Airbus Group SE on Monday said it has booked more than 1,000 jetliner orders in the first 11 months of 2015, leaving it with a high bar to meet its commitment for plane deliveries this year. Airbus, in its monthly update on business, said it had delivered 556 jetliners this year through November after shipping 61 aircraft last month. The plane maker needs to deliver 73 planes before the year-en...
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority has banned the use of drones and other remote-controlled flying devices, it was reported on Sunday. Such devices are often flown into the kingdom for sale and use as children's toys, but are later modified with precision equipment, making them a threat to national security, Arab News reported. The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) thi...
Parachutist Curt Bartholomew triumphed in the classical canopy-piloting competition at the FAI World Air Games in Dubai yesterday. The US skydiver was among the favourites from the start. “It means everything,” he said. “This is my fifth world title. I was pushing to get this one before I turned 30 because this is the last recognised FAI world title I haven’t wo...
Jazeera Airways has finalised its voluntary capital reduction process to bring down its capital from KD42 million to KD20 million to match the size of its current operations after it exited the aircraft leasing business. As part of the process, the company will issue cash payouts worth a total KD32.7 million starting Sunday, December 13, 2015. The KD32.7 million cash payouts include:...
AviationCV.com, a global provider of aviation specialist resourcing solutions for aviation industry players, has signed a cooperation agreement with China Airlines (CAL), the flag carrier and largest airline of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the agreement, AviationCV.com together with the Taiwanese carrier will offer new job opportunities for pilots with various Airbus and Boeing types....
At least 63% of flights transiting over the Gander Oceanic Flight Information Region (FIR) – which stretches from the east coast of Canada to about halfway across the North Atlantic – carry the necessary equipment to participate in a project that will space aircraft closer together on the high-traffic corridor in a bid to increase capacity, cut flying time and reduce fue...
Emirates airline will retire 26 older aircraft next year, as the world’s largest international carrier focuses on the fuel efficiency and modernity of its fleet to win more customers. The airline said that it will further retire 13 aircraft in 2017 and another 13 planes in 2018, making its average age of aircraft retirement at 15.7 years, below the industry’s average of 25 years....
Chennai // India’s main airport in flood-devastated Tamil Nadu state reopened on Sunday as emergency workers strove to help thousands of residents forced to flee their inundated homes. Anger is mounting among some residents who accuse local authorities of failing to work swiftly to help those affected. The international airport in the state capital Chennai had closed on Wednesday leavi...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced the successful completion of the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program Preliminary Design Review (PDR), completion of the integration and performance testing of mission communications system (MCS) components, and Sikorsky’s acceptance of the second S-92A™ aircraft for the program. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Tec...
Russia’s leading business aviation operators continues to sum up the current year and share their thoughts on the development of the segment in the future. Today our partners Bizav Week guests are TOP management of Weltal Avia,which is the largest operator in Siberia and the Far East, Andrey Kolomoets and Denis Menshov. Past 10 months have clearly shown that Russian domestic market...
Tunisian authorities have banned all Libyan carriers from serving Tunis Carthage International Airport following last month's bombing of a bus carrying Tunisian presidential guards which killed twelve and injured twenty others. Terrorists linked to Islamic State later claimed responsibility. As it stands, Libyan Wings (YL, Tripoli Mitiga), Libyan Airlines (LN, Tripoli Int'l), Afriq...
The pilot killed in the Apple Valley plane crash has been identified as 60-year-old Michael (Mike) Mangold, a world-famous aerobatics champion for Red Bull who was a resident of Victorville. The crash occurred on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at about 2:20 P.M., according to the Apple Valley Fire Protection District the aircraft is described as an L39 Jet. Witnesses say, that the small pla...
The Aeroflot Group has further clarified its plans for a consolidated regional carrier encompassing Rossiya (FV, St. Petersburg), Donavia (D9, Rostov), and Orenair (R2, Orenburg) and based on the Rossiya brand, the largest of the three. Announcing a net profit of RUB1.83 billion (USD27.7 million) for the nine-month period through to September 30, the Russian group said the 'new Rossiya'...
The UTair Group says it completed the sale of its Azur Air (ZF, Krasnoyarsk) charter unit in September of this year as part of its cost-reduction programme. Though not confirmed by the Russians, Turkey's Anex Tourism Group (ATG) has already acknowledged as the buyer. UTair says the decision to offload the carrier, then known as Katekavia (ZF, Sharypovo), and its fleet of nine B757-200s was...
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) chairman Jeff Boyd has suggested a new funding model that includes international operators would be a more equitable way of funding the organisation. Currently, CASA receives the bulk of its funding from a fuel excise on domestic flights. International flights are not subject to the fuel excise. With the downturn in the mining industry affecting demand...
Tough competition and fare discounts have been great for travellers but not for South-east Asian carriers. A glimpse into the books of 20 airlines -- both budget and full-service -- showed that more than half made operating losses in the first nine months of the year. Based on data compiled by an industry think-tank, the Centre for Aviation (Capa), Malaysia's AirAsia was the top per...
State-run flag carrier EgyptAir has signed a preliminary agreement with global aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation to acquire eight new planes that would make the fleet average lifetime for the aviation company eight years. The new planes, for which a final agreement will be signed in a few days, would be delivered in the second half of 2016, said Minister of Aviation Hossam Kamal in a s...
KuangChi Martin Jetpack, the world's first practical jetpack able to be flown by a pilot or via remote control, made its maiden flight in south China's coastal city of Shenzhen on Sunday. Michael Read, director of Flight Operations from New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company, flied over a water park on the Martin Jetpack for more than five minutes, with cheers from the public ov...
South Korea and China will hold their annual air traffic management meeting this week to discuss ways to reduce flight delays between the two countries, the government said Monday. The three-day meeting, scheduled to kick off on Tuesday in Seoul, will focus on ways to handle the spike in bilateral air traffic, a representative from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said. Gov...
Aviation tests will be conducted for 10 days starting Monday at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, and some flights will be affected during that time, the airport's operator Taoyuan International Airport Corporation (TIAC) said Sunday. Flight tests will be conducted between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily from Dec. 7-11 and Dec. 14-18, while landings and tak...
A Jordanian-American male passenger was restrained by crew members on a Belgrade-bound Lufthansa flight on Sunday after fumbling with the emergency exit door, a spokesman for the German carrier said. The man, a Jordanian with a United States passport, kept changing seats after takeoff and started tampering with the emergency exit door about one hour into the flight from Frankfurt, the spokesman...
