Four leading New Zealand aviation companies – Salus Aviation, Spidertracks/Air Maestro, TracPlus and Eye in the Sky – will be showcasing their products and services at the Helicopter Association of Canada Annual Conference and Trade Show. Rod McDonald, Business Development Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Technology at New Zealand Trade &...
Helijet International plans to become first Canadian air carrier to provide passenger and cargo services using eVTOL aircraft after placing firm orders for ALIA eVTOL aircraft from BETA Technologies. Helijet will integrate the BETA-designed aircraft into its existing network of helicopter services, providing quieter, lower cost, sustainable air transportation for travelers in southwester...
Around a hundred of airports were evacuated numerous times over a week in France. Travelers' reactions, sometimes surprising. Air traffic disruptions, flight cancellations, delays, lost connections. How to react, how to do our best to ensure safety and continue flying in complete security and confidence. If it's a question of air travel safety, I always can get the expert' opinio...
Embraer will present its capabilities commercial and business aviation, defense and security, technology and innovation at the Dubai Airshow. Among the main highlights of the static exhibition will be the E-195-E2 commercial jet, which makes its public debut with an exciting new livery - the Tech Eagle livery, reflecting high-technology characteristics, excellent performance, e...
NACO Netherlands Airport Consultants signed a MoU with Urban-Air Port, making it the first specialist aviation planning consultancy to support UAP in exploring how its pioneering ground infrastructure technology can be integrated into airport masterplan projects around the world. NACO will further support UAP on airport land-use planning, regional vertiport network business modelling, eVTOL d...
Comlux announced successful delivery of the third ACJ TwoTwenty from Airbus to its Completion Centre in Indianapolis. This project represents the third collaboration between Comlux and Airbus for the ACJ TwoTwenty, reinforcing the successful partnership between two industry leaders. As the exclusive partner of Airbus for the ACJ TwoTwenty cabin, Comlux Completion Center maintains it...
Today, I have the pleasure to welcome Director of aviation department of Ministry of Transport of Latvia – Arturs Kokars. Why? Because 50skyshades had the pleasure to be Media Partner of Riga Aviation Forum 2023. Two days of event were not enough to ask all questions and have everyone we would love to talk with. T.O. First, thank you! It was a pleasure to be back to my birth country...
Dassault Aviation will open a new company owned service center at Sao Paulo Catarina International Executive Airport. The center will replace current facility at Sorocaba. Set to open in early 2024, the Catarina facility will offer nearly 40,000 square feet (3600 square meters) of floor and office space and accommodate up to five Falcon aircraft at a time. It will be large enough for the...
Riga Airport announced first stage of construction procurement – qualification of applicants for construction of Airport's new terminal. The purpose of the procurement is to choose a builder who will construct new building of the passenger terminal of Riga Airport, baggage handling and sorting complex, new access roads, a multi-storey car park and the connection of the Airport with...
Tampa International Airport and Volocopter, have successfully kicked-off a multilayered flight test campaign with a crewed Volocopter 2X. This marks the first-ever flight test of eVTOL aircraft in an operational and large international airport in the U.S., and the first eVTOL test in the state of Florida. The flight test campaign consisted of aircraft downwash an...
ALSIM celebrates its 30-year journey. French-based manufacturer established itself as a prime developer and manufacturer of FAA and EASA certified FNPTII, FNPTII MCC, and AATD flight simulators. Over those three decades it has built up a global reach extending to more than 400 customers and has already delivered more than 450 certified simulators across 60 countries. The journey began in 1994...
Dufour Aerospace Aero2 X2.2 demonstrator aircraft recently made a long way from Zurich to Oregon, marking a milestone on Dufour and U.S.-based drone operator Spright journey. The pre-production experimental drone was delivered this month to the United States. The aircraft was then meticulously and carefully packaged in Zurich and transported by cargo aircraft to the U.S. The de...
