Royal Air Maroc selected GE Aviation for a five-year exclusive OnPointSM solution agreement for the time and material to maintain, repair and overhaul its CF6-80C2 engines that power its four Boeing 767 aircraft. “With an OnPoint solution agreement, Royal Air Maroc is ensuring its engines will utilize OEM quality material in the maintenance and repair of its CF6-80C2 engine fleet for...
Rockwell Collins has been selected by Turkish Airlines to provide its EP-8100 visual system for the airline’s Boeing Next Generation 737, Airbus A320 and Airbus A330 full flight simulators. The agreement includes the option for additional visual system upgrades for legacy platforms. “This agreement marks a first for Turkish Airlines, as it brings the highly realistic capab...
Russian State Duma deputy Alexander Starovoytov sent a letter to Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika requiring to give a legal assessment of Tatiana Anodina competence in the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC). Starovoytov asked the prosecutor's office to find out whether the head of IAC, Anodina, was not forging protectionism for Transaero, which belonged to her son Alexander Pleshakov...
British Airways-owner IAG said it was not in talks with Finnair, denying a report in a Finnish newspaper that had fuelled speculation it might take a stake in the majority state-owned Finnish airline. "We haven't been in any discussions with Finnair," a spokeswoman for IAG told Reuters on Thursday. The online edition of Finland's business daily Kauppalehti had cited an IAG...
Russian low cost airline Pobeda (part of the Aeroflot Group) started ticket sales for international flights, according to the carrier's website. Bratislava and Vienna became Pobeda’s first international destinations. The Russian Transport Ministry approved the airline’s provisional admission for 7 international routes from Moscow to Bratislava, Dresden, Cologne, Bergam...
Consortium of European companies, which includes 64 enterprises, has completed a research project for development of a “smart” (or “morphing”) wing, which is able to adjust its aerodynamic configuration and generate reports about its technical condition, Interfax reports with reference to Aviation Week. It took €51 million and four years to implement the projec...
Hundreds more flights were grounded on Thursday as the strike by Lufthansa's main cabin crew union entered its sixth day with no sign of compromise. Cabin crew staff started a series of strikes at Lufthansa last Friday to fight for an improved pension offer for employees. Lufthansa, which says it needs to cut costs in order to compete with budget rivals and leaner Gulf carriers, has said...
The updated livery retains parent company Evergreen Group’s compass design, while simplifying the tail colours. It also adds more movement to the lower portion of the aircraft’s fuselage. The aircraft, MSN 44554, is the first of four 777s that the airline is taking from Air Lease Corporation, and is the 22nd of the type in its fleet. Boeing says that the carrier plans to add seve...
It’s show time again for the business aviation industry. The annual NBAA convention, the largest and longest-running event within this niche sector, is returning to the bright lights of Las Vegas – a fitting host for a market that is starting to emerge into the light following a miserable few years. “There is certainly a climate of optimism in the industry right now,” sa...
Air New Zealand is expected to announce on Friday it will start flying to Vietnam. Sources say the national carrier will begin flying to the South East Asia destination in 2016. Ho Chi Minh City is the national gateway to Vietnam but it also has a major airport in Hanoi. SHANE WENZLICK/FAIRFAX NZ Air New Zealand chief strategy, networks and alliance officer Stephen Jones will make...
Russia's ban on flights to Egypt will last at least several months, President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff has said. Sergei Ivanov was quoted in Russian media as saying it would be impossible to dramatically change the policy in a short time. He said the restrictions would last "for several months, as a minimum," according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Russia suspen...
On Monday, the US side offered its assistance in the investigation into the A321 crash to both Moscow and Egypt. “Egypt has already accepted the application of American investigators that are associated with the manufacturers of the engine to become part of the investigative team, and they are free to incorporate any advisers they deem as&nbs...
