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Etihad’s Indian partner jumps as fuel drops to five-year low

Iranian aviation market one to watch this year

The lifting of economic sanctions on Iran this year will put pressure on major Middle East carriers, creating new competition for those who have built a business on connecting regional and international traffic. Sanctions are expected to be lifted sometime in the first half of this year following...

Six aviation issues to watch in 2016

It’s a new year and as always, I expect it will be a busy year for aviation. Here’s what we’re going to be watching in 2016. 1. American Airlines has entered into labor talks with its largest union group, the Transport Workers Union/International Association of Machinist...

3 Allegiant Flights From Orlando Diverted

Three Allegiant flights that departed from Orlando Sanford International Airport in the past week had to be diverted midflight. On Christmas Eve, 141 passengers on a flight to Youngstown, Ohio, were diverted to Jacksonville International Airport for an "engine problem," said a spokeswoman for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. On Monday, a plane flying from Orlando Sanford to App...

ViaSat pivots to coverage play for connected aircraft revolution

In the world of inflight entertainment and connectivity, the industry has seen what could be considered a serious content play (Global Eagle Entertainment’s string of CSP-related acquisitions), a hardware/integration play (by LiveTV and later its acquirer Thales) and a capacity/service play courtesy of satellite operator ViaSat. The latter firm, whose regional Ka-band Exede service is poweri...

Gulf Air's world first when it comes to IT certification.

Bahrain carrier Gulf Air, has become the first airline in the world to be certified with Information Technology ISO certifications in the five areas of Quality Management, Environmental Management, Service Management, Information Security Management and Energy Management Systems. Following a comprehensive internal and external audit conducted by RINA Services, one of the oldest international ce...

Air Moldova - more than one million passengers in 2015

Air Moldova is joyfully celebrating the event of transporting more than one million passengers in 2015. The pompous event took place in the Chisinau International Airport . The famous ensemble of folk dances “JOC” enjoyed the audience with a celebration dance, and by the end the General Director of Air Moldova, Mr. Iulian SCORPAN offered the grand prize to the nominated 1 mil...

Saudi launches VIP service

Saudia has announced its new VIP service, “Al Bayraq”, which will operate 12 flights a day between Jeddah and Riyadh in cooperation with Saudi Private Aviation, the Saudi Gazette reports. The announcement was made yesterday by Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, director general of Saudia, where he stated the service will start in February. “We have been steadily gro...

Challenger arrival heralds new era for Australian SAR

The first of four Bombardier Challenger 604 special missions jets which Cobham Aviation will operate under a 12-year contract to provide search and rescue aircraft for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has arrived in Australia. The aircraft, currently registered to Canada’s Field Aviation as C-FIDT, arrived into Adelaide around midday on Wednesday after d...

Air New Zealand Works Deluxe could do with soft product work

Works Deluxe sits as the top offering on Air New Zealand’s Australian and Pacific islands Airbus A320 fleet. It’s a middle-seat-free economy hard product, in the extra legroom section of the aircraft and with on-demand inflight entertainment, food and beverages included. The airline’s unbundled Seats to Suit fares on these routes include the self-explanatory Seat Only and Seat +...

What a near-miss with a helicopter taught one aviation student about drones

A few weeks ago, Owen Ouyang was piloting a small drone near his Martinez, Calif., home when the screen on his iPad went black. His DJI Phantom III had lost its signal near some power lines, so a safety feature sent it soaring. Federal Aviation Administration guidelines specify that hobbyists’ drones should stay below 400 feet. But Ouyang, who lives on a hill, with homes, power lines and...

Aviation has come a long way in the past 15 years, but many challenges remain

Any way you look at it, taking a domestic flight at the turn of the century was a remarkable event in the life of an average Indian. One had to plan much in advance, air tickets were an expensive proposition and though private airlines had arrived on the scene, Air India continued to have a substantial hold over the domestic aviation market. How things have changed in the last decade-and-a-half...

Aeroflot takes delivery of two new SSJ-100s

Aeroflot has taken delivery of two new Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft (registration numbers RA-89057 and RA-89058) in full specification produced by JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA). Both aircraft have been named in honour of Russian pilots: the RA-89057 for K Sapelkin and the RA-89058 for N Safronnikov. The new SSJ-100s have been transferred to Aeroflot under a financial lease a...

Finnair proceeds with its growth strategy; expands and modernises its European fleet

Finnair has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with BOC Aviation Pte Ltd (“BOC Aviation”) to lease four new Airbus A321-200 narrow-body aircraft. BOC Aviation is a Singapore-based subsidiary of Bank of China, specialising in aircraft leasing. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Finnair during the first half of 2017. The lease agreements have a minimum...

Etihad Airways Statement On German Court Ruling

Etihad Airways is deeply disappointed by the German court’s decision handed down today. We are reviewing the judgement and will file an appeal against the decision early next week. Etihad Airways owns 29.2 per cent of airberlin, Germany’s second largest airline. The social and economic damage to Germany by this decision is significant. The withdrawal of approval for codeshare...

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