Neste announced its final investment decision on additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore in December 2018. The EUR 1.6 billion Singapore Expansion project has been successfully completed, the start-up of the refinery expansion has been completed after mid-April, and Neste is celebrating its opening today. The Singapore refinery expansion doubles Neste’s production...
CDB Aviation re-delivered China first-ever converted Airbus A330-300 Passenger to Freighter aircraft on lease to its customer, Sichuan Airlines. The A330 was converted by Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH with Shanghai Technologies Aerospace Company Limited ("STARCO") at its facilities in Shanghai Pudong, concluding EFW’s first-ever A330 P2F conversion to have taken...
Flying Colours Corp. is attracting increased interest from European business aircraft owners and operators seeking a single source of capabilities for multi-faceted maintenance and refurbishment work. The latest European customer will be harnessing the full scope of Flying Colours’ Peterborough capabilities, its highly skilled workforce, and in-depth experience working on the Bombardier...
Welcome Azzera Celeste, an online platform that allows aircraft operators to take action against emissions by providing access to voluntary and compliance carbon credit trading, sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc), fleet management software integration and compliance market segregation services. Aircraft owners, operators and passengers are facing public, stakeholder and regula...
Ready for the Episode 4? Together with SAFEsky we continue air travel practical guidelines - what and how we can do to make our journey better. Clear for Landing! Frederick Reitz, Managing Director of SAFEsky, is ready for episode four - right things to do and especially not to do during the approach and landing. As soon as you hear we are clear for landing - it means you are 20 minutes...
Masdar and Airbus to support the development and growth of the global sustainable aviation fuel market. The agreement highlights areas of collaboration between the two companies, including Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Green Hydrogen, Direct Air Capture technologies, as well as supporting the development and implementation of 'book and claim' solutions. Direct Air Ca...
Deutsche Aircraft and Private Wings have signed a LOI for the delivery of five D328eco aircraft – the brand new 40-seater sustainable turboprop regional airliner from Deutsche Aircraft. The collaboration was announced during the ground-breaking ceremony for the D328eco final assembly line at Leipzig/Halle Airport.The D328eco will facilitate sustainable regional connections as it offers...
Airlines and airports are facing a surge in baggage mishandling rates amidst the growing number of passengers, with the number of mishandled bags almost doubling from 2021 to 2022 to 7.6 bags per thousand passengers, according to SITA’s 2023 Baggage IT Insightsreport released today. The shortage of skilled staff, resumption of international travel, and congestion at airports h...
GetJet Airlines successfully completed the contract with Uzbekistan Airlines Centrum Air for ACMI operations. After completing the winter season contract, the Lithuanian ACMI provider is ready to jump into the high summer wet-lease market with last-minute continuous availability. Two Boeing 737NGs are being redelivered back to Europe to take on new long-term or ad-hoc ACMI projects...
Collins Aerospace appointed as the latest global distribution partner for Inmarsat SwifJet inflight connectivity service. SwiftJet, which enters commercial service this year, will offer the fastest ever speeds over L-band for the global business aviation market. The agreement marks an expansion to the companies’ long-standing partnership. Customers can now talk to Collins Aerospace...
Portside expanded its portfolio of business aviation software and service offerings by acquiring the FOS hosting business line from Stellar Labs, Inc. Charter and corporate aircraft operators using Collins Aerospace Flight Operations System can now use Portside as their third-party FOS hosting provider. Portside will be building upon Stellar’s history of providing...
Textron Aviation support for business jet customers in Europe expands with addition of a new Cessna Citation CJ3+/Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 Convertible Full-Flight Simulator in the region. New simulator is scheduled to be ready for training at FlightSafety International’s Farnborough, England Learning Center in January 2025. Equipped with the latest Garmin G3000 avionics, the simulator fe...
