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Aviation leaders call for satellite-based technologies to tackle capacity crunch

Voting for the ‘Wings of Business’ Award Nominees Heads into the Homestretch

The Organizing Committee of the ‘Wings of Business’, Russia’s National Award for the highest achievements in the field of business aviation, completed the online voting for the 2016 Award nominees and launched the second stage of voting – the public voting by RUBAA members....

London Oxford Airport launches 'Try and Fly' offers at Schedulers & Dispatchers

London Oxford Airport, one of the UK's busiest business aviation hubs, returns to Schedulers & Dispatchers in Fort Worth, TX, USA this week with a trio of tempting offers for first time visitors as it joins its long-standing fuel supplier Air BP on Booth 500. For visitors traveling to or...

Transfer of A380 MSN4 to the Le Bourget aerospace museum

As part of its contribution to preserving aviation heritage, Airbus will be transferring four of its test aircraft to museums: the Museum of Air and Space in Paris-Le Bourget and Aeroscopia in Toulouse. These aircraft comprise: A320 MSN1, recently withdrawn from the test aircraft fleet; A340-600 MSN360; A380 MSN2 and A380 MSN4. These aircraft will benefit from heritage preservation measures and...

Uber hires NASA aircraft engineer to help develop flying cars at Uber Elevate

Uber is making moves to expand the scope of its flying car experiment – the company just hired NASA engineer Mark Moore, who worked at the federal agency as an advanced aircraft engineer and basically kickstarted the current interest in vertical take-off and landing craft for short-haul urban flight with a 2010 paper on the feasibility of the helicopter-like vehicles. Moore will act as Direc...

European Commission adopts proposal for aviation emissions trading system

The European Commission (EC) has made a proposal for the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) prolonging the existing temporary limited scope of the scheme that applies to flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) only. No new requirements will therefore be introduced for flights into and out of the EEA until 2021 when ICAO’s global scheme (CORSIA) will be int...

Rietumu Banka is the General Sponsor of the ‘Wings of Business’ Award

Rietumu Banka, one of the largest banks in the Baltics States, specialized in corporate banking and affluent individuals, announced its sponsorship of the ‘Wings of Business’ Awards, Russia’s national award in the field of business aviation. Within a decade business aviation worked its way up becoming one of the strong industries in Russia. Rietumu Banka recognizes the potenti...

Baines Simmons’ client Isle of Man Aircraft Registry named as Best Global Aviation Registry

The Isle of Man Aircraft Registry (IOMAR), a longstanding client of Baines Simmons, has been named Best Global Aviation Registry in World Commerce Review Magazine’s 2017 awards. IOMAR is the 6th largest international business jet register in the world. It is known for award-winning levels of customer service and the highest standards of independent regulatory oversight. The Wo...

Britain, Turkey sign defense deal to develop Turkish fighter jet

Britain and Turkey signed a defense deal worth more than 100 million pounds on Saturday to develop Turkish fighter jets, opening the way to deeper cooperation over the lifetime of the project. In Ankara to strengthen ties with Turkey as she navigates Britain's departure from the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May hailed the deal, saying it showed "that Britain is a gr...

BACA: The Air Charter Association partners with ACE for first ever conference and exhibition

As part of its drive to deliver ever greater value to its members and to enhance the profile and reputation of the air charter industry generally, BACA has teamed up with Air Charter Expo (ACE) to deliver the Association’s first ever conference and exhibition. ACE ‘17 takes place at London Biggin Hill airport on 12th September 2017. BACA works hard to find ways in whi...

Dassault to provide special event support at World Economic Forum

Dassault Aviation will offer an expanded range of on-ground services to support customers at this year’s World Economic Forum. In addition to standard onsite troubleshooting provided by the Falcon Command Centers, special events support will include technical team assistance and offsite resources provided through the company’s Authorized Service Center network and its Falcon Respons...

Women in Corporate Aviation Announces Inaugural TAG Aviation Scholarships

To celebrate its 10-year anniversary of providing global pilot and cabin crew training, TAG Aviation has selected Women in Corporate Aviation’s scholarship program (WCA-intl.org) as a means to launch two inaugural scholarships. Current WCA members – age 18 and older – are encouraged to apply for the scholarships between January 9 and March 26, 2017. TAG Global Train...

Satcom Direct is the Official Sponsor of the ‘Wings of Business’ Award

Satcom Direct, the leading provider of aviation and global communication technology services and solutions, announced its sponsorship of the ‘Wings of Business’ Awards, Russia’s national award in the field of business aviation that will take place in Moscow on February 17, 2017. The ‘Wings of Business’ is the first independent industry award covering all business a...

AOPA Statement on the Release of the Final Third Class Medical Reform Rule and Effective Date

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) issued the following after the FAA released its final rule for third class medical reform which the agency has named BasicMed: Teams of AOPA experts are now examining the regulations, which at first look appear to closely mirror the legislation signed into law on July 15, 2016. Pilots should note that BasicMed will not be effective until May 1,...

Dubai HeliConference debuting in 2017 to address challenges of Middle East's helicopter industry

The inaugural Dubai HeliConference is set to take place from April 17 to 18, 2017 at the Al Maktoum International Airport, planned to be the world's largest airport located in Dubai World Central, the venue for the World Expo 2020. The new symposium is supported by the Dubai Helishow, the biennial Helicopter Technology and Operations Exhibition held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed...

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