Daher is exhibiting a Model Year 2017 version of the TBM 930 at this week’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, with the very fast aircraft also representing the TBM family’s growing use in commercial flights. NBAA’s annual U.S. event – which brings together the business aviation community, and is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada – provides an excellent...
Conklin & de Decker independent aviation consultancy, has ranked Air Partner JetCard the most flexible membership programme in Europe. Conklin & de Decker evaluated the membership programmes of Air Partner, NetJets Europe and VistaJet before rating Air Partner’s the best in the business. The full research report can be found here. A similar study carried out in the US also co...
In January-September 2017, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served 3.1 million passengers. This figure is close to statistics for the entire 2016. ...
The luxurious Premier cabin provides passengers with the most comfortable flight experience in its class Crisp design aesthetic amplifies the feeling of spaciousness in a cabin interior already the widest in its category Hand-stitched seats, intelligent ergonomics, a streamlined galley and the industry’s fastest Ka-band in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity create a uniquely sumptuou...
High Interest Anticipated for the Industry’s Latest Fuel Management Technology UAS International Trip Support (UAS) launches its latest technology, UAS FuelEvolution at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas today. As the industry’s newest all-in-one fuel management solution, UAS FuelEvolution is designed to simplify fuel management and ordering for both private and commercial operators. This power...
The PC-24 will be on display at this year’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the world’s largest trade fair for business aircraft, to be held in Las Vegas, USA, in October. Pilatus expects to obtain the type certificate for its Super Versatile Jet in December 2017. The PC-24 development project has now entered its final phase, the most challenging test...
Specialist Aviation Services selected by the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust to provide an AW169 in 2019 This selection will increase the UK-based AW169 EMS fleet to eight aircraft Over 160 AW169s are on order and more than 40 in service worldwide Leonardo announced that Specialist Aviation Services (SAS) of the UK has been selected as the preferred...
The orbiting of a beach ball-sized metal sphere called Sputnik 60 years ago ushered in the space age. During the decades that followed, Airbus has played a key role in the uses of space – helping to improve the daily lives of people around the world. Symphonie communications satellites launched in a Franco-German cooperation of the mid-1970s were the first to use three-axis stabilization...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. launched Aircraft Ownership Service (AOS), a comprehensive and customizable suite of aircraft maintenance and flight operations services that aircraft owners, flight departments and management companies can tailor to meet their specific needs. AOS, which will initially be available to new aircraft owners and operators, was developed based on feedback from customers, who...
entrol has received an order from Helikorea for an H19 / AW109 FTD Level 5 simulator, which will become the first entrol simulator to be installed in South Korea. The FTD is equipped with a cylindrical visual system, a South Korean database with satellite imagery and entrol mission with SAR and EMS scenarios. General Manager of Helikorea, Jang D.S, commented, “The entrol H19 / AW109 FT...
Etihad Airways Engineering has been awarded its first heavy maintenance contract by Deutsche Lufthansa (DLH). The contract is for several long-haul aircraft, including the Airbus A340-300 and A380-800. The Lufthansa business marks another significant milestone in the growing experience and journey towards offering a differentiating value proposition especially to the A380 market with its six-ye...
Global Jet Services, Inc., a leader in on-location aviation aircraft, avionics, safety, and professional development training, marks an industry milestone of 25 years of continuous service to the business aviation community. With sustained growth over two and a half decades, Global Jet Services met customer needs by expanding in multiple directions: providing a superior quality classroom exper...
Airbus is participating at the Australian Military Medicine Association Conference in Brisbane, Queensland, where the company will showcase its TransHospital deployable hospital. The system is being developed with leading global healthcare company Siemens Healthineers and advanced deployable infrastructure manufacturer Zeppelin Mobile Systeme (ZMS). Comprising a modular and scalable hard shelte...
Honeywell's HTF7700L, the latest model in the HTF7000 family of engines, has now been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration for the Cessna Citation Longitude, the upcoming super mid-size aircraft from Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company. The HTF7000 engine family has a demonstrated track record of low cost of ownership and best-in-class reliability, providing operator...
Safran has launched at Helitech International a new Health Monitoring service for helicopter engines, with the announcement of its first customer, Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd. The new service will allow the customer to track engine life data and thus reduce unplanned events. Engine life can be improved with the early detection of low signals, prognosis analysis and maintenance pl...
Bell Helicopter announced AS Aerospace Ltd. as the newest appointed Bell Helicopter authorized customer service facility (CSF) at Helitech International 2017. AS Aerospace Ltd. will offer Bell 429 field maintenance. “The Bell 429 has proven to be very popular in Europe and, as we grow our business globally, it's important we continue to provide operators with the best-in-industr...
As Airbus prepares for the first flight of the A330-900, production of the second member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, is well underway with the first parts advancing at Airbus sites throughout Europe. These parts include the new increased-span wing now being equipped in Bremen (Germany) and its new composite Sharklets from KAL-ASD*, the fuselage sections in Hamburg (Germany), the new titan...
A global online aviation spare parts and repair capabilities’ marketplace Locatory.com has signed a cooperation agreement with the UK-based aircraft parts stockist, distributor and asset manager Hayward & Green Aviation Limited. The agreement follows long-standing cooperation between the companies and defines an extended scope of further collaboration. According to terms of cooperati...
BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, has received an approval to provide Embraer E190 Type rating training from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA). From now on the company can provide Tanzanian airlines with initial and recurrent Embraer E190 Type rating training and full flight simulator dry or wet lease in all BAA partner locations. This approval supplements th...
Airbus Helicopters has received EASA certification for the Rig’N Fly (Rig Integrated GPS approaches with eNhanced Flyability and safetY) for its H175 super medium helicopter. Already certified for the H225, this avionics upgrade enhances the H175’s offshore mission capability providing fully automatic rig approaches. The automated mode a...
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced signing a cooperation agreement with an independent global engineering enterprise Field International Ltd. Under the terms of this agreement, FL Technics shall act as an exclusive representative of Field International Ltd across multiple markets in Eastern Europe and Africa. FL Technic...
