Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, is excited to announce the continuing growth of its dedicated Engine Trading team. Since its creation a little over a year ago, the Engine Trading team has enjoyed strong engagement from the market place, with customers worldwide appreciating the range of services offered by the team. Th...
Boeing projects the Latin American commercial aviation market will grow at one of the highest rates in the world over the next 20 years. As a result, Boeing forecasts the region’s airlines will need 3,050 new airplanes valued at $350 billion. “The economies of Latin America and the Caribbeanwill grow faster than the rest of the world over the long term,” said Van Rex Gall...
Azul Brazilian Airlines, Brazil’s largest airline by cities served, today adds a new daily flight from Orlando International to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the first-ever nonstop flight on the route. Belo Horizonte is Azul’s second hub destination, where Orlando travelers will be able to connect to more than 100 destinations. The company also operates daily flights from Fort Lauderdale / M...
Elliott Aviation is introducing its newly launched 400E refurbishment programme for the Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP at the show. The refurbishment includes a Garmin G5000 avionics suite with a Lumatech LED master warning panel, Gogo WiFi with Gogo Vision (On-Demand-Movies), an innovative exterior paint design and a completely redesigned, weight-saving interior. The interior includes a newly d...
FBO operations software provider Vessix is currently operating at five U.S. locations since its launch at last year’sNBAA show, but the Los Angeles company expects that number to increase significantly over the next few months. The cloud-based business platform automates the handling of many elements of FBO business management, including flight operations, ramp...
Embraer is extending the range of its Legacy 450 by over 10%. The move is designed to strengthen the Brazilian airframer’s position in the crowded and increasingly competitive superlight and midsize sectors and to exploit the anticipated rebound in these niche segments. The new Legacy 450 boasts a range of 2,900nm (5,370 km) – 325nm more than the current version. This will enable th...
Surrounded by more than 80 business airplanes arrayed on Henderson Executive Airport (HND) for NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2015), Nevada's Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said his community was pleased to serve as the show’s host. “Clark County appreciates our longstanding relationship with NBAA and what they bring to our community...
Qantas will deploy its flagship Airbus A380 daily to Dallas/Fort Worth from April 2016 as part of broader changes to the airline’s international network. Currently, the oneworld alliance member serves Dallas/Fort Worth with six flights a week from its Sydney hub. However, it will add an extra service to the largest hub of its partner American Airlines to meet the strong demand on the rout...
While the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force will not take place until March 31 2021, planning has already begun for the best way to mark the milestone. And the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies, wants the public to be involved. To that end, AIRMSHL Davies launched Air Force 2021 in Canberra on Tuesday. “The first stage of planning for Air Force 2021 is our consult...
Qantas has received a welcome 95th birthday gift in the form of a return to an investment grade credit rating that chief executive Alan Joyce describes as a “welcome endorsement” of the hard work from everyone at the airline in recent times. Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday upgraded its long-term corporate credit and issue ratings on Qantas to ‘BBB-‘...
In August 2015, Apogee opened its newest FBO in Montenegro. Anna Borodata, regional manager at Apogee stressed that location of FBO has great potential for the development of business aviation industry due to the country’s geographical location as it is easy to dispatch supervisors to almost all Balkan countries. With the opening of this FBO, Apogee are planning to increase the number of...
Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the Falcon 8X, is making its debut at the NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (BACE) in Las Vegas. Since first taking to the air last February, the three aircraft in the flight test program have accumulated 380 flight hours over 185 flights, and are now more than two thirds of the way towards FAA and EASA approval. The flight en...
Nextant Aerospace (a Directional Aviation Capital company) has received FAA certification for their new entry level aircraft, the G90XT turboprop. “Just two years ago, we announced the launch of the G90XT program.” Jay Heublein, executive vice president for Nextant said: “Just two years ago, we announced the launch of the G90XT program. Our goal was to deliver an entry leve...
Boeing Business Jets today announced orders for four new BBJ MAX 8 airplanes at the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas. The first order to an undisclosed customer based in the Middle East is for three BBJ MAX 8s. The second order for an undisclosed customer in Asia is for one BBJ MAX 8. "2015 has been a really strong...
The Russian leader made this comment during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Turkey’s Antalya The study of materials on the case of the crash of the Russian plane in Egypt is at its final stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on the sidelines of the Group of Tw...
Total financing for the 2006-2015 program was lowered from $5.9 billion to $5.8 billion Russia has amended the federal target program on civil aviation development in 2002-2010 and until 2015, slashing a whole number of targeted figures for this year, according to the government’s resolution posted on the legal information web portal on Monday. The sale of ready-made aircraft and...
STTS, a specialist in painting & sealing of airline, military and VIP aircraft, belonging to the French group Finaero, has launched a purpose built paint hangar at Dubai South. In order to offer its customers greater proximity, STTS is investing in a 34 million USD project that will accommodate a wide body painting bay at the new international airport. The site will also accommodate an a...
Global Aerospace Logistics, LLC (GAL) and Airbus Helicopters have announced the renewal of their customer support services distribution agreement. The agreement represents the cornerstone of GAL’s support services strategy and will strengthen GAL’s capabilities to keep the UAE Armed Forces at a peak state of readiness. GAL, a subsidiary of Emirates Defence Industries...
For most of its 100-year history, when Boeing turned out more planes, employment soared and the Seattle-area economy prospered. When the rate of production fell, layoffs followed and the local economy crashed. The cycle was so predictable that Boeing workers had a phrase for it: "Headcount goes by rate." Now that longstanding cycle has broken down. The world's largest p...
Procrastination, we are oft-warned, is a Bad Thing. Putting off to tomorrow what could be done today sounds dangerously like sloth – a gift to the early birds and a sure way to store up trouble. Unless you prefer another aphorism: haste makes waste? Eschewing knee-jerk reactions to sit on one’s hands looks wise when dawn breaks on new realities. Airlines must be wondering where l...
Latin American and Caribbean airline executives arrive in San Juan for this year's ALTA Airline Leaders forum with closer partnerships and investments firmly on the agenda. In the past year United Airlines has invested in Brazilian carrier Azul while the latter's owner David Neeleman led a consortium that won the TAP Portugal privatisation tender....
