Private aviation membership program JetSmarter is expanding its flight capacity through an agreement with charter operator Jet Edge International to buy all its empty-leg hours and make them available to JetSmarter members at no additional charge above their annual membership fee of $9,000. JetSmarter has agreed to pay up to $350 million over the next seven years to purchase up to 35,000 flig...
Airline carriers are in a highly transformative period in which they are changing their retailing practices to be more customer centric. This shift in retail strategy has proven to lead to an improvement in profitability and customer experience. To fully realize the advantages of a customer-centric retailing approach (improved customer experience, increased product sales, and improved product m...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) intends to become more involved in the civil market, as it looks to boost profitability. Attempts to lay-off around 1,500 workers have so far failed because of strong union and political opposition, leaving the company seeking another solution to alleviate its poor financial performance. While IAI is considered a defence aerospace company, its new strategy i...
Emirates has unveiled its new Business Class seat for its Boeing 777 aircraft at ITB Berlin, the international travel trade show. The new seat will make its commercial debut on Emirates’ 170th Boeing 777 aircraft, a -300ER version which the airline expects to receive in November 2016. “Our current Boeing 777 Business Class seats are already an industry-leading premium product, an...
AJW Aviation, the integrated aircraft support specialist, has signed a seven year PBH contract with Spanish non-scheduled airline, Privilege Style. The contract will cover the supply of spare parts for the airline’s fleet of two Boeing 757 aircraft. Privilege Style is the first private flight operator in Spain to offer exclusive flights with medium capacity (200 seater aircra...
FAI Aviation Group has strengthened its commercial team with the appointment of Russian business aviation expert Victor Rudnov to therole of Director of Business Development, Russian Federation & CIS. This is a new position for the Germany-based aviation services company and reflects its growing international success. Based in Moscow, Rudnov will be responsible for expanding FAI’s foo...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it has enhanced its MyCMP maintenance tracking program with a feature that integrates a customizable diagnostic reasoning engine and a database of known equipment faults and troubleshooting procedures. MyCMP customers who subscribe to the user-friendly tool will benefit from reduced maintenance costs and fewer flight schedule interruptions because o...
Jet Aviation Vienna was recently appointed an official Gulfstream Factory Authorized Service Center for the Gulfstream G550 model aircraft. To support customer demand in Vienna and the region, particularly Eastern Europe, Jet Aviation Vienna has been appointed an OEM-approved Gulfstream Factory Authorized Service Center for Gulfstream G550 aircraft. The company will continue to expand...
Often described as having the best “view from the office” in the world, airline pilots are tasked with shuttling hundreds of passengers to and from domestic and international destinations. The responsibility is considerable, and so are the requirements: Commercial airlines typically demand thousands of hours of flight time and dues-paying in cargo and regional jobs before they’ll...
By Megan Willet When I spoke with Scott Keyes, he was on a 10-hour layover in Dallas kicking back in the Centurion Lounge, where American Express has provided its members with free food and drinks, high-speed Wi-Fi, free spa services, and even its own shower suite. “It’s just a day in the office in here essentially,” the 28-year-old Keyes told Tech Insider. “I’...
Lower oil prices have helped fuel demand for air travel at the start of what is shaping up as a bumper year for the aviation industry in 2016 despite some economic weakness across parts of the global, new figures suggest. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the airlines experienced a 7.1 per cent increase in demand, measured by revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), in January...
A Boeing 737-800 business jet belonging to Malaysian royalty has flown into Perth. The gold BBJ2, registration 9M-III, touched down in Perth just before 1400 local time on Tuesday, bearing the royal crest and flag of the Malaysian state of Johor, located just over the border from Singapore. The brand new aircraft (MSN 60686, line number 5129) was delivered to the Sultan of Johor on Marc...
