A Luxair de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration LX-LGE performing flight LG-4605 from Luxembourg (Luxembourg) to London City, EN (UK), completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing in London City. The airline confirmed that a post flight inspection revealed a panel, size about 1 square meter, was missing from the left hand engine's (PW150) cowling. The panel separated during de...
JetBlue Airways Corp., breaking with historical practices at U.S. airlines, plans to recruit potential pilots with no flight experience and provide its own training under a proposal awaiting approval from federal regulators. The program would be the first of its kind in the U.S. and would be similar to those used by some European and Asian carriers. Candidates still would have to meet U.S. requ...
A "ghost airport" in Spain that waited four years for its first commercial flight has been accused of paying Ryanair, now its sole airline, EUR600,000 (420,000 pounds) a year to fly there. Castellon was finished in 2011 at a cost of more than 100 million pounds but had not seen a single passenger through its gates until March this year when the Irish low-cost airline arrived...
Acropolis Aviation celebrated the renewal of its Wyvern Wingman status at the NBAA. This is the third time that the company has renewed its accreditation. “We are very pleased to have our prestigious Wyvern Wingman status renewed. “ Paul Travis, ground operations manager for Acropolis Aviation said: “We are very pleased to have our prestigious Wyvern Wingman status renewed....
Rheinland Air Service GmbH (RAS) has become an authorised SyberJet customer service centre. This is SyberJet’s first authorised international service centre appointment. Headquartered at Mönchengladbach Airport near Düsseldorf, RAS becomes the first SyberJet international authorised service centre with initial service in Germany and the surrounding region. “As we beg...
Al Bateen Executive Airport will welcome race teams and fans from around the world ahead of the Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The season’s final race is set to take place on November 29. Abu Dhabi Airports anticipates a 20 percent increase in aircraft movements this year at Al Bateen Executive Airport in the week leading up to the race, compared to the same period la...
Bombardier is preparing for dampened revenue next year with Global 5000/6000 production cuts and expectations of a slightly down or flat market over the next two years. David Coleal, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, told investors on November 24 that the company has “right-sized” production and expects rates to remain flat – barring major market changes – through...
Teterboro, N.J.-based Meridian Jet Center, an FBO and Part 145 certified repair station, received FAAauthorization for maintaining the Gulfstream G200 (formerly the IAI Galaxy). Gulfstream produced 250 G200s between 1999 and 2011. “Our highly trained technicians now have the ability to support our customers with a wider range of options,” said Jo...
Lufthansa Technik AG will provide wheels and brakes support for Thomas Cook Group Airlines. The agreement covers the Airbus and Boeing fleets – 15 Boeing 757, 16 Boeing 767, 9 Airbus A330 and 53 A320-family aircraft - of the four airlines of Thomas Cook plc, one of the world's leading travel groups. It complements the existing Total Component Support TCS® contract for...
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers banned all flights of Russian airlines over the country, including transit. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, reports Tass. The ban on flights of Russian airlines to Ukraine came into force on 25 October. However, they were permitted to conduct transit flights until now. In the beginning of October, the Russian Ministry of Tr...
Luxembourg-based Cargolux pilots, represented by the ALPL and the LCGB unions, are ready to take industrial action if a new collective agreement cannot be reached by Nov. 30, when the current contract expires. Strike action could start as early as December. Discussions on a new labor contract between the pilot unions and the Luxemburg-based cargo carrier have been ongoing since Septem...
Air Canada today announced a further, strategic expansion of its Vancouver hub with the addition of the only non-stop flights to Dublin, Ireland next summer. This new seasonal route follows the recent announcement of several enhancements at the airline’s Vancouver hub for 2016, including new transborder services to Chicago, San Jose and San Diego, double daily flights to London Heathro...
Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces operating results for Aeroflot Group («the Group») and Aeroflot — Russian Airlines («the Company») for October and ten months of 2015. The operating results of Aeroflot Group and Aeroflot — Russian Airlines for October and ten months of 2015 were significantly influenced by the Group’...
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (25 Nov) held its annual European Works Council (EWC) meeting in Dublin where it announced that it had concluded 5 year pay agreements with all 76 of its pilot bases across Europe, and has now commenced a similar process with its cabin crew, after its 2 largest bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports voted (in secret ballot) to accept 5 year de...
Oman Air has entered 21 Omanis to join its Cadet Training Programme. The programme involves initial flight training at ENAC Toulouse, France, for 18 months. Upon successful completion of their initial flight training, the candidates will go on to undertake a type-rating course, which will qualify them to become members of Oman Air’s flight crew. The recruitment drive was launched...
KLM's first Dreamliner has touched down in Abu Dhabi after its inaugural flight left Amsterdam this week. The aircraft will operate between Abu Dhabi International Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on seven direct flights a week, and will be the first route served by the new Dreamliner. “We are delighted to introduce the KLM Dreamliner to the Abu Dhabi and Bahrain ro...
Freighters have a secure future in air cargo despite the rise of bellyhold capacity, according to Atlas Air Worldwide’s (AAW) executive vice-president and chief commercial officer, Michael Steen. Speaking to Air Cargo Week at the Air Cargo Americas conference in Miami from 4-6 November, he says the US freighter aircraft lessor has a positive outlook for all-cargo aircraft. Steen says:...
Heathrow Airport chief executive officer John Holland-Kaye says the gateway “didn’t understand the significance of cargo” until it started working in the Airports Commission process. He was speaking at the Airport Operators Association’s (AOA) UK Aviation Conference at the Hilton Metropole in London on Tuesday, where he set out why he feels the government should approve...
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt continues to grow after Georgi Transporte and Menian joined the trade association at Frankfurt Airport. As a result, the number of members has grown to 35, representing all the areas of the air cargo transport chain and contribute their interests and their expertise to the Community’s various competence teams. Together they develop measures and project...
The CAAC East China Regional Administration has issued a special flight permit for a COMAC ARJ21-700, serial number 106, the first one to be delivered to a customer, to conduct production flight testing, according to a statement released Tuesday on the regional administration's website. The ARJ21-700 has started its production flight testing, marking the design of t...
Indian budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd. has surged more than 340 per cent in the past year after surviving a crisis. Chairman Ajay Singh said the best performing airline stock in the world remains undervalued. SpiceJet’s market capitalisation of about 41 billion rupees ($621 million; Dh2.3 billion ) is too low given the $5.7 billion valuation for the operator of IndiGo, India’s biggest...
