Irelandia Aviation (Irelandia), the investment group behind several low cost airline carriers, has today (26 November 2017) announced the establishment of a new division, AerDrone International, a platform dedicated to commercial drone leasing. AerDrone International will be based in Dublin which is now well established as a global leader in aviation finance and leasing. AerDrone International...
EBASCON, the industry’s key European Business Aviation Safety Conference, offers unparalleled insights into the developments within the industry. The conference will take place in Vienna from February 20 to 21, 2018 and feature a host of business speakers and visionaries, sharing their views and strategies on how to develop a safety culture in the business aviation sector. Like in the pas...
ATR delivered the first of the nine ATR 72-600s to Mandarin Airlines. The ATR 72-600 will bring the regional subsidiary of Taiwan’s flag carrier China Airlines the highest standards of comfort alongside unbeatable economics. With the aircraft servicing its domestic routes Mandarin Airlines will benefit from the introduction of the market leading, versatile turboprop, allowing it to offer pas...
Commsoft is delighted to welcome the UK-based leasing and charter airline, Titan Airways, to the fastgrowing global OASES community. A ‘best-of-breed’ MRO IT system, OASES combines a very high level of technical sophistication with an intuitive user interface and is structured in a modular format to allow for flexibility and scalability. To support its mixed Airbus and B...
By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Have you ever heard of the ‘Caribbean Friendly Skies’, an airlift concept where all the flight connections are fast, the schedules are efficient, the flight attendants are beautiful, the pilots are good looking, the assistance of the ground staff is above average, the fares are affordable, and the flying convenience is superlative? This concept is a secret tip...
China's private jet sector is undergoing a transformation from individual to corporate ownership as first-generation buyers sell off their planes after realizing the huge operational commitments involved. Private jet sales in China have been slow for about three years. The country's fleet of private jets grew by a net 13 aircraft last year as compared with a gain of 57 in 2013, accordin...
Following the recent announcement of direct flights to New York, Boston and Toronto from London Stansted Airport, Primera Air is adding three more leisure destinations – Mallorca, Alicante and Malaga to its offering. Primera Air is an established and well-known leisure carrier in Scandinavia, and now the low-cost airline is bringing company’s core product to the UK. Flights to Mallo...
The fastest spectacle as Abu Dhabi's Formula 1 Grand Prix got underway was clearly the Etihad A380, chased along by the UAE's flying display team The fly-past has become synonymous with the race with the flagship A380 aircraft flying over the iconic circuit accompanied by the Aermacchi MB-339NAT fast jets of the UAE’s air display team, Al Fursan. Captain Ali Al Jabri, an Et...
Luxaviation Group, the world’s second largest private aviation company, is announcing a strategic collaboration with Paragon Aviation GroupTM, the US facilitator of The Paragon NetworkTM, creating a new network of 52 Fixed Based Operators (FBOs) around the world, of which 25 are in the US. The strategic collaboration includes Luxaviation Group’s FBO management company, ExecuJet, Par...
The18th edition of Airport Show will be held in Dubai from May 7-9, 2018. The event will feature two new co-located events, Air Traffic Control Forum, Airport Security Middle East, in addition to CAPA-Centre of Aviation Global Airport Leaders Forum (GALF) and Women in Aviation. “The Middle East aviation industry is witnessing an exciting time with the region recording the second highes...
Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA), of Ekaterinburg, Russia, signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an H Series Authorized Service Center (ASC). UGZA will provide MRO services including line maintenance, training and on-wing heavy repairs on GE H Series turboprop engines from their home location. UWCA and GE Aviation Czech plan to build synergies across the Commonwealth of Indepen...
Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Aviation Supplies Co., Ltd.to enhance the cooperation between the two parties and jointly provide support and services solutions for Chinese airlines. The signature took place at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse and was witnessed by China Southern Airlines, Air China and China Eastern Airlines on top of China Aviation Supplies Co., Lt...
Specialists of the Zhukovsky Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI, a member of the National Research Center “Zhukovsky Institute”), conducted regular tests of the new domestic short/medium-range MC-21-300 aircraft. Irkut Corporation develops and manufactures the aircraft. In the current round of tests, scientists studied the aerodynamic charac...
Rolls-Royce today celebrated the entry into service of its Trent 1000 TEN engine. The engine is designed to power all variants of the Dreamliner family, including the new 787-10. The engine incorporates new technologies to deliver increased thrust and improved efficiency for the aircraft. Earlier this year the Trent 1000 engine celebrated a hat trick of firsts when it powered the first flight o...
Russian Helicopters has signed a contract with India’s Vectra Group to deliver a single Mil Mi-171A2 medium utility rotorcraft. This first export contract for the type was signed at Dubai Air Show in November. The helicopter is to be delivered in 2018. The contract also includes an option to purchase one more Mi-171A2. Russian Helicopters CEO Andrey Boginsky expressed hope that success...
Region’s economy predicted to grow above world’s average in the next two decades From 2017-2036 Latin America and the Caribbean will need 2,677 new passenger and freighter aircraft to meet rising demand, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF). Valued at US$352 billion, this demand accounts for 2,084 single-aisle and 593 twin-aisle and very large aircraft. This i...
The new Embraer KC-390 multi-mission military transport and tanker jet will start a series of flight trials in the United States as part of its flight test campaign for certification. The aircraft left Brazil last Saturday and today arrived at Embraer´s facility in Jacksonville, Florida. For the next two to three weeks, the aircraft will be performing tests in the avionics systems, measu...
Garmin International, Inc. celebrated the delivery of the one-millionth certified avionics product from its manufacturing facility in Olathe, Kansas. The milestone product was a GTX™ 3000 DO-260B compliant Mode S Extended Squitter (ES) transponder, which enables ADS-B Out transmissions and features TCAS II/ACAS II compatibility for a wide range of business and transport category aircraft....
Spain’s first radar satellite will be shipped next month to Vandenberg/USA ready for launch on 30 January 2018 The high resolution radar, Earth observation PAZ satellite, intended primarily to address civilian surveillance needs and to cover many different applications including defence and security, will say its final goodbye to Spain. It will be shipped in December 2017 to its launch si...
the sale will be the most significant philanthropic auction ever presented VistaJet, the first and only global private aviation company, announces today its worldwide sponsorship of the exhibition and tour of The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, the most significant auction entirely dedicated to raising funds for philanthropic causes. The sale, consisting of numerous catego...
With Type Certification achieved, the A350-1000 is ready for first delivery Delivery of the first A350-1000 – the longest-fuselage version of Airbus’ A350 XWB jetliner – is planned before year-end following the aircraft’s Type Certification by the European and U.S. airworthiness authorities. This milestone occurred less than one year after the A350-1000’s maiden...
