CJSC Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) announces admission of documents from females for a flight attendant position. The documents will be received from 10:00 to 12:00, from August 10 to September 10, 2017. The candidates will be selected by a competition. The competition is open only to good looking girls aged 18-30, with height not less than 165 cm and not more than 180 cm. Those willing to appl...
Locatory.com, an aviation IT company primarily acting as an aircraft parts locator, has agreed to partner with Utair Aviation, one of the leading first-class Russian airlines. Recently, UTair Aviation has joined Locatory.com’s marketplace. In 2016, air carrier was named as the best regional airline in Russia, as well as the CIS at the Business Traveler Russia and CIS awards. Operating a...
Winners to Be Celebrated at Gala Event on 21 October in Barcelona, Spain My Sky, the Swiss company specialized in business aviation financial control since 2015, was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the “Startup of the Year - Business Services Industries” category and the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the “Tech Startup of the Year - Services”...
Europe and China compete for world's youngest fleets. Africa and North America to come in last. Who would expect that two Europeaan low-cost airlines would have some of the youngest aircraft in the world? As millions of people head to the airport to go on summer vacation, ch-aviation has crunched the numbers to find out who has the world's youngest fleet. In first place is...
Number of nationalities eligible to enter visa-free highest in region Qatar considering further enhancements to visa policy, including waiver for holders of visa/resident permit for GCC and Schengen countries, as well as UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand Qatar’s Ministry of Interior (MoI), Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) and Qatar Airways today announced that Qatar...
HNA Group announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of an 82.5% equity interest in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The transaction is valued at €15.1 million. HNA Group issued the following statement regarding the closing of the transaction: “We are pleased to complete the acquisition of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, which we bel...
The trials aim to confirm the Ka-226T’s potential to operate in temperatures of plus 50 degrees Celsius Russian Helicopters Group, part of state hi-tech corporation Rostec, will test the Kamov Ka-226T light multirole helicopter in Iran jointly with Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) for its ability to operate in extremely high temperatures, the Group’s press office...
Rockwell Collins will showcase business aviation solutions for the Latin American market, including flight deck, connectivity, cabin and service solutions at the 15th Annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Expo, from Aug. 15-17. “This year we are showcasing even more of our business portfolio at LABACE to meet the needs of our customers in the region,” s...
After ten years of cooperation, ATR, the world’s leading turboprop manufacturer, and the Irish regional airline Stobart Air announce the extension of their Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). This new six-year contract covers the repair, overhaul and pooling services of Line Replaceable Units, along with Propellers’ availability and maintenance. The entire ATR fleet of Stobar...
Piaggio Aerospace, a leading Italian aircraft manufacturer active in the business and defense and security sectors, announced it will participate with its Avanti EVO in the Air Charter Expo 2017 held at the London Biggin Hill Airport, on September 12, 2017. Organized by BACA (the Air Charter Association), ACE is the international exhibition dedicated to the air charter industry and addressed to gl...
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced at Congresso Sindag Mercosul 2017 that it has appointed Brazil-based ABA Manutencao de Ltda. (ABA) as its first Designated Maintenance Facility (DMF) under the company's new global network expansion model. The new DMF will serve the agricultural aerial application industry in Brazil, helping to enhance availability and accessibility to a wid...
Scientists will get a better understanding of our planet’s carbon cycle and vegetation health through a first-of-a-kind NASA instrument built by Lockheed Martin. The Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCARB) mission will use an advanced infrared spectrograph hosted on a commercial geosynchronous satellite. The project is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Berrien Moore at the Universit...
Boeing and Air Lease Corporation have finalized an order for 12 737 MAXs first announced at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The agreement also includes two new orders for the 787-9 Dreamliner. "These additional orders reflect ALC's highly successful placements to date of our MAX and 787 order book and the need to fulfill the incremental demand we are experiencing for these aircraft...
Dassault Systèmes and No Magic, Incorporated have entered into a partnership to join their expertise in the Model-based systems engineering field. The two companies will integrate their industry solutions based on Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform addressing, among others, the need for competitiveness in the development of connected and autonomous experie...
GA Telesis, LLC (“GA Telesis”) and Wafra Capital Partners Inc. (“WCP Inc.”) jointly announced today that GA Telesis has raised a new $500 million investment vehicle from institutional and private clients advised by WCP Inc. to establish a second aviation investment vehicle focused on aircraft and engine investment opportunities. This capital raise constitutes the second rou...
MAC Interiors, a UK-based aircraft interior production and engineering company with more than 50 years of heritage, is pleased to announce its facility and capability expansions. After Magnetic MRO, Estonian headquartered Total Technical Care provider, had completed the acquisition of MAC Interiors, the company launched the project of modernisation, expansion and organisational transformat...
Following sizeable development costs of $750 million, Embraer recently launched the brand new Legacy 450 and international operator, Global Jet has just been appointed by a discerning owner to manage and operate one of the few examples of this type that are available for charter in Europe. Equipped with fly by wire cutting edge technology, the Legacy 450 is ideally suited for the European chart...
Zodiac Seats U.S. is pleased to announce that Ryanair has selected Zodiac Seats' Z110 high-density economy class seat for their Boeing 737MAX aircraft. Zodiac Seats U.S. CEO Jeff Barger notes, "We are pleased with Ryanair's continued confidence in Zodiac Seats U.S. and the Z110. The Z110 was originally developed specifically for Ryanair to meet their exacting requirements and the l...
Daher recognized the TBM community’s strong presence at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, with the participation of 60 TBM very fast turboprop airplanes – once again representing the largest number of turbine-powered aircraft at the annual fly-in. Several TBMs made long flights to join the world-leading aviation gathering at Wittman Regional Airport, with eight coming...
Flying Colours Corp. has redelivered the first Canadian registered aircraft to have the Rockwell Collins network’s Future Airspace Navigation System (FANS) 1/A upgrade installed in combination with Flying Colours ADS-B solution. The FANS 1/A system, which is available through Rockwell Collins dealers, will improve operating costs, whilst the addition of the soon to be mandatory ADS-B O...
Piper Aircraft Inc. announced its aircraft sales and delivery results for the second quarter of 2017, ending June 30. The company continued to grow its new aircraft deliveries and revenue with sales of turbine, M-Class products leading the company's performance success. Additionally, Piper trainer sales growth is being led by the proven Archer platform with sales backlog into Q3 2018....
