The latest G650 had taken off at 11:51am from Savannah, Georgia and headed to the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin. This G650 adds to Deer Jet’s growing managed fleet as the very first private jet of its class registered in mainland China. Mr. Frank Fang, Vice President of Deer Jet said: “We are very honoured to take over the management and operation of the very first G650...
Boeing and Primera Air announced an order for eight 737 MAX 9 airplanes, valued at more than $950 million at list prices. The agreement also includes purchase rights for four additional 737 MAX 9s and a lease agreement for eight more airplanes from Air Lease Corporation. The 737 MAX 9 will form the backbone of the low-cost airline's future as it seeks to commence flights betw...
The A350-1000completed successfully its first and unique “Early Long Flight” with 310 passengers on board, including 10 Airbus Flight Test crew members and 13 Virgin Atlantic cabin crew. Test aircraft MSN065 took off from and landed in Toulouse on May 11th after a 12 hours flight. During the long-haul flight the passengers, comprising Airbus employees and cabin crew...
Textron Aviation announced the final production Cessna Citation Mustang has rolled off the assembly line and will be delivered in the coming weeks. The ground-breaking Mustang quickly set the standard in its category for pilots stepping up to jet ownership, and enjoyed tremendous success throughout its 12-year production run with more than 470 aircraft delivered to customers around the world. &...
Piper Aircraft has announced plans to attend the 2017 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) and display its top-of-the line M600 aircraft. Executives from Piper Aircraft will attend the event along with its European dealers and sales agents, to be held May 22-24 at Geneva's Palexpo and Geneva International Airport. "This year's EBACE convention is the i...
Jersey Jet Centre Ltd, a locally-owned and operated Jersey company, has launched a private air taxi solution based at Jersey Airport. Known as 'Isle- Fly' it aims to provide simple, quick and reliable charter solutions to business and leisure travellers. Using an eight-seater multi-engined Cessna aircraft, giving the option to fly to destinations up to two hours from Jersey or Guerns...
The Latvian airline airBaltic today, on May 11, 2017, launched a new direct route linking Riga and Catania. The route offers convenient travel options for travellers from Italy and Baltic States. Wolfgang Reuss, SVP of Network Management of airBaltic: “We are delighted to add Catania to our summer season flights and to offer jet another sunny destination with convenient connections. C...
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt is unifying the registration process for truck drivers at the airport. This step aims to reduce the coordination effort between hauliers, forwarders and handling agents by decreasing the duration of stops at the registration within CargoCity. Currently there are waiting times to be expected with every loading and unloading of carriers that are commissioned by the...
Third flight test vehicle will join two Global 7000 test aircraft already flying Global 7000 aircraft’s exceptionally smooth ride redefines the business aircraft experience Offering unparalleled comfort, the Global 7000 aircraft has four distinct living spaces and a dedicated crew rest area Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that a third Global 7...
From 1 May, Sky Atlas introduces a brand-new price list for ground handling and passenger services in Russia, based on the all-inclusive fixed-price package principle. In Russia, when business aircraft owners and operators receive their bills for ground handling, they are often confronted with a long list of operations that they didn’t order or budget for. It often comes an unpleasant sur...
Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, made history yesterday afternoon when its first all-female flight and cabin crew took to the skies. The special flight, JU314, departed Belgrade for Paris at 5.05 pm on 10 May, with Captain Vesna Aleksić and First Officer Mirjana Stojilković at the controls. Looking after guests on the flight was a team of four...
Engine building is one of the most complex areas of the helicopter industry. Even fewer countries that are able to produce helicopters have the potential to build modern helicopter engines. Modern line-up of rotorcraft engines, their systems and aftersales programs to be showcased at the 10th anniversary HeliRussia 2017 expo to highlight new developments in this industry. Expo to be held from...
