Jet Aviation Basel has recently signed a parts consignment agreement with Seattle-based Custom Control Concepts (CCC), a leading provider of custom in-flight entertainment equipment, lighting and cabin management systems (CMS) for VIP aircraft. As an Authorized Service Center for Customer Control Concepts (CCC), Jet Aviation Basel regularly supports CCC equipment. This parts consignme...
Lemongrass chicken and black pepper beef were on the menu for passengers lucky enough to grab a seat on Air New Zealand airline's inaugural flight to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The 11-hour flight touched down on Sunday morning (NZT), with dignitaries including Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Viet Dung Nguyen greeted by a kapa haka group...
LOT Polish Airlines is planning an overhaul of its narrowbody fleet with the addition of some more aircraft to better compete with low-cost rivals in the fast-growing eastern European market and add routes out of its Warsaw hub, the carrier's new chief executive said on Saturday. "We are interested in increasing the significance and scope of our hub in Warsaw," Rafal Milczarski, w...
With AIM purchase aviation firm continues program of snapping up niche specialists Chinese aviation firm AVIC International Holding Corp has completed the acquisition of AIM Altitude, a Britain-based aircraft cabin interior supplier, for an undisclosed amount, from the London based private equity firm TowerBrook. AIM Altitude, based in Bournemouth in southern England, has three production ba...
A Malindo Air flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu (KK), Sabah had to turn back to land at the Kuching International Airport (KIA) at 5.38pm today. A spokesman of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in Sarawak said that at about 5.16pm, they received a telephone call from the KIA fire department on the matter. He said the Sarawak JBPM was informed that the airplane could not...
There's nothing like a request for medical staff from the flight attendant to put your complaints about over-zealous seat recliners into perspective. What's a diverted inbound flight compared with an averted cardiac arrest? Being young, I rarely think about the toll flying can place on the body – other than the heightened stress when I'm languishing by the boarding gate too lo...
DUBLIN AIRPORT HAS become the first airport in the world to be on Google’s Street View. The Google street view car captured thousands of images of the airport to offer a 360 degree street level virtual tour of its runway system and airfield areas. The car had to be escorted by Dublin Airport personnel at all times for airfield safety requirements. Dublin Airport Managing Direct...
You don’t need a comprehensive understanding of aviation mechanics to know that wind and airplanes aren’t always best friends. “High winds” are one of the most frequently cited reasons for flight delays and cancellations, and headwinds in particular can cause major headaches when it comes time to landing an aircraft. But thanks to a new technology, that problem ma...
Air France stewards plan to go on strike from July 27 to Aug. 2, unions said on Friday, citing dissatisfaction with negotiations on a new work and compensation deal that is due to take effect in November. "The notice is sufficiently long to allow the management to engage in responsible talks," the unions said. Separately, pilot unions had on Tuesday called on members to...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sacked the flight safety chief of Air Pegasus from his post and suspended five pilots after a safety audit of the Bangalore-based regional carrier revealed serious safety violations. The airline has been warned of strict action in case of any future violations, the regulator said. The DGCA safety audit, first reported by HT on May 13, thre...
On 2 June, Lithuania's Parliament, the Seimas, approved the draft Law on Concession of the three airports managed by the State Enterprise Lithuanian Airports. The draft law entrusting the management of the air gateways to an operator with a great deal of international experience was submitted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. According to the Minister of Transport and Commun...
After two years of research and development, MY JET – a new Swiss-headquartered industry player that specializes in business aviation financial planning, accounting, control and analysis – is now entering the European & CIS market. MY JET promises to revolutionize the private jet ownership through technology and expertise. We have tried to find out what kind of technology stands be...
