Pan Am International Flight Academy and parent company ANA Holdings (collectively “Pan Am”) is offering a combined training program for pilots seeking to earn both an EASA type rating along with the matching FAA type rating concurrently, at their Miami Training Center and World Headquarters. Airline customers and Pilots attending the recently completed...
Since entering service three years ago this month, Gulfstream Aerospace’s flagship G650 fleet is nearing the 150 aircraft milestone. Some 145 of the ultra-long-range business jets—105 G650s and 40 G650ERs—are currently flying, according to the Savannah, Ga.-based aircraft manufacturer. To date, the G650 fleet has logged more than 78,000 hours...
Abu Dhabi-headquartered Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) is re-evaluating its planned completion/MRO centre at Dubai South (formerly Dubai World Central) with a decision on its final make-up and format likely in the early part of next year, according to the company's Chief Operating Officer “The re-evaluation comes to ensure we have a facility which meets the best, current business...
S7 Airlines, a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance®, announces launching a new flexible fare system. Now a passenger has an opportunity to choose, what he/she will need in his/her trip, and pay only for those services, which he/she is going to use. The new fare system includes four fare groups – Economy Basic, Economy Flex, Business Basic and Business Flex. Diffe...
Aeroflot was named the winner of Brand Awards in the nomination The Best Company for Business Travelers at the gala event in Moscow hosted by Fashion Events agency. Aeroflot is the winner of this award not for the first time. The carrier is a premium airline with a modern aircraft fleet which is among the youngest in the world. More th...
The arbitration court of Amur region has satisfied the claim of the state enterprise “Airport Blagoveshchensk” to the airline “Transaero” and ordered the carrier to pay the debt of 7.9 million rubles, reported Tuesday on the official website of the court. The court fully satisfied the claim of the airport of Blagoveshchensk to Transaero “The court ruled with &ld...
Overcast conditions have greeted the arrival of Philippines Airlines’s inaugural flight to Cairns. Flight PR218 from Manila, operated by Airbus A320 RP-C8613, landed a little after 0700 local time on Thursday. The aircraft was on the ground in Cairns for about two hours before heading across the Tasman to Auckland, which is Philippine Airlines’ first destination in New Zeala...
Southeast Asia's aviation sector sought to recover from a new blow to its reputation Wednesday after the U.S. regulator downgraded its safety rating on Thailand's air-travel industry and AirAsia Bhd. faced questions about its practices a day after Indonesian investigators released findings on a crash last year that killed 162 people. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cut Thailand...
The last month was brutal for iconic British suppliers Meggitt and Rolls-Royce. Both issued profit warnings, and their stock prices promptly declined 20%. And both blamed weak aftermarket demand as a key cause of disappointing earnings. They are not alone, as other OEMs also are experiencing flat aftermarket demand. According to Canaccord Genuity, air transport maintenance, repair and overhaul...
After weeks of speculation on the state of the airline, Skywise Airline has been suspended from operating at any Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) airports The budget airline was previously temporarily grounded over a payment dispute with ACSA and the Air Traffic and Navigation Systems. The December suspension however relates to unpaid airport charges. "Airports Company South...
A Zhejiang Loong Air (GJ) cargo flight heading toward Kunming Wednesday morning made an emergency landing at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International airport (HGH) after the aircraft suffered a tyre-burst while taking off, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Boeing 733 aircraft, Registration B-2954, performing cargo flight CDC8712 from Hangzhou to Kunming with three people on board,...
Australian authorities said Thursday that new analysis confirms they've likely been searching in the right place for a missing Malaysian airliner. Searchers have been combing a 120,000-square-kilometer (46,000-square-mile) part of the Indian Ocean since last year but have yet to turn up any trace of Flight 370. A wing flap was found in July washed up on remote Reunion Island. The new ana...
