| | | Weather, Training Factors in Brazil Campaign Crash | | Weather that sharply deteriorated from VFR to IFR conditions surprised a possibly tired crew that lacked specific training for the Citation 560 XLS+, leading to spatial disori... | Read More | | | | | | FBO Capital Handling Riga summed up year 2015 | | FBO Capital Handling Riga summed up the preliminary results of the past year, which, according to the company, showed a certain stability. However, against the backdrop of the economic situation in Eu... | Read More | | | | | | EasyJet plans to cut carbon emissions with hydrogen fuel-cell trial | | EasyJet has unveiled plans to use hydrogen fuel cells on its aircraft to save up to 50,000 tonnes of fuel a year and cut its carbon emissions.
The airline hopes to trial technology later this year... | Read More | | | | | | Embraer delivers the first Legacy 500 to China launch customer Jackie Chan | | Embraer announced today that Jackie Chan, a world-renowned movie star, has become the first customer in China to take delivery of a Legacy 500.
“The Legacy 500 features our best-to-date techn... | Read More | | | | | | Avinco closed record 31 helicopter transactions in 2015 | | Avinco closed 2015 with a record 31 helicopter transactions worldwide, moving over 38 million Euros worth of assets. 8 of these sales came from Avinco’s own portfolio, and 3 with Avinco financin... | Read More | | | | | | Certification of the Rig’N Fly automatic oil platform approach mode for the H225 | | Airbus Helicopters has received EASA certification for the Rig’N Fly (Rig Integrated GPS approaches with eNhanced Fly-ability and safetY), an avionics enhancement designed to provide automatic r... | Read More | | | | | | Global air traffic grows strongly in 2015: IATA | | Demand for air travel in 2015 grew at its strongest pace since the end of the global financial crisis, with more passengers taking to the skies amid lower airfares, the International Air Transport Ass... | Read More | | | | | | Poland scraps $3 billion Airbus heli deal, launches Lockheed talks: report | | Poland has decided to scrap the $3 billion deal for 50 Airbus utility helicopters and will buy only a few aircraft from the European company, the daily Rzeczpospolita reported on Thursday citing... | Read More | | | | | | Pulkovo-3 in Avinode TOP 5 | | St. Petersburg Airport in January was able to get ahead of Nice, Zurich and London Farnborough.
St. Petersburg Center for Business Aviation "Pulkovo-3" (operated by "JetPort SPb"... | Read More | | | | | | Massive, speedy robots ready to build composite wings for Boeing 777X | | To fabricate the composite parts of the giant wings of Boeing’s 777X, Mukilteo-based engineering firm Electroimpact has designed and built a new generation of robotic machines that haven’t... | Read More | | | | | | Portugal buys 50 percent of TAP Airline for $2.1 Million | | The Associated Press.
The Portuguese government says it has agreed to buy 50 percent of the country's carrier TAP Air Portugal for 1.9 million euros ($2.1 million).
Speaking after a signing... | Read More | | | | | |