“Business Aviation connects distant and remote regions, spurring investment and the growth of business across Europe” The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has today published an Economic Value and Business Benefits Report, outlining clearly the value derived by the European economy from the activity of Business Aviation. The report, commissioned by the EBAA and pro...
Niki Lauda has announced plans to launch his new airline Laudamotion. Having been founded in 2004, the airline is due to commence operations on March 28 with 14 aircraft. The aircraft will come from the Niki subsidiary of AirBerlin which has had its assets sold off and dissolved. This comes following the deal made in January by Mr Lauda to buy the aircraft, and beat British Airways’ owner...
Boeing's new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight today. The airplane remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and delivery in 2019. "Everything we saw during today's flight shows that the MAX 7 is performing exactly as designed," said Keith Leverkuhn, vice president and general manager of the 737 MA...
Even though the air passenger market is protected by the European law, namely regulation no. 261/2004, lately it seems to have lost its influence on the market players. As continuing airline clashes with their employees result in walkouts or endless debates, over 1.5 million extra EU travellers per year suffer directly from what is still considered an “extraordinary circumstance”. Howe...
Daher announced the appointment of European Aircraft Sales ApS as its sales representative in Scandinavia for the TBM family of very fast single-turboprop aircraft. Based in the heart of Denmark at Odense’s H.C. Andersen Airport (EKOD), European Aircraft Sales will serve as the Scandinavian point of contact for TBM customers, joining Daher’s growing worldwide network of TBM sales re...
Russian Helicopters has delivered its first Kazan Helicopters Ansat rotorcraft this year to the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK). The rotorcraft, factory No 33072, comes in the medevac configuration and will be operated by Russian Helicopter Systems (RHS). The operator expects to receive another five Ansats this year. GTLK is to take delivery of 11 more medevac-equipped Ansats from Rus...
Private air charter provider, SaxonAir, has joined London City Airport in celebrating its 30th year anniversary by performing a special demonstration flight into the airport with its class-leading Embraer Legacy 500 aircraft, G-SUEJ. Key stakeholders from the aviation industry were welcomed on-board by G-SUEJ’s dedicated flight crew, who showcased the Legacy 500’s state of the art q...
Jeppesen data enhances GoDirect user experience on iPad or front panel avionics for business aviation operators Boeing through its subsidiary Jeppesen, today announced the continued integration of data services for business aviation operators with the introduction of Jeppesen’s global digital terminal chart data to the Honeywell GoDirect Flight Bag Pro electronic flight bag platform....
FAI Technik GmbH, part of the FAI Aviation Group, is pleased to have signed a dealership agreement with Rockwell Collins to become one of its accredited dealers. Effective immediately, the agreement means FAI Technik can sell, install and maintain Rockwell Collins’ avionics and cabin electronics equipment from its headquarters at Albrecht Dürer International Airport in Nurember...
The Latvian airline airBaltic in February 2018 has transported 215 839 passengers or 23% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. This is a new record number of carried passengers in February in the history of the airline. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “It takes a lot of effort to improve our performance for so...
Saab successfully completed the first flight of the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft in Linköping, Sweden. GlobalEye took off on its maiden flight at 12.52 local time on 14 March 2018, from Saab’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden. The aircraft, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 jet platform, undertook a 1 hour 46 minutes test flight collecting extensive fligh...
From research project to industrialization: AutoInspect in productive use Lufthansa Technik AG has industrialized the automated inspection procedure for engine components that the company developed in-house. The concept system that was produced during the AutoInspect R&D project is now in productive use. AutoInspect is a robot-based procedure that performs digital crack...
