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Babcock to provide helicopter support to world's biggest offshore wind farm

Babcock Mission Critical Services (MCS) Onshore has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by DONG Energy to provide specialist helicopter support to the new Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The windfarm will be the largest in the world when it becomes operational in 2018, with 87 turbin...

RUAG names new Dornier 228 Authorised Service Centre in Bern-Belp, Switzerland

Dornier 228 aircraft are now able to take advantage of full Authorised Service Centre (ASC) services and capabilities at the RUAG Aviation location in Bern-Belp, Switzerland. The announcement, by original equipment manufacturer (OEM) RUAG Aviation, confirms the availability of full services in suppo...

First soviet business jet celebrates 50 years

October 21, 2016 marked exactly 50 years since the first Yak-40 flight! The world's first jet plane of local airlines, the first airliner of Yakovlev Design Bureau, the first Soviet aircraft, which received a Certificate of Airworthiness in the West ... and later it became the first and only business jet in the USSR! Yak-40 in the amount of 1011 pieces actively went off the as...

Passenger Airplane Transformed Into A Private Paradise

For the first time in history, passenger airliner Boeing 787 Dreamliner was transformed into a private jet, with the interior like 5 – stars hotel. The price of this aircraft is $ 324 million. The plane collect 335 passenger, today is a private plane who collect 40 people. Luxurious master suite, conference tables, restaurants, cinema, greate place for living room and 16 beds for sleeping....

Air Partner to attend WCA conferences in February 2017 to build on freight forwarder relationships

Air Partner, the global aviation services group, will be attending the 19th WCA First Conference and the 9th WCA World Conference, which are being held on 7-10 February and 9-13 February respectively. Both conferences are taking place in Singapore for the first time, at the state-of-the-art Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, and are expected to attract thousands of...

Robinson’s R66 Turbine Marine receives EASA final approval

On December 20, 2016 EASA issued final approval for the R66 Turbine Marine pop-out float installation. After tests conducted in July demonstrated the pop-out float installation meets Sea State 4 requirements, EASA officially approved the Marine to be used in emergency situations and for commercial operations. Sea State refers to the height, period, and character of waves on the surface...

Western Aircraft Partners With Gogo Business Aviation To Develop STCs For Gogo 4G Service

As Gogo Business Aviation continues toward its scheduled launch of its 4G service in the first half of 2017, Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company is currently developing Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the new system. Western Aircraft is an authorized full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul Gogo dealer. It will develop STCs for Gogo’s 4G system for Dassault Falc...

Aviapages.com launches the Refund Program for its Premium Members

“Fuel for You” и “Capital AviaNeft” will become the first companies which preform refund for Aviapages.com subscribers. Aviapages.com and its premium members companies “Fuel for You” and “Capital AviaNeft” has signed the agreement for the funds refund to Aviapages.com subscribers. The refund will be performed in case of aircraft refueling with &ld...

Textron Aviation brings new G1000 NXi integrated flight deck to piston product line

Textron Aviation Inc. announced its company-owned service center network will offer the next-generation Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck retrofit for fielded Beechcraft King Air 200/300/350 series turboprop aircraft. “We are excited to bring yet another modernized solution to our King Air customer base,” said Brad Thress, senior vice president, Customer Service. “Garmin...

Garmin introduces G1000® NXi, the next generation integrated flight deck

Garmin International Inc.announced its successor to the ever-popular G1000 integrated flight deck, the G1000 NXi. Boasting a modernized flight display design with significant performance enhancements, the G1000 NXi incorporates innovative capabilities into a state-of-the-art avionics platform. Features such as wireless cockpit connectivity, including wireless aviation database updates using G...

BBA Aviation creates market-leading aircraft management and charter company with Gama Aviation

BBA Aviation plc (“BBA Aviation”, “the Group”), a market-leading provider of global aviation support and aftermarket services, is pleased to announce the merger of its aircraft management and charter business with Gama Aviation’s US aircraft management business. With around 200 airplanes under management, the combined entity, Gama Aviation Signature Aircr...

328 Support Services GmbH and Duncan Aviation partner to deliver and certify full cabin completion on Bombardier Challenger 604

328 Support Services GmbH (328), has recently partnered with USA-based Duncan Aviation to deliver and certify a full cabin completion on a Finnish registered, Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft. Following 328’s work on the EASA certification, the aircraft was delivered to the customer on time, last month. 328 Support Services was responsible for verifying all the engineering data involved in...

Falcon Aviation signs FBO One agreement

Ries Vriend, CEO of Amsterdam Software, and Captain Raman Oberoi, COO of Falcon Aviation, announced the signing of the FBO One Software agreement, providing an essential online operational management tool. This new system will enhance the logistics across all its front and back office departments supporting Falcon Aviation’s processes in providing a seamless and efficient service to its...

Bad Business Model Alert: BlissJet Launches Transatlantic “Shared” Private Jet Flights

By Lucky As Richard Branson famously once said, “if you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.” We’ve seen a countless number of transatlantic all business class airlines launched over the years, and they’ve failed without exception (La Compagnie was recently purchased by XL Airways and wasn’t breaking even, so I suppose th...

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