday were at an impasse on whether to appoint an interim chief executive officer or start seeking a new one to replace ailing Oscar Munoz, a person familiar with the situation said. Munoz suffered a heart attack Thursday after little more than a month on the job. The board discussed possible courses of action on Friday but was st...
A man has died on board an Aer Lingus flight bound for Dublin, Irish police said on Sunday night. The 24-year-old was reportedly restrained after becoming agitated and biting a man about halfway through the two-hour journey from Lisbon. Police said they were investigating after the flight was diverted to Cork when the captain declared a "medical emergency". According to an RTE report,...
Star Alliance has launched a social media campaign in China, targeted at international frequent flyers in this market, as well as their friends, colleagues and family members. Using the slogan "you make the difference", the Alliance is encouraging the traveller's "circle of friends" to show their appreciation for their dedication to work and travel. In addition, the campaig...
Qantas says it will add a second retro-jet to its fleet in November when it unveils another Boeing 737-800 in one of the airline’s historic liveries as part of its 95-year anniversary celebrations. The airline hopes the second ‘Retro Roo’, which will feature one of Qantas’s 12 historic liveries since 1920, will spark a “fresh wave of Australian aviation nostal...
Ahead of scheduled services on Oct. 18, 2015, All Nippon Airways' Star Wars-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner took its first ride with Star Wars fans over Haneda, Tokyo on Oct. 17, marking the first passenger flight of R2-D2™ Jet. Cosplayers, dressed up as their favorite characters from "Star Wars", line to board the ANA 787 (Registration JA873A) named the "R2-D2 ANA JE...
Rolling out freebies to its domestic flyers and business class passengers, national carrier Air India on Saturday offered four schemes, including 25 percent flat discount to women travellers, due to high air travel demand during the festive season. Air India offers four schemes to the executive class passengers flying the domestic sectors as part of the super festival bonanza, the airline said...
The final US Airways flight has landed in Philadelphia, completing the last leg of its roundtrip journey. The Airbus A321 landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 5:54 a.m. Saturday after departing from San Francisco at 1:07 a.m. as a red-eye flight. The plane is Flight 1939, named for the airline's founding year. The flight departed from Philadelphia at 10:36 a.m. Fr...
A Southwest Airlines flight en route from Denver to Seattle had to be diverted Friday when the captain declared an emergency due to an "electrical smell in the cabin," according to a statement released by the airline. The pilot told air traffic controllers that flight attendants and passengers said they smelled burning rubber. The plane returned to Denver and Southwest Airli...
AirAsia Japan will build up its fleet to 20 aircraft over four years, President Yoshinori Odagiri said Friday, with the low-cost carrier aiming to eventually serve the Chinese coast. The airline, whose owners include Malaysia-based AirAsia and Japanese virtual mall giant Rakuten, is slated to begin operations next spring. It will start out with three routes: domestic service linking N...
A gulf has emerged among airlines flying between Hong Kong and Europe on routes over the Middle East that may become vulnerable as Russia fires missiles on war-ravaged Syria. Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines and Turkish Airlines continue to operate flights over the Caspian Sea despite warnings from air safety agencies last week - issued soon after Moscow escalated its military...
Chinese startup Fuzhou Airlines (FU) welcomed its first direct-delivered Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC) on Oct. 17. The 737-800, Registration B-7105, is painted with logo of 2015 National Youth Games on its fuselage, which started operating Fuzhou-Haikou and Fuzhou-Shanghai Pudong routes after the welcoming ceremony. Fuzhou Airlines is a regio...
Check-in counters for all domestic flights will be closed 45 minutes, instead of the current 30 minutes, prior to the scheduled time of departure at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) starting October 13. the airport said in a statement. The latest move is to provide customers with a safer, more punctual and smoother travel experience, said the airport. The adjustment...
Some senior executives of China's Civil Aviation Administration were found to have used their power over flight routes and schedule planning to ask for huge bribes from airline companies, according to the findings of inspectors sent by the Communist Party's graft watchdog. "Some people made use of their authority to grant approvals to receive huge amount of bribes and giv...
Bank of China Ltd, the country's fourth biggest commercial bank, has voted to spin off its aviation leasing unit in a Hong Kong share sale, the lender said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. BOC Aviation Pte Ltd will raise funds by selling no more than 40 percent of the firm through a listing of new and old shares on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the statement...
A Mahan Air Boeing 747 lost an engine on take off from Tehran Mehrabad with debris from the engine crashing into an urban part of the city. The aircraft, bound for Bandar Abbas in the south of the country landed back at Mehrabad without any injury to the 426 passengers on board. Reports say that part of the plane's engine number three fell off two minutes into the flight with some parts...
Turkey says its warplanes have shot down an unidentified aircraft which intruded into its airspace near the border with Syria. Media reports quote officials as saying the aircraft was a drone, but gave no further details. The Syrian government is known to be operating drones, as are Russia and the US-led coalition against Islamic State. However images of the downed drone appear to show a...
As the finishing touches are being put to the EU’s landmark Aviation Package, Augustin de Romanet, President of ACI EUROPE and President & CEO of Aéroports de Paris, met earlier today with Violeta Bulc, the EU Transport Commissioner. He was accompanied by Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport and Armando Brunini, CEO of Aeroporto di Napoli – both mem...
With Heathrow expansion, Scotland will benefit from the creation of over 16,000 jobs, lower air fares for passengers and new domestic connections to drive trade, inward investment and exports to global markets, according to a new report by Heathrow. In addition, new figures from independent research company QUOD show that Heathrow expansion would prove a boost to the Scottish manufacturing sect...
Jet Aviation Basel has received its maintenance organization certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). The certificate authorizes the MRO facility to support all Brazilian-registered aircraft within its capabilities. With this approval, Jet Aviation Basel is authorized to provide line and base maintenance to...
