A recent study makes it seem clear that drones and airplanes are on a collision course—unless SkySafe has anything to say about it. The new startup company has technology that can stop a drone in its flight path and divert it before it collides with a commercial plane, The Verge reported. SkySafe, which bills itself as in the drone protection business, doesn't just alert pilots to nea...
Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air Berlin Plc are scrapping more than 900 flights this week as a strike by public-services workers at German airports on Wednesday hobbles operations in Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne. Lufthansa, Europe’s third-biggest airline, is eliminating 895 flights, or 60 percent of the the 1,500 services it had scheduled for Wednesday, the German carrier said Tuesday in a...
Mitsubishi Aircraft says the second prototype for its MRJ regional jet programme is undergoing engine tests, as it readies for its first flight. In a newsletter, the Japanese manufacturer says FTA-2 will move forward with taxi tests in May, followed by flight tests. This follows the completion of the first phase of flight tests for the FTA-1. On 13 April, FTA-1 started recieving “plann...
Video reportedly to show an angry former airport worker exacting revenge on $6.6m jet. THIS is the incredible moment that a Russian plane is gutted by a large excavator. It has been widely rumoured that the UTair aeroplane was destroyed by an irate airport worker. The story circulated online that after being fired from his job, the employee decided to smash up the Yak-40 in revenge. Bu...
An American Airlines pilot flunked two sobriety tests before a 7 a.m. flight out of Detroit. An Alaska Airlines pilot flew a commercial plane from California to Oregon and back again, all while allegedly drunk. Yet another pilot, from United, allegedly moonlighted as a pimp, running half a dozen brothels out of apartments in Houston, according to authorities. The cases are enough to frighten th...
Xiamen Airlines Co., a unit of China Southern Airlines Co., ordered 10 single-aisle jets worth about $851 million from Boeing Co. as the carrier expands to meet demand. The company, based in the southern Fujian province, will buy 10 737-800 models valued at July 2014 prices, the parent said in a Shanghai exchange statement Tuesday. The prices are before discounts that are typical in the industr...
UK-based corporate jet charter company Stratajet has launched an online booking platform and accompanying app that has been five years in the making. The algorithms and data will allow customers to book in almost real-time according to the company. The system platform uses links into other operator’s platforms and updates on information including airport and airspace charges, weather and...
For movie and TV buffs who want the newest releases and can't seem to binge enough on their favorite programming, Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) is making it easier to do so with a number of enhancements to Gogo Vision, business aviation's leading wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. Gogo Vision provides a high-quality entertainment experience and minimizes the unpredictability...
The Latvian airline airBaltic has achieved exceptional performance and was recognised as a leading operator of Q400NextGen aircraft by Bombardier. Martin Sedlacky, Chief Operations Officer of airBaltic: “Our customers can rely on a consistently punctual service, and we achieved the best on-time performance globally for two years running in 2014 and 2015. This requires robust operations,...
AirClub is pleased to announce its further expansion by signing with Jetex for future trip planning and ground support. The choice to partner with Jetex was made by considering the company's vast experience in supporting global operations and its extended presence through a global network of ground handling and FBO locations. "Understanding the full scope...
Airline chief Saleh Al Jasser says paperwork for a 30% listing of the cargo unit is being finalised. Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, the holding company of Saudi Arabian Airlines, is planning an initial public offering of the state-owned carrier, the airline’s director-general Saleh Al Jasser said on Monday. The listing is part of a five-year strategy to make the airline, also know...
Textron Aviation recorded a modest increase in business aircraft deliveries for the first quarter of 2016 on the back of rising output for the Citation Latitude. For the period ended 31 March, the Cessna and Beechcraft owner delivered 34 business jets and 26 King Air turboprops, up from respective totals of 33 and 25, for the same period in 2015. Speaking on a first-quarter earnings call on...
The airline industry is celebrating its best ever performance for successfully handling baggage according to a report issued by SITA this morning. According to the report, the rate of mishandled bags was 6.5 bags per thousand passengers in 2015, down 10.5% from the previous year and less than half the rate in 2003. “This improvement comes despite an 85% rise in passenger numbers since...
Quickstep Holdings says deliveries of vertical tail components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project are expected to begin by the end of June. The Australian manufacturer says the qualification process for the vertical tail fairings components, vertical tail spars and vertical tail skins have been approved. “Following completion of qualification for vertical tail fairings component...
Cessna has secured an order for two Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX and four T206H Stationair turboprops from Pakistan via the US government. The aircraft will be modified to perform aeromedical evacuation missions, the US Defense Department says in a contract announcement posted last week. Worth $14 million, the aircraft package will be delivered by December. “A 24-month sustainment pack...
Bell Helicopter is to axe up to 60 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Mirabel in Canada. The latest cuts are in addition to the 200 layoffs that were announced by the company in February. This latest round of cuts will mean that just under a thousand people will now be based at the plant, down from almost 2,000 employees just five years ago. Lucie Tessier, head of communications at Bell t...
MD Helicopters has appointed Kuala Lumpur-based the Sapura Aero sales house to cover the South East Asian countries of Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It will be tasked with selling the company’s full range commercial helicopter products as well as the optional equipment and accessories to support them....
Fiedrichshafen, nestled on the banks of Lake Constance in southern Germany, is no stranger to aviation innovations. This picturesque town is best known as the birthplace of the Zeppelin, a huge flying ship that once promised to revolutionize air travel. While the future of trans-Atlantic air travel turned out to be both less glamorous and more practical than Count Zeppelin imagined (I’m writ...
More than 260 Falcon 7X trijets have entered service since mid-2007 and the fleet has logged more than 440,000 flight hours, according to Dassault Falcon Jet officials. BCA is conducting a second 7X Operators Survey now that the aircraft has had time to mature and dozens of product improvements have been made. Consistent with our findings in our March 2011 Operators Survey, Falc...
With a production plant in the US, Airbus customers will have the added facility of financing facilities through the US Export-Import Bank. In the form of US Export-Import Bank, Airbus Group SE will take a new financing ally on board, reports Wall Street Journal. The publication highlights financing from an “unlikely source” upon delivery of the first A320 jet from the company&...
Ilyushin. Tupolev. Antonov. For aviation fanatics, opportunities to fly in Soviet-era commercial jets built by one of these companies get fewer by the year. Which is why an annual tour operated by one UK company has become incredibly popular with hardcore plane-spotters from around the world. Stopping in Belarus and North Korea,Juche Travel's upcoming DPRK Aviation Tour, which ru...
