Dynamic Jet Charter is pleased to announce a partnership with Global Air Charters, a global private jet charter and management company. The new partnership will allow the firms to support continual efforts to optimize marketplace customer needs. Dynamic Jet Charter will outsource aircraft to accommodate client trips and be able to assist clients requesting heavy jet lift with in-house...
Qatar Airways, the World’s Best Airline as voted by Skytrax 2017, is delighted to confirm it has been approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to permit passengers to carry personal electronic items on board U.S.-bound flights, departing from its hub Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar. The airline gained the exemption earlier after U.S. officials inspected the se...
Airbus marked a busy June with 138 aircraft ordered from its A320 and A330 families by airlines and leasing companies – including high-profile announcements made at the Paris Air Show – while delivering 64 jetliners during the month in the A320, A330 and A350 XWB product range. Leading the new business in June was the booking for 100 A320neo (New Engine Option) Family aircraft by GE...
The Board of Directors of Rockwell Collins recently approved the purchase of an additional $200 million of Rockwell Collins common stock. With this additional authorization, total share repurchases authorized as of July 7, 2017 is $285 million. “This additional authorization demonstrates the Board of Directors’ continued confidence in our ability to generate cash flow needed to...
Collaboration aims to qualify China Airlines as approved Boeing parts supplier partner Boeing and China Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of the airline’s capabilities to serve the growing maintenance, repair and overhaul market in Asia. Boeing anticipates providing technical support and maintenance training to China Airlines to en...
STELIA Aerospace’s plant in Rochefort, France, celebrated today the delivery of the fully equipped Upper Fuselage section of the first BelugaXL to its customer Airbus. The Upper Fuselage section will be delivered at Rochefort seaport, on the barge used for the A380 section transport. With its outstanding dimensions (8m long, 9m large and 8 m high, and a total weight of 2.1 tonnes), the Up...
Rosoboronexport, a member of Rostec State Corporation, will display Russian-made products at the MAKS 2017 airspace salon using state-of-the-art exhibition technologies. "For the first time, Rosoboronexport will use holographic panels to showcase its armament and military equipment and display the products at MAKS 2017 in the form of an interactive multi-screen presentation featuring the h...
Bell Helicopter announced the Bell 525 Relentless program has resumed flight test activity after receiving experimental certificate renewal from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Today we have resumed a key element of the Bell 525 program,” said Mitch Snyder, president and CEO. “Bell Helicopter has worked with the National Transportation Safety Bo...
Fifth generation of ecoDemonstrator features two industry leaders working together and flight testing aboard a 777 Freighter. As part of the continuing effort to accelerate aerospace innovation, Boeing and FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world's largest express transportation company, will work together to fly the next ecoDemonstrator. Starting in 2018, a new Boeing...
In a 6.4-metre stack, the spacecraft is undergoing final testing in flight configuration Mercury remains the most mysterious planet of our inner Solar System. BepiColombo, Europe's first mission to Mercury, will set off in October 2018 on a journey to the smallest and least explored rocky planet in our Solar System. The European Space Agency (ESA), the Japanese Aerospace Exploratio...
For many holiday-goers jetting off to their dream destinations this summer, their vacation begins when they catch their flight. A colorful new infographic from connected aircraft technology specialists SITAONAIR showcases 10 top ways that airlines can ensure the passenger experience is truly top flight for those heading off on hard-earned holidays. “In the hyper-competitive business of...
BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, has announced gaining an approval to provide ATR 42/72 FFS services for Tanzanian aviation companies. After successful audit by Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA), ATR 42/72 type rating training and full flight simulator dry or wet lease is allowed to be provided at the training center in Vienna, Austria. Inspectors of TCAA audit...
In January-June 2017, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served 1.69 million passengers, which is 31 percent more than the same period of last year. Only in June 322,000 passengers were served, it is the highest figure for the first time since 2014 on the total number of passengers and since 2012 - on growth indicator. During the first half of this year Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carried 960,0...
It is certainly no join to hear that your flight just got delayed or cancelled. In EU only, every tenth traveller has experienced flight disruptions that amount to €3 billion debt that airlines owe to the passengers. However, according to SKYCOP, the day might be just a tad brighter if you were left stranded at one of the 5 most impressive airports across the globe. On a list summoned by...
The aircraft painting facility at the RUAG Aviation one-stop shop in Munich has repainted a Bombardier Global Express XRS, on behalf of long-time customer SBK Holding Ltd. The RUAG one-stop shop services optimised the downtime associated with a scheduled 15-month inspection. SBK Holding Ltd chose a full repaint of their eight-year-old aircraft to express their own dynamic and innovative image...
The Flying Colours Corp. avionics team has completed its first installation of the Honeywell JetWave™ Ka-Band satellite communications system. Work on attaching the LRU’s, radome and tail mounted antenna has just finished at the company’s Peterborough, Ontario facility, making it one of the first Bombardier Aerospace Authorized Service Facilities, ASF, to fit the system. The conn...
We are pleased to welcome Norfolk Island Airlines to AeroCRS family. Norfolk Island Airlines is locally owned and based, with many years of airline and travel experience to Norfolk Island. Norfolk Island is situated in the Pacific Ocean approximately 1, 600km north-east of Sydney. Norfolk Island Airlines teamed up with industry partner Nauru Airlines in order to provide with aircraft operati...
StandardAero Aviation Holdings, Inc. (“StandardAero”) and Airbus SE (“Airbus”) announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations with respect to an acquisition by StandardAero of Vector Aerospace Holding SAS (“Vector”) from Airbus. Vector is a global aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul company, providing responsive, quality support for...
Alsim is very happy to announce the sale of an AL42 flight simulator, an exact copy of the Diamond DA42, to HM Aerospace flight training school, based in Langkawi, Malaysia. The school already owns two Alsim AL42 simulators. This AL42 simulator will provide the latest technological advances, such as PBN (Performance-based Navigation) and HDVS (High Definition Visual System), developed by Alsim....
Dassault Aviation’s all-new Falcon 5X has made its first flight, allowing the ultra wide body twinjet to embark on a limited number of preliminary flight tests before the commencement of the full fledged flight test campaign, scheduled to begin next year. The aircraft took off from Dassault’s Bordeaux-Mérignac final assembly facility with test pilots Philippe Deleume and...
DC Aviation, headquartered in Stuttgart, announces that it sold its „foundation aircraft“, an Airbus A319 CJ, with which it originally started its operation, and that it will continue to operate and maintain the aircraft for the new owner. From 1999 through 2008 DC Aviation was a subsidiary of the DaimlerChrysler AG managing the regular shuttle traffic between the two corporate head...
