Bethany, Okla.-based American Jet Charter recently reclaimed its King Air E90 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held the aircraft for 72 days. The CBP’s Office of Air and Marine seized the aircraft, N48W, at McAllen Miller International Airport in Texas on September 6, saying the pilot was “in the process of smuggling” seven illegal aliens. Jim Hensley, who founde...
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) will focus on US-Asia connections in 2016. ABC intends to increase connectivity options via its Moscow hub to all US destinations from Asia. According to a carrier statement, ABC will expand and enhance its expansion by introducing additional frequencies in major markets. Also, the airline will continue investing in expanding its fle...
On Dec. 20, Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary Pobeda began daily Boeing 737-800 Moscow Vnukovo-Milan Bergamo (BGY) service, its second international service. The inaugural flight was celebrated as it arrived at Milan Bergamo by government, airport and airline dignitaries. Photos courtesy by SACBO BGY Airport
Russia’s State Duma lower parliament house on Tuesday passed a law on the establishment of a legal framework for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in Russia. In particular, the document binds to register all drones but for those weighing less than 250 grams. This liability will be applicable to toy helicopters and quadcopters, however a simplified registration procedures will be provide...
The Accenture 2015 Air Cargo Research says air cargo executives wants and needs better tools to help optimise revenues. In fact, best innovation is always simple. So let us present a simple and highly effective answer to many cargo executives wishes – Cargofeeder - the world’s largest tool for air cargo market. Decades of paper-based processes and telephone sourcing methods...
Officials investigating whether bomb caused blast at Sabiha Gökçen airport, where air traffic continues to operate as normal. An overnight explosion at an airport in Istanbul killed one person and damaged three planes hundreds of metres apart, Turkish media said, triggering a security alert as authorities sought to determine if a bomb was responsible. The blast at Sabiha Gokcen,...
Embraer has delivered the first of its new $15.25 million Legacy 450 private jets. The first aircraft, msn 55000020 / N456LG, was delivered to LMG, an Orlando Florida based provider of show technology for corporate meetings, trade shows, live broadcasts and specialty events. “The Legacy 450 was designed to be a game changer in its category to delight our customers with all innovation t...
Twelve months and 80 signatures: that is what it recently took Rolls-Royce to approve a small change requested by a supplier, symptomatic of a business that had become as complex as the engines it makes to power the world's biggest aircraft. New chief executive Warren East says the number of sign-offs should be closer to 15, and it's an example of the complexity at the company. "...
Italy's Travel Before and ST&A Srl tour agencies will charter a Fokker 100 from German ACMI/charter specialist Avanti Air (ATV, Siegen) during the summer 2016 season. Under the terms of the deal, structured by Aeroservizi Air Charter Broker, the Fokker Aircraft (Woensdrecht) will be based out of Salerno in southern Italy with effect from June 2016 through to the end of the high season....
Manion Aviation has joined the Spirit Aeronautics sales team and now represents Spirit Aeronautics for MROservice sales on a variety of business aircraft. Manion Aviation provides front-end technical sales representation across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. “Spirit Aeronautics is on the fast track, and we are excited to be a part of its growth plan,” said...
Garmin has introduced the option to its Garmin Pilot app to file flight plans directly with Lockheed Martin Flight Services. The option is part of several improved flight-plan filing capabilities that Garmin has developed for Garmin Pilot. The new option increases flexibility and provides for instantaneous flight plan delivery with Garmin Pilot iOS and Android customers, Garmin said. Garmi...
Global aviation medical and safety travel services provider MedAire has partnered with Control Risks, an international business risk consultancy, to upgrade its Health Risk Map, which the International SOS subsidiary has published for the past five years. For the first time, in the 2016 edition, the document, renamed the Travel Risk Map, displays both the medical and safety risk ratings...
Chinese private jet operator and management company Deer Jet has won the ‘World’s Leading Private Jet Charter 2015’ at the World Travel Awards. The ceremony was held at ceremony held in El Jadida, Morocco on December 12, 2015. It’s the first time that a Chinese operator has won the award, although Deer Jet previously won the award for the best charter operator in the...
Embraer will put forward an ambitious bid to replace Canada’s antiquated fixed-wing search-and-rescue fleets, offering its in-development KC-390 military transport for the role. The Brazilian manufacturer says the KC-390 is “ideally suited” for the mission, currently performed by six de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo and 13 Lockheed Martin CC-130 Hercules aircraft. Operate...
Saab has formed a joint venture with UMS Aero Group that will take responsibility of marketing the former's Skeldar V-200 unmanned helicopter. UMS Skeldar will “strengthen Saab’s offerings in the tactical UAV market”, and the Skeldar division of Saab and all its assets – including the air vehicles, ground control stations, and training systems – will move to th...
The F-35 program achieved its 2015 delivery target of 45 aircraft, the F-35 Joint Program Office has announced. Forty-four of the jets were delivered from prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility, while one jet was delivered from the Cameri production line in Italy. The delivery of 45 F-35s – the milestone aircraft was a US Air Force F-35A, AF-84 – repr...
Safeskies President Emeritus Peter Lloyd has made a tandem skydive over Canberra to celebrate his 95th birthday. The December 15 jump from 14,000ft was Lloyd’s fourth in a series of birthday jumps which began in 2000 with a tandem skydive to celebrate his 80th birthday. Lloyd, who is now blind, was attached to jumpmaster Paul Smith, who was making his 11,111th...
The investor agreement with the new airBaltic investor Ralf Dieter Montag-Girmes will be signed in January, as airBaltic prefers to close all matters related to its Bombardier CS300 order before signing. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: „We have achieved remarkable results for airBaltic in the past few years, and, with the new investment we can now focus on our expansio...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration announced a comprehensive settlement agreement with Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) that resolves multiple pending and potential enforcement cases. Under the agreement, BCA pledged to implement and improve several certification processes to further enhance the airworthiness and continued compliance of all&...
KLM Cityhopper’s newest Embraer 190 landed yesterday at Schiphol. The aircraft is the twenty-ninth Embraer 190 that KLM Cityhopper plans to deploy. “We are extremely pleased about the ongoing fleet modernisation, aiming to promote our growth and network development. We made the investment to serve European and international passengers flying with KLM and its...
African budget carrier Fastjet (LON:FJET) voiced confidence that it could ride out a downturn caused by the presidential election in Tanzania. Fastjet said it was proactively taking steps to cut its operating costs and overheads after October’s poll led to reduced government and civil service traffic and lower travel demand. The group, which is backed by EasyJet’s Stelios Haji-Io...
