Iran is reportedly planning to acquire an unspecified number of aircraft from Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) the country's president Hassan Rouhani has said. Speaking to France 2 radio last week, Rouhani confirmed that following a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, and Germany in July, extensive negotiations between the Iranians a...
Last month both Etihad and Emirates introduced new amenity kits for their business class cabins. While Etihad teamed up with Luxe City Guides to offer stylised kits that contain travel guides to six destinations and natural facial products from the London-based toiletry brand Scaramouche + Fandango, Emirates rolled out The Private Collection, a set of 16 exclusive kits – eight for men and...
Close to 5,000 of the Singapore aviation community and their families gathered at the Sports Hub on Saturday morning for the biennial Aviation Run. The run, which is in its fourth edition, was organised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), to bring the aviation community together to contribute back to society. Around 4,700 individuals from over 100 organisations and their famili...
The inner workings of aircraft have always fascinated Michael Cook. So much so, the 18-year-old wants to work on airplanes for a living. The Booker T. Washington High senior wants to become one of the first graduates of George Stone Technical Center's new aviation maintenance program scheduled to start in January. Cook plans to enroll in classes next fall and graduate in a few years with ai...
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has today signed a new agreement between New Zealand and Viet Nam which will support Viet Nam’s rapidly growing aviation sector and create new opportunities for New Zealand businesses. Steven Joyce and Viet Nam Minister of Transport, H.E. Dinh La Thang signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Aviation Cooperation that allows for informatio...
Demand for light and midsize jets in North America is finally returning to levels seen prior tobefore the 2008 recession, JjetAviva CEO Cyrus Sigari told attendees of the Citation Jet Pilots Association’'s (CJP) 2015 convention held in September. For the moment, at least, that strength is enough to counter troubling signs on the international stage. “The...
Jeffrey Carrithers, CEO and founder of GlobalAir.com (Booth C13212), doesn’t claim to have invented the Internet. But his 20-year-old website certainly has held its place as a leader in providing key online components one needs for a modern business aviation flight department. “When I started Globalair.com we were working with 28K dial-up modems. We were right on...
Saturday Delta Air Lines officially launched a “Comfort+” airfare in its reservation system which makes it the first legacy U.S. airline to sell extra legroom seats under their own fare. For future travel starting May 16, 2016, customers will have the option to book the Comfort+ fare; customers who purchase this will be able to select Comfort+ seats which offer: Cust...
TAP Portogal (TP, Lisbon) has signed a firm order with Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for fifty-three aircraft including fourteen A330-900neo, fifteen A320neo, and twenty-four A321neo. The A330neo order replaces a previous one for twelve A350-900s announced in 2005. The aircraft will join TAP Portugal as part of a fleet renewal programme announced by the airline’s new...
A year on from its acquisition by flight support group Nexus, safety audit provider Wyvern is continuing to refine its programs to give charter operators and their customers a higher level of assurance. “The past year has been one of robust growth under our new ownership, with a lot of new opportunities coming our way, especially in the emerging regions like the Middle East, Africa and India...
Indonesia will on November 25 announce the results of an investigation into the AirAsia crash last year that killed 162 people, the committee probing the case said on Saturday. The Airbus A320-200 went down in the Java Sea on December 28 in stormy weather during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. "We plan to announce the report on Nov...
A communications equipment outage was causing delays in flight arrivals and departures Saturday night at airports in New York City and New Jersey, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The problem was affecting area air traffic control facilities, FAA officials said, adding that technicians were working to restore the system. Arriving flights at JFK International were experi...
European airport operators and airlines beefed up security Saturday as concerns about Friday's terrorist attacks spread across the region. Air France said one of its flights from Amsterdam's Schipol Airport had received a threat via Twitter today. All passengers were taken off the plane and authorities did a complete search of the aircraft and its luggage. The north terminal at...
Police have evacuated Gatwick Airport's North Terminal after a suspect package sparked a security alert. A man has been arrested after he was allegedly seen discarding a suspicious item in the building. Bomb squad experts were sent to the airport in West Sussex to investigate. Crowds are waiting at the airport and nearby roads have been closed. Gatwick officials have apologised f...
Lufthansa's main cabin crew union threatened further industrial action on Friday as workers protested at Frankfurt airport at the end of a week-long strike which grounded most of the airline's flights. "This strike will end tonight, but if management doesn't change, then strikes will be possible again at any time," Nicoley Baublies, head of the union, told staff. Relati...
Canada's new government is not planning to reopen an agreement to allow jets to fly out of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, the country's new transport minister said. The owner of Porter Airlines has been pushing to allow jets to be flown from the airport, which is located on a small island near Toronto's central business district. But jets are banned by a tripartite agreement...
By John Walton It’s not often that I’m surprised by a business class meal. Yet flying between Kyoto on a two and a half hour flight one afternoon this autumn, Japan Airlines managed to both surprise and delight me with a beautifully presented meal that tasted as good as it looked. JAL’s Boeing 737-800 regional business class is markedly more spacious than most recliner...
At a hangar at Orly Airport in Paris, Air France officials and journalists watched as the wrapping came off the Boeing 777. Below was the kind of painting one can sometimes see on the subway. Peeling back the masking paper was the artist, JonOne whose career began painting graffiti and subway cars in New York City. At a party to celebrate the airline’s eightieth birthday last year, JonOne...
From mistake fares to tarmac delays, passengers responded with everything but silence as customer service-related complaints against U.S. airlines rose 33% during the past year. Overall complaints are up nearly 60% year-over-year for U.S. airlines, and customer service specific complaints, 1,770 to be exact, represent 11.3 percent of the nearly 12,000 complaints U.S. carriers received between J...
Thai Airways International Pcl has been losing more money even though tourism to Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai is setting records. Thailand’s government just warned executives to finally fix the operations or face consequences. The national carrier’s woes include too much debt, an inability to fill seats and price competition from full-service rivals including Emirates and budget a...
Duncan Aviation is proving here in Las Vegas that watching paint dry is anything but dull. At its display area (Booth N4910) the aviation services provider is showcasing a time-lapse video of what it calls the most complex and costly paint scheme design and application the company has ever undertaken, recently performed on a Gulfstream V. Unique in both layout and materials, the desig...
