The oil and gas sector may have the rotorcraft industry in the doldrums, but demand for VIP-configured helicopters is percolating, and Bell Helicopters (Booth N2132) is showcasing its offerings for the executive vertical lift market here at the NBAA Convention. Leading Bell’s display is a mockup of the MAGnificent VVIP cabin interior developed with Mecae...
Jetex Flight Support is expanding its presence in the Mexican market by announcing a partnership with local company Eolo to co-brand its FBO at Toluca International Airport. The facility is now being run jointly by the partners at what is Mexico’s main business aviation gateway. In addition to its Dubai headquarters, Jetex already has a network of FBOs in Paris, Shanno...
Gatwick broke the 40 million passengers a year mark for the first time on the weekend of November 14/15. An airport statement said Gatwick is now “rapidly approaching full capacity” as it published its traffic data for October. Gatwick has highlighted that the Airports Commission report into the need for a new runway to serve South East England (published on July 1, 2015) said it woul...
Boeing 787 operator Norwegian Air Shuttle was the most fuel efficient airline of the top 20 carriers flying routes between Europe and North America in 2014, according to a new study. British Airways was the least fuel efficient, followed closely by Lufthansa and SAS. The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) issued its “Transatlantic Airline Fuel Efficiency Ranking” o...
Monacair (Monte Carlo) has signed a firm order agreement with Airbus Helicopters (Marseilles) for six H130s the first of which is due or delivery next month with the remainder to be phased in through to May 2016. The H130 comes from the Ecureuil family of light helicopters and accommodates one pilot and up to six passengers. The helicopters will be the Monégasque operator's first...
Egyptian authorities have detained two employees of Sharm el-Sheikh airport for questioning in connection with the downing of the Russian jet on October 31 that killed all 224 people on board. "Seventeen people are being held, two of them are suspected of helping whoever planted the bomb on the plane at Sharm el-Sheikh airport," said a security official who declined to be named. An...
More than 100 flights were cancelled at Denver Airport early on Tuesday as a powerful storm system dropped snow over the Rocky Mountains. A blizzard warning was issued for a large swath of northeastern Colorado and western Kansas, with a storm system that originated in Alaska forecast to drop up to 12 inches of snow on the Denver metropolitan area by midday Tuesday, according to the National We...
British no-frills airline Easyjet on Tuesday ordered 36 Airbus A320 jets worth $3.8 billion (Dh13.95 billion) at catalogue prices, after posting record annual profits on keen demand. Easyjet said in a results statement it will purchase 30 next-generation fuel-efficient A320neo aircraft, converting options that had been announced back in 2013, and has added another six firm orders for current-ge...
FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov has confirmed to Russian president Vladimir Putin that an “act of terror” brought down a Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month. The Russian security chief said “traces of foreign explosives” were found amid debris from the Airbus plane. A branch of so-called Islamic State said it downed the plane. Nearly all of the 224 people kille...
SAS, following the cessation of operations of Estonian Air, has returned to the Tallinn (TLL) market on 16 November – which it last served in June 2008 (according to OAG Schedules data) from Stockholm ‒ with the start-up of flights from Copenhagen (CPH) and Stockholm Arlanda (ARN). Operations from Oslo will commence next month. Services from the Danish capital will be flown 16 times weekl...
Emirates introduced its new in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on its Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A380 aircraft. The latest features include larger screens in First Class and Economy Class and three times the media storage — offering passengers an even greater choice of content on board. Passengers travelling in First Class will have a more immersive viewing experience to look forwar...
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, is displaying 11 of its commercial business jet and turboprop aircraft at NBAA’s 2015 Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas, including the public debut of the Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet. “As evidenced by our extensive lineup at the show, no other aircraft manufacturer...
This certification allows owners, operators, and designers to choose from thousands of possible chair™ configurations to match the need of a particular cabin environment. The ETSO (European Technical Standard Orders) / TSO (Technical Standard Orders) certificate is in process and will be issued over the next few months. The chair™ is based on an innovative pedestal design upon which...
Airbus is enhancing the way that it cares for corporate jet customers and operators around the world, by expanding the capabilities and reach of its service centre network. The expanded network comprises companies that are owned or controlled by Airbus, as well as independent ones that it has approved. Its capabilities will include line and heavy maintenance, cabin-refurbishing, and cabin and s...
Airbus Helicopters, the UK’s leading turbine helicopter company, has received funding from the Department for Business Innovations and Skills (BIS) for two separate projects: one supported by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and the other through Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI). These projects, the first time Airbus Helicopters has participated in UK Government...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft today welcomed five Latin American airlines to its family of operators, and congratulated another that has extended its service offerings in the region with Bombardier-manufactured commercial aircraft. Among the airlines that have joined Bombardier’s growing family of CRJ Series aircraft operators is Rosario, Argentina-based Sol Líneas A&ea...
The newly-launched Valkyrie is sure to appeal to millionaire playboys looking to satisfy their inner Batman. Looking more like a high-tech fighter than a light plane designed for private use, the Valkyrie from Cobalt aircraft has just been launched. With a canard front wing, sleek aerodynamic shape and a turbocharged 350 hp (260 kW) engine, the new Valkyrie is claimed to be capable o...
Easyjet has posted its fifth successive year of record profits, boosted by what the airline said were "favourable economic and consumer trends". Annual profits at the carrier, which has just celebrated its 20th birthday, jumped 18% to £686m. Revenues rose 3.5% to £4.68bn, with passenger numbers up 6% to 68.6 million in the year to end-September. The figures do not in...
Allowable pets can still be transported in most cabins or via Delta Cargo. Delta will no longer accept pets as checked baggage, but will continue to transport allowable pets in all cabins of service except Delta One, effective March 1, 2016. Customers may also ship pets for travel within the United States as freight through Delta Cargo. One notable exception to this new policy: Members of th...
The second PC-24 prototype (P02) took off from Buochs Airport yesterday at 10:06 a. m. on its maiden flight. The "Super Versatile Jet" with call sign HB-VXB flew across central Switzerland for a total of 82 minutes. Following on from the maiden flight of the first PC-24 prototype (P01) in May of this year, this first flight by P02 marks another major step forward in the Pilatus PC-24...
Abu Dhabi International Airport has become the first in the region to successfully introduce an automated Traveler Document Authentication System (TDAS), using the latest innovations on offer to deliver a smooth passenger experience to all travellers. The new technology, developed by SITA, the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and IT solutions, is now in place i...
