Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the Government of Tanzania has signed a firm purchase agreement for two Q400 turboprop airliners. The aircraft will be delivered with a 76-seat, dual-lavatory configuration and will be used for commercial airline operations in the region. Based on the list price of the Q400 airliner, the firm order is valued at approximately US $62 million....
Boeing released its 2016 Pilot and Technician Outlook today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and projects a demand for nearly 1.5 million pilots and technicians over the next 20 years. In its seventh year, the outlook is a respected industry study which forecasts the 20 year demand for crews to support the world's growing commercial airplane fleet. New this year is a look at cabin...
GKN Aerospace and Rolls-Royce have agreed an extension to their risk and revenue sharing partnership (RRSP) on the Trent XWB-84 engine, the world’s most efficient large aero engine. TheUSD multi-million, life of the programme agreement extends the design and supply of a lower weight, higher performance intermediate compressor case (ICC) for the enhanced performance Trent ...
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has announced that it is to recruit more than 1,200 new permanent and fixed-term cabin crew positions as the airline continues its growth. easyJet, which flies more than 250 aircraft on over 820 routes in 31 countries, will offer its new cabin crew positions across all of its 27 European bases. Around half of these positions will be based in the UK. N...
BACA (the Air Charter Association) is presenting a brand new set of Awards for 2016. The highly regarded annual Awards ceremony is taking place at London Guildhall on 19th October. After a series of successful Awards lunches BACA decided the event should be refreshed to ensure that it remains reflective of current industry trends. With this in mind new Awards have been created, one for th...
July 2016 AIM OF EMPEROR Group of companies was appointed as an exclusive Authorized Sales Representative for the new HondaJet HA-420 in Russia & CIS by HondaJet Central Europe, Honda Aircraft Exclusive Dealer and Distributor for Central Europe. This significant agreement was reached due to the vast experience of the group of companies, where Aircraft Management Company - Emperor Aviation...
Budget carrier Ryanair Holdings PLC said it remains on track for its highest-ever profit this year despite Britain's vote to leave the European Union, but warned it may yet have to review guidance since Brexit had created huge uncertainty. Chief Executive Officer Michael O'Leary said in an online presentation to investors on Monday that there remains a very real risk that profit g...
Air Canada confirmed Sunday that the passengers stranded in Manchester for two days are now en route to Toronto. The airline said it will be in touch with the affected customers for a full refund. The flight to Toronto was scheduled to leave Friday, but Air Canada had said as many as 197 passengers would have to wait until Sunday before taking off. “We apologize for the extended del...
Qantas has signed a fresh three-year agreement with Destination NSW worth $28 million to jointly promote travel to the state. The new three-year deal extends a relationship that kicked off in 2013, when the pair agreed to spend $30 million on joint activities in what at the time was the largest tourism and major events marketing partnership in the state’s history. The focus on the new...
fastjet says it has been able to raise GBP15 million (USD19.7 million) in fresh capital through the issuance of 30 million new ordinary shares priced at GBP0.50 (USD0.66 per share). Among the investors was the LCC's own executive chairman, Colin Child, who agreed to subscribe for 140,000 new ordinary shares or 0.13% of the enlarged issued share capital. The funds will provide sufficient...
Shocking, I know. But car makers aren't the only ones turning to electricity to charge up their industry. NASA, as part of its New Aviation Horizons initiative, is devoting millions over the next 10 years to improving energy efficiency in commercial aviation, including the development of hybrid electric aircraft. Similarly, in the private sector, Siemens and Airbus Group are piloti...
Kai Tak, Hong Kong’s first international airport, had a fearsome reputation. Nestled on the western side of Kowloon bay and just south of significant mountains, an approach to the South-Easterly runway was not for the faint-hearted and many airlines entrusted the task only to Captains. Known to regular flyers as the ‘Kai Tak Heart Attack’, an instrument approach guided aircraf...
