There are plans for building Russia’s first-ever private cosmodrome in the Nizhni Novgorod Region. A preliminary agreement on the issue was signed by the regional administration and the company CosmoCourse, a source close to the regional authorities told TASS on Wednesday. "The Nizhni Novgorod Region has signed a preliminary agreement for cooperation in creating a cosmodrome. Several...
Are you flying to Lisbon, Portugal; Malta; Rabat, Morocco; Langkawi, Malaysia; Davao, Philippines; Izmir, Turkey and Mogadishu, Somalia in 2019? Do it with Qatar Airways! New Economy Class experience features additional leg room, faster broadband and a new in-flight dining experience, ‘Quisine’, featuring all new tableware with 25 per cent larger main courses and 50 per cent...
Combined offerings will provide customers across the aviation industry with enhanced digital services Boeing completed the acquisition of ForeFlight, a leading provider of innovative mobile and web-based aviation applications. ForeFlight has partnered with Boeing for the past two years to bring aviators Jeppesen's aeronautical data and charts through ForeFlight's popular mobile...
There are companies where you can ask almost every question, ask for so many different services, being always sure of the quality and attitude you will be treated with. As I once defined for myself this company - isle of stability. Stability in the constant development of offer, constant improvement of quality. So it's a pleasure to find out about one more opportunity for clients, one...
A repair facility , the first of its kind in Russia and CIS, will be created by S7 Technics and Honeywell to handle Honeywell APUs installed Honeywell APUs installed in the most popular aircraft of Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and RRJ-95 families. According to the signed license agreement, S7 Technics is granted the status of Honeywell Channel Partner and shall be capable of providing authorize...
First Officers wanted! Trans States Airlines now offers the highest new hire bonus package of any regional airline, with up to $60,000 in signing bonuses available to new First Officers. The new bonus, which includes an additional $10,000 bonus for pilots with a type rating, gives Trans States pilots the highest first-year earning potential in the regi...
Sikorsky announced new plans for its S-92® helicopter line that will re-designate fielded helicopters as the S-92A+ after modification, and newly produced aircraft as the S-92B. The two variants will share a nearly identical configuration, with S-92B helicopters also featuring enlarged cabin windows and plans for a common cabin door suitable for offshore and SAR configurations. The announ...
Did you check your agenda? There are some exciting events not to be missed this time.... We would even say a packed program of events for this year. BACA -The Air Charter Association is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2019. In keeping with this historic occasion CEO, Dave Edwards and the BACA Council have been carefully co-ordinating a series of events and activities to mark the occasion....
The start of production of the world’s first AW609 tiltrotor Level D Full Flight Simulator (FFS) and the intention to introduce the first US-based AW169 Level D Full Flight Simulator was announced by Leonardo. Both will be installed into the new Training Academy being developed at the Company’s helicopter facility based in Philadelphia and will be in servi...
A celebration is always a positive moment in everyday routine. So what is MRO Insider celebrating this time? There is a first millestone passed for the website - the registration of over 500 corporate aircraft on the maintenance quoting marketplace. MRO Insider is a web-based tool for obtaining maintenance quote requests for eleven different maintenance services. After registeri...
Take advantage of early special fares for spring travel to Europe from Montreal! WOW air is offering travellers departing from Montreal's YUL airport fares as low as CAD $99.99* to a number of European destinations, for travel between March and May 2019. Montrealers can now book affordable flights to Reykjavik, Brussels, Berlin,&nbs...
ABS Jets has added another business jet designed for long haul flights— a brand new Gulfstream G650—the very first under Czech registration. With 11 heavy jet and ultra-long-range aircraft in its fleet they are the largest Czech business jet operator. With a capacity of up to 19 passengers, the aircraft delivers maximum performance and luxury travel at the same time. High...
Specific H160 cabin concept design with needs of North American air medical operations in mind debuted at HEli-Expo 2019 with cabin-mock up on the Airbus Helicopters booth completed by Metro Aviation. “At Metro Aviation, we spend a large amount of time pouring over designs to ensure any configuration that leaves our facility is one that exceeds expectations and eases the burden...
Do you think a 8,152 nm flight is possible? Do you think it. is even. possible? Is it the longest mission ever flown? The answer is yes, to all these questions. Highest speed over longest distance in business aviation history ? again, the answer is Bombardier Global 7500. Amazing flight connecting Singapore to Tucson, AZ, with an aircraft providing industry’s l...
In its 21st annual "Turbine-Powered Civil Helicopter Purchase Outlook," Honeywell forecasts 4,000 new civilian-use helicopters will be delivered from 2019 to 2023, marginally lower than the 4,200 cited in the five-year forecast from 2018. "Despite positive impacts of U.S. tax reform on new helicopter purchase plans in North America, an inconsistent economic outlook for...
What's new from Airbus Helicopters at Heli-Expo 2019? See by yourself, a new version of its best-selling H145 light twin-engine helicopter in Atlanta! Visible on the Airbus booth at the show, this latest upgrade brings a new, innovative five-bladed rotor to the multi-mission H145, increasing the useful load of the helicopter by 150 kg while delivering new levels of comfort, simplic...
With less than two weeks until the start of the inaugural Saudi International Airshow, organisers have announced that AMMROC, has joined the growing line up of sponsors for the new event. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Centre (AMMROC) is a leading provider of military aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services across the South...
Rolls-Royce took a decision - to withdraw from the current competition to power Boeing’s proposed middle of the market – or New Midsize Airplane (NMA) – platform. While we believe the platform complements Boeing’s existing product range, we are unable to commit to the proposed timetable to ensure we have a sufficiently mature product which supports Boeing’s ambit...
Bestfly, the Angola-based aviation services company, has achieved IS-BAO, International Standard for Business Aviation Operators, Stage 2. This is the first time an Angolan business aviation company has been awarded the status, which is designed to help flight departments and operators achieve a high level of safety and professionalism. It also makes Bestfly one of the very few companies in Africa...
John Freeman joined SaxonAir, to take a newly developed role as catering manager at the local business aviation firm. The recruit comes on the back of some significant brands using the facility to host a variety of events across the back end of last year. CEO Alex Durand said ‘Following on from the success of these events and a growing appetite from the local business community...
First ever global helicopter charter alliance is launched to provide clients with a world-class standard in luxury rotorcraft travel. Such announcement was made by Luxaviation Helicopters. So welcome - Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance! What such alliance will change for operators, clients, brokers? First of all - is it set up to connect VIP helicopter charter op...
