A British Airways flight took a 6,000-mile ‘flight to nowhere’ due to a ‘minor technical fault’. The plane did a u-tun at the halfway point of its journey to Tokyo, which meant passengers touched down at Heathrow an hour after they were due to land in the Japanese capital. Among the passengers was one half of the dance music duo Gorgon City. BA faces a pay...
After coping with terrorism, bankruptcies and consolidation, the largest US airlines are facing a new problem: They may start running out of pilots in about three years. That looming pilot deficit will soar to 15,000 by 2026, according to a study by the University of North Dakota’s Aviation Department, as more captains reach the mandatory retirement age of 65 and fewer young people choose...
The House of Representatives has passed a measure that would block US aircraft sales to Iran, potentially undercutting a Boeing deal with Tehran worth up to $25 billion. Two amendments approved to an appropriations bill from Representative Peter Roskam would ban sales from Boeing and from European rival Airbus, amid concerns the aircraft could be used for military purposes, the congressman said...
The UK may lack an independent aircraft-building industry these days, with the famed constructors of the early jet age long gone or subsumed, but its aerospace industry continues to be a major global player. So while the Farnborough air show is very much a global stage, it is worth remembering that it also serves as a vital shop window for the UK’s home-grown talents. Until very recent...
Rockwell Collins has been selected by China-based Shenzhen Airlines to provide its full suite of advanced avionics and PAVES™ Broadcast overhead In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) on 44 new airplanes, including 37 Boeing 737 MAX and seven Next-Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in July 2017. Avionics highlights of Shenzhen’s selection include Rockw...
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its first flight from Manchester to Gibraltar. easyJet now flies to 45 destinations from Manchester and bases 11 aircraft there. The airline carried over 2.6 million passengers on flights to and from the airport last year. easyJet is expected to fly 30,000 passengers between the destinations annually, operating twice a week throughout this s...
On 27th of June Air Atlanta-Icelandic Boeing 747-400 aircraft customized for Iron Maiden Rock Band “Ed Force One” arrived at Volga-Dnepr Gulf (VD Gulf) hangar to for C-check and reapplication of new livery after completion of the band’s “The Book of Souls World Tour”. For the last four months “Ed Force One” flew all over the world and landed in more tha...
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Embraer S.A. [BM&F Bovespa: EMBR3, NYSE: ERJ] unveiled the next phase of the Boeing ecoDemonstrator program today. The program expands Boeing and Embraer’s cooperation agreement and will test technologies to improve airplane environmental performance and accelerate their introduction into the marketplace. An Embraer E170 will serve as the flying testbed...
Pobeda, the low-cost subsidiary of PJSC Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker:AFLT), has carried 2 million passengers since the start of 2016, reaching the mark two months earlier than in 2015. More than 5 million passengers have flown with Pobeda since it started operations in late 2014. Andrey Kalmykov, CEO of Pobeda, said: “Demand in the Russian market for low-cost fligh...
The Swiss manufactured Pilatus PC-12NG has gained the UK and Ireland distributor Oriens Aviation sales leads after exhibiting at the Festival of Speed and Aero Expo. The 2016 version of the popular turboprop has now a higher cruise speed of 322 mph and additional unique features and abilities which set it apart from other executive aircraft of its size. For 2016, there are now six unique BMW desig...
Gama Aviation Plc, the global aviation services company, has announced to the London Stock Exchange its acquisition of FlyerTech and Aerstream Limited for a total initial consideration of GBP3 million. The CAMO (continued airworthiness management organisation) is central to all aircraft operators including airlines, business aviation and the military in their management of an aircraft's mai...
Magnus Aviation, a UK-based private jet charter business, is expecting a big increase in private jets being chartered from Asia to London as high net worth individuals there look to take advantage of the weakened pound and visit the capital to buy luxury goods. The company also expects to see an increase in high net worth individuals from the Middle East and Europe arriving in London for...
