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Royal Jordanian celebrates 52nd anniversary

December 15 marks Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines' 52nd anniversary. On that day in 1963, it launched its operations as the national carrier of Jordan and has since been an ambassador of goodwill and friendship to other cultures, and a bridge that enhances tourism and trade with the world. ...

John Ratzenberger to Host Elite Aviation Products' Second Annual Aerospace & Defense Symposium

Elite Aviation Products, an advanced design, engineering, and manufacturing company within the aerospace industry, will host their second annual Aerospace & Defense Symposium at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California. The event will include a wide variety of guests from original equip...

Emirates emblazons Airbus A380 with Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid teammates

The world is used to seeing Cristiano Ronaldo fly down the wing for Spanish footballing giants Real Madrid. But now he’ll flying at a rather higher altitude - this time on the side of an Emirates Airbus A380. The Dubai carrier, which sponsors Real as well as a number of other top European clubs, has unveiled a new decal on the world’s largest passenger plane. The A380 has been...

Etihad raises more than Dh1m for charitable causes

Etihad Airways has raised more than Dh1 million for charitable causes in Yemen and Kenya. The national airline raised approximately Dh1 million to support the Yemen: We Care campaign and has helped renovate two schools in Kenya as part of the company’s annual charity fund-raising, in cooperation with Emirates Red Crescent. “As the UAE’s national airline, we are pleased to r...

Etihad Airways Wins "World's Leading Airline" Award for Seventh Consecutive Year

Etihad Airways has crowned a momentous 2015 by collecting the coveted "World's Leading Airline" award for the seventh consecutive year at the annual World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2015. Last night's red-carpet event was held before an audience of the industry's leading luminaries and international media at the exclusive Mazagan Beach & Golf Resor...

Fliegers: 3 top aviation-inspired watches from Germany

The key design elements of timepieces made for 1940s German Air Force pilots - legibility and a black dial face with white markings - have inspired countless watches since, but there's nothing to beat the real deal, writes Abid Rahman High fliegers Like most sane, sensible and non-weird people, I like to google myself. Often. And after some expert googling I was surprised to learn that...

World War II-era transport plane to anchor aviation museum

More than 70 years after it led Allied aircraft during the D-Day invasion, the C-47 That's All Brother is being readied for its new home in Dallas. Before it can fly to Texas, the historic World War II airplane is being resurrected from a Wisconsin aircraft boneyard, where it was discovered last year by an aviation buff. "As soon as the news broke, there was a lot of interest from m...

Vauxhall helicopter crash: Pilot under commercial pressure to fly in unsafe fog, inquest finds

Peter Barnes made inappropriate decision to fly in 'excessively challenging weather' while under pressure to satisfy important client, jury decides. A pilot who was killed in a central London helicopter crash was under commercial pressure to satisfy an important client when he made the inappropriate and unsafe decision to fly in "excessively challenging weather conditions", a...

Up to December 20, companies participating in HeliRussia 2016 will receive a special discount

IX International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia will be held from May 19th to 21st 2016 in Moscow. The exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. For participants registered before December 20, 2015, a special offer is available – they'll get a 10% discount on exhibition spaces rental. HeliRussia 2016 gathers all leading a...

Happy Passengers May Make a Difference to Airline Performance After All

During yesterday’s International Air Transport Association (IATA) Media Day in Geneva, IATA Director of Marketing and Sales Tim-Jasper Schaaf presented new data points which cast a new light on the importance of happy passengers. The update came as a result of our previous report that IATA found no direct correlation between satisfied passengers and profitable airlines during a previ...

Drone Regulations Come into Effect in Japan

Japan's revised civil aviation law that regulates the use of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles came into effect on Thursday. The new regulations require operators to get government approval to fly such aircraft in areas designated as densely populated, at events, and near airports, public broadcaster NHK reported. Permission is also required for flying out of the operator's s...

Six more winners at FAI World Air Games

Six new FAI World Air Games champions were crowned yesterday at the Skydive Dubai Palm Dropzone in Dubai. Brian de Chastel, from Australia, stepped up to accept the gold for the Aeromodelling F3T, or Semi Scale Pylon Racing, competition. "This is the peak," he said. "I didn't even dare to dream about this. It's too much." Latvian Aleksandrs Prokofjevs...

GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Competition Registration Now Open

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane announced today that they are sponsoring the fourth Aviation Design Challenge. Registration for the competition to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education among U.S. high school students is open to the first 100 schools that enter. In three years, the STEM curriculum upon which the competition is...

Nominations open for 2016 Airspace awards

Nominations are open for the 2016 Aviation/Aerospace Australia leadership and excellence awards. There are six categories in the annual Airspace awards, comprising distinguished leadership, excellence in innovation, outstanding leadership in training, outstanding strategy for diversity, outstanding contribution to the aviation and aerospace sectors by a female and outstanding next generation pr...

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