AeroCRS is proud to announce the launching of a new robust Analytics system which will run on Qlik Sense platform and will give every airline the ability to analyze their sales data, in order to get deep insights about customers behavior and to act accordingly on different channels. Qlik Sense was released in 2014 and was positioned as being the next generation of data visualization and discovery...
Piper Aircraft Inc. and its recently appointed Chilean dealer, Aeroneed, are collaborating to display the M600, the company's flagship product, at the upcoming FIDAE, to be held April 3-8. This will be the first time that an M600 has been on display at an event in South America. Prior to and following FIDAE, the M600 embarks on a one month Latin America demo tour covering multiple countries....
The Latvian airline airBaltic, starting on March 27, will enter the summer season with nine new routes and improved schedule linking the Baltic region with sunny destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, CIS and the Middle East. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Our passengers are always the focus when deciding on new routes, and we are delighted that for this summer season...
More than 200 million passengers have enjoyed the A380 experience Airbus and Heathrow airport are celebrating the 10th anniversary of A380 operations at the airport. They began on March 18th 2008 with the arrival of the first A380, a Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 from Singapore Changi airport making Heathrow one of the first to welcome Airbus’ iconic double decker. Heathrow...
Flying Colours, the North American MRO, completions and avionics business has officially opened the doors of its new St. Louis, MO., facility. Manufacturing at the new facility, which primarily supports the design, build and finishing of woodwork monuments for large business jet cabins, has already begun. The first components will be delivered to an undisclosed customer before the end of March....
Interflight expands into the Middle East with a Falcon 2000 under sales and marketing agreement. Newly refurbished in 2017, both interior and exterior, the Falcon 2000 will be available from Europe and Middle East. Speaking on the news, Khalil Rachidi, Director of Sales at Interflight Middle East says “We are delighted to launch the new Falcon 2000, which offers the perfect balance betwee...
On March 7, in Paris, finalists of innovative composite solutions of the JEC World – 2018 were awarded. The winner in the Aerospace Industry nomination became the infusion technology of JSC AeroComposit for composite wing manufacturing of the new short-medium range MC-21 aircraft . The main developer and manufacturer of the MC-21 aircraft is Irkut Corporat...
Final assembly of first A380 for Japan set to start next month The main sections of the first A380 for Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) have arrived at the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse via a special convoy, with six subassemblies - the nose, central and aft fuselage sections, the tailplane, and the two wings. ANA Holdings placed a firm order of three A380s in 2016, becoming t...
Penzance Heliport Ltd will team with one of the UK’s leading helicopter companies, Sloane Helicopters, to operate the new helicopter link between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly. Helicopter flights to the Isles of Scilly, between Penzance and the islands of Tresco and St Mary’s, will operate from Spring 2019. Northamptonshire-based Sloane Helicopters has nearly 50 years&rsq...
Vector Aerospace Africa (Pty) Ltd., a StandardAero company located in Lanseria, Johannesburg, South Africa, has secured European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) aircraft maintenance organization (AMO) certification for its engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility. Opened in 2010 and located at Lanseria International Airport, the shop is a Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6...
First A380 flights to Los Angeles, Beijing and Hong Kong on the last Sunday in March Flights are now available to book From 25 March 2018, Lufthansa will welcome five A380s to its Munich Hub. The flights to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Beijing can now be booked. In the coming summer flight schedule, LH 452 takes off at 12.00 to Los Angeles and LH 722 follows at 19.15 to Beijing. In the eve...
“Business Aviation connects distant and remote regions, spurring investment and the growth of business across Europe” The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has today published an Economic Value and Business Benefits Report, outlining clearly the value derived by the European economy from the activity of Business Aviation. The report, commissioned by the EBAA and pro...
Niki Lauda has announced plans to launch his new airline Laudamotion. Having been founded in 2004, the airline is due to commence operations on March 28 with 14 aircraft. The aircraft will come from the Niki subsidiary of AirBerlin which has had its assets sold off and dissolved. This comes following the deal made in January by Mr Lauda to buy the aircraft, and beat British Airways’ owner...
Boeing's new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight today. The airplane remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and delivery in 2019. "Everything we saw during today's flight shows that the MAX 7 is performing exactly as designed," said Keith Leverkuhn, vice president and general manager of the 737 MA...
Even though the air passenger market is protected by the European law, namely regulation no. 261/2004, lately it seems to have lost its influence on the market players. As continuing airline clashes with their employees result in walkouts or endless debates, over 1.5 million extra EU travellers per year suffer directly from what is still considered an “extraordinary circumstance”. Howe...
Daher announced the appointment of European Aircraft Sales ApS as its sales representative in Scandinavia for the TBM family of very fast single-turboprop aircraft. Based in the heart of Denmark at Odense’s H.C. Andersen Airport (EKOD), European Aircraft Sales will serve as the Scandinavian point of contact for TBM customers, joining Daher’s growing worldwide network of TBM sales re...
Russian Helicopters has delivered its first Kazan Helicopters Ansat rotorcraft this year to the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK). The rotorcraft, factory No 33072, comes in the medevac configuration and will be operated by Russian Helicopter Systems (RHS). The operator expects to receive another five Ansats this year. GTLK is to take delivery of 11 more medevac-equipped Ansats from Rus...
Private air charter provider, SaxonAir, has joined London City Airport in celebrating its 30th year anniversary by performing a special demonstration flight into the airport with its class-leading Embraer Legacy 500 aircraft, G-SUEJ. Key stakeholders from the aviation industry were welcomed on-board by G-SUEJ’s dedicated flight crew, who showcased the Legacy 500’s state of the art q...
Jeppesen data enhances GoDirect user experience on iPad or front panel avionics for business aviation operators Boeing through its subsidiary Jeppesen, today announced the continued integration of data services for business aviation operators with the introduction of Jeppesen’s global digital terminal chart data to the Honeywell GoDirect Flight Bag Pro electronic flight bag platform....
FAI Technik GmbH, part of the FAI Aviation Group, is pleased to have signed a dealership agreement with Rockwell Collins to become one of its accredited dealers. Effective immediately, the agreement means FAI Technik can sell, install and maintain Rockwell Collins’ avionics and cabin electronics equipment from its headquarters at Albrecht Dürer International Airport in Nurember...
The Latvian airline airBaltic in February 2018 has transported 215 839 passengers or 23% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. This is a new record number of carried passengers in February in the history of the airline. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “It takes a lot of effort to improve our performance for so...
