It is always a special honour to find out most important on development tendencies from people who have significant experience luggage. This time we had an amazing opportunity to meet Mrs Catherine Trautmann, former mayor of Strasbourg, who is now Vice-president of Eurometropole, In charge of economic development and the international influence of Strasbourg European Coordinator for the TEN-T Nort...
Jet Aviation’s maintenance center in Geneva has recently completed its first 192-month, ultra-heavy maintenance check on a Gulfstream V. The Geneva maintenance facility’s first 192-month inspection on a Gulfstream V was performed together with a number of service bulletins (SBs) and a Water Line Ribbon Heater Upgrade. Extensive overhauls of all major aircraft systems and struct...
Dubai-based DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has been awarded by UAS International Trip Support as the best Ground Handler in 2016 for the Middle East region. Co-Owner/Founder and Executive President of UAS, Mohammed Husary presented the award to Susan Bujtas, Operations Manager at DCAF. Commenting on the award, Holger Ostheimer, Managing Director, DC Aviation Al-Futtaim said: “We are del...
The second Mitsubishi Regional Jet flight test article (FTA-2) arrived at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, on Monday afternoon following a six-day series of ferry flights from Nagoya Airfield in Japan. One of four MRJ test aircraft now participating in flight trials, FTA-2 joins MRJ FTA-1 and FTA-4 on U.S.soil, where Mitsubishi plans...
Gulf Air has selected Dell EMC's Data Domain and Data Protection Suite solutions for a highly scalable protection and availability foundation to support rapid data growth. The national airline of Bahrain says it will leverage the solution's backup and recovery capabilities to help meet its data accessibility requirements. Gulf Air says it expects its user-generated data to grow by 12 pe...
On Monday 19th December, Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates, officially opened AIM Altitude’s new purpose-built facility at Bournemouth Airport. The opening ceremony was attended by Mahmood Ameen and Nadir Bhola, Senior VP Engineering Projects and Manager Engineering Projects of Emirates; Peer Wiebe, Vice President Airbus; Members of the Chinese Embassy; Christopher Chope MP; Ni...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that it has delivered the first of three Q400 turboprops ordered by Irish leasing company Elix Aviation Capital Limited (“Elix”). The aircraft, which was delivered in a 78-seat configuration, is scheduled to enter service with Hawaii Island Air, Inc. (“Island Air”) in early 2017. Island Air is Hawaii’s alternative regional...
Air Partner’s aviation safety consultancy division Baines Simmons has partnered with CGE Risk Management, the leading provider of barrier based risk management solutions, to offer two collaborative courses on Bow Tie training services. The courses are offered as part of Baines Simmons’ suite of Safety Risk Management courses and are entitled “Successfully Applying BowTieXP in Avi...
Luxaviation UK (formerly London Executive Aviation), the UK's largest private jet charter operator, is welcoming the arrival of a brand new Dassault Falcon 2000LXS to its fleet. The aircraft will be based in Luton and is fully available for charter. The new Falcon 2000LXS seats up to 10 passengers and offers 4,000 nm (7,410 km) range, with the ability to access short and challenging runways...
Embraer considers of strategic importance the decision by the Council of Ministers of Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) to initiate dispute settlement proceedings against Canada at the World Trade Organization (WTO). CAMEX is Brazil’s highest government institution with responsibilities over the country’s foreign trade policies. The dispute settlement proceedin...
airberlin has announced that Thomas Winkelmann (57) will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of airberlin group. Mr. Winkelmann will take over as CEO of Air Berlin PLC from 1 February, 2017, assuming full accountability for all group activities. He will succeed Stefan Pichler, who decided to leave the company after working for two years on the strategic turnaround o...
Dviation Group, an innovative, fast growing aviation solutions provider in the ASEAN region, and Swiss Aviation Consulting®, a well established aviation advisory group with offices in Switzerland, the UK, Malaysia, the UAE and South Africa, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to provide Total Fleet Technical Management (FTM) solutions. The FTM solutions cover the full range of...
