The Boeing Company is studying the idea that pilotless airplanes might one day be possible, and perhaps even necessary if aviation is going to continue to grow. “What we’re saying is that were exploring the building blocks to understand first, is it technically possible?” said Boeing’s Vice President of Product Development Mike Sinnett. “Second, is it responsible?...
Airbus could move production of new aircraft models out of Britain if the European plane-maker's "non-negotiable" demands over the free movement of people and trade tariffs are not delivered in upcoming Brexit talks, the Sunday Times reported. Britain is due to begin negotiations with the rest of the European Union about the terms of its departure in nine days time, despite P...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it has concluded a firm order for five Q400 aircraft with an undisclosed customer. Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the order is valued at approximately $162 million U.S. “We are pleased to announce this new Q400 sale as it is further acknowledgement of the aircraft’s unmatched performance, operational flexibility,...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Goh Choon Phong, CEO of Singapore Airlines, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion of the 73rd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cancun, Mexico. Goh is the 76th Chair of the IATA BoG, and the third CEO of Singapore Airlines to hold this position....
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has called off plans to create a leisure airline with Germany’s Tui Group, Europe’s largest tour operator Etihad and Air Berlin, of which Etihad owns a 29 per cent stake, last October announced the formation of a new leisure airline to connect key tourist destinations from Germany, Austria and Switzerland by merging Air Berlin’s Austrian l...
May 2017 became symbolic in the history of Lithuanian aviation because Lithuanian Airports handled more than half a million passengers, i.e. 13.3% more than during the same period last year, and achieved the best result in the history of Lithuanian aviation. Until now, the record month in terms of the number of passengers was August 2016 when 481,000 passengers, that is, 6% fewer than in May 2017,...
• WTO: U.S. failed to comply with rulings on massive illegal subsidies provided to Boeing • Today’s WTO compliance panel report finds Boeing subsidies causing Airbus to lose hundreds of aircraft sales with an estimated value of US$ 15-20 billion • Illegal subsidies to Boeing have, over time, resulted in over US$100 billion in total lost sales for Airbus • Harm to...
On June 8, 2017, ASL took delivery of a Cessna C680 Citation Sovereign. The aircraft landed at its home base in Eindhoven in the Netherlands (EHEH), where the aircraft will be managed and operated on behalf of its owner. The aircraft will also be available for charter operation by mid-June. This is the first Cessna Citation Sovereign to join the ASL Air Operator Certific...
Textron Aviation announced it recently celebrated the delivery of the 2,000th aircraft from its industry-leading Cessna CJ light jet family. The milestone aircraft, a Cessna Citation CJ3+, was delivered to longtime customer Marc Dulude during a ceremony at Textron Aviation headquarters in Wichita. “The CJ3+ provides the efficiency, reliability and overall exceptional performance that...
During January-May 2017, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served 1.37 million passengers, which is 34 percent more than the same period of last year. Only in May 315,000 passengers were served. The BAKU 2017 – 4th Islamic Solidarity Games held in Azerbaijan also affected the significant increase of passenger traffic last month. All civil aviation structures of Azerbaijan provided high-...
Additional need for 530,000 pilots and 550,000 technicians with services set to grow The world’s passenger aircraft fleet above 100 seats is set to more than double in the next 20 years to over 40,000 planes as traffic is set to grow at 4.4 percent per year, according to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast 2017-2036. Over this period, increasing numbers of first time flyers, ri...
May 31, 2017 witnessed the virtual completion of the second stage of the consolidation of Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC assets: the reorganization took place in the form of the merger of Sheremetyevo Airport JSC with Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC (based on the respective resolutions of the general shareholders’ meetings of&n...
The SolarStratos stratospheric solar plane will be one of the main attractions at the Expo 2017 Swiss Pavillion, which opens its doors on Saturday 10 June in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The theme of this first international exhibition in Central Asia is “the energy of the future”. “We are very proud to be a part of Expo 2017 with the support of Présence ...
Jet Aviation announces redelivery of VVIP Airbus ACJ330 and ACJ319 aircraft to a Middle Eastern customer. Both aircraft were designed and completed in Basel, and are examples of the company’s commitment to exceptional design, impressive technological advances and efficient production. The ACJ319 was completed within a downtime of 10 months, and the ACJ330 in 14, both setting new benc...
Capital AviaNeft, a Russian company specializing in a full service support of business aviation operations, forecasts an increase in number of flight movements to Moscow, Sochi, Kazan, and St. Petersburg airports during Confederations Cup, which will be held between 17 June and 2 July, 2017. In order to meet the expected increase in demand and to optimize ground handling costs, Capital AviaNeft of...
EBAA and TAG Aviation are pleased to announce the launch of the TAG Aviation Scholarship for cabin crew training. The TAG Aviation Scholarship is offered within the framework of EBAA’s WE-CARE programme and in co- operation with the European Corporate Flight Attendants Committee (ECFAC) and is available to WE-CARE members. A long standing member of the European Business Aviation Associati...
Russia’s new Mil Mi-38 helicopter has the prospect of its manufacture for Arctic applications, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. "This machine also has the prospect of its manufacture in its Arctic variant, which is also of interest for us. It will take up the niche between the Mi-8 and the Mi-26," the deputy defense minister said as he visited the...
Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced a renewed agreement with Rockwell Collins to extend their PLM journey using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform as the PLM foundation. Rockwell Collins is a pioneer in the development and deployment of innovative aviation and h...
With European skies now opened to commercial operations with pressurized single-engine turboprop aircraft, Daher is using its presence at this week’s France Air Expo Lyon event to highlight the TBM aircraft family for fast and efficient air taxi service. France Air Expo Lyon is the only gathering of its type in France devoted to general aviation, running from today through June 10 at Lyon...
The GrandNew helicopters add to the two AW169s already in service by HeliKorea Entirety of EMS fleet in South Korea consists of Leonardo helicopters More than 50 Leonardo helicopters are on order by Korean customers The GrandNew light twin helicopter expands in the Republic of Koreawith the order of three units by HeliKorea for Emergency Medical Service. The or...
I am proud to say that a discussion with the President Aircraft Management and Charter TAG Aviation Europe G. Williamson became a tradition for us. EBACE is not at all the same without meeting Graham at the very beginning. So let us share some points of our discussion on the TAG Aviation year review. Q. G.Williamson, once again we are at EBACE, so just an obvious question – wh...
