The Sultan of Johor’s new Boeing 737 aircraft landed at the Senai International Airport . Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar was at the airport to view the aircraft after it landed at 1.30pm, The Star reported. The plane was painted in gold and blue. It bore the Johor royal crest on its tail, with the royal and state flags gracing its body. The Sultan said the plane took two years to be...
Embraer’s business aircraft service center in Sorocaba, Brazil, this week received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency covering maintenance for the airframer’s entire business jet family. The important approval, which adds to the blessing already conferred by Brazil’s ANAC agency, came just before the second anniversary of the opening of the 21,500-sq...
Boeing's Marketing VP announced at the ISTAT America air finance conference that the mid-market jet posed a “tough market case”. Boeing Co has been looking to introduce a whole new aircraft class to the market—the mid-market aircraft. However, the corporation’s VP of Marketing, Randy Tinseth, said the prospect posed a “tough market case.” The mid-...
The Russian military is developing sixth- and possibly seventh-generation fighter jets, looking into the future of air warfare, an Air Force commander has told journalists. Without revealing details, he said the planes would be both manned and unmanned. While Russia’s state-of-the-art Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter jet is undergoing trials and nearing entry into service with the Air...
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB in Toulouse, France, becoming the fifth operator of the all-new widebody airliner. With its unrivalled passenger flying experience and operational efficiency, the A350 XWB will form the backbone of Singapore Airlines’ future mid-size widebody fleet. Singapore Airlines’ aircraft is configured in a premium three class layout...
A plane operated by low-cost Indian airline SpiceJet lost a tyre while taking off from Bengaluru on Tuesday, but managed to land safely at its scheduled destination, Kolkata. The airplane had 211 passengers on board, including seven crew members. Ground staff at the Bengaluru airport saw the remains of the burst tyre after takeoff at 8.30 p.m. They alerted the air traffic control, which in turn...
Air New Zealand is expanding its presence in Asia with a return to Osaka (Kansai). The seasonal three times weekly Auckland-Osaka (Kansai) flights are scheduled to begin in November with Boeing 767-300ERs and run until March 2017, Air NZ said on Thursday. Currently, Air NZ flies 10 times a week between Auckland and Tokyo with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The Star Alliance member said demand...
Ever wondered what goes in to creating a faultless machine able to transport passengers and precious cargo, thousands of feet up in the air, across the globe? It turns out the devil is in the detail which experts reassuringly craft into every aspect of building a jet plane. In just four minutes a stunning timelapse video from flight company Norwegian, reveals the process and massive am...
Two of the UK’s leading airlines are languishing almost at the foot of a table claiming to rate “the saints and sinners of the global airline industry”. A no-win, no-fee claims handler, AirHelp, has assessed more than 30 airlines using scores for quality, on-time performance and responses to claims for compensation. The firm says “Air travel is about more than just the p...
Lufthansa commenced its new non-stop service between Frankfurt and Panama City yesterday. Flight LH 484 departed from Frankfurt (FRA) at 10:15 local time, and is scheduled to arrive at the Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen in Panama City (PTY) at 16:40 local time March 2, 2016. Eastbound flight LH 485 will leave Panama City at 18:45 local time this evening, and is due to land in Frankfurt at 11:...
Airbus has taken additional steps in the expansion of its global footprint and its strategic partnership with China as construction gets underway for the Airbus A330 Completion and Delivery Centre (C&DC) in Tianjin, China. The A330 C&DC will be co-located at the same site as the Airbus Tianjin A320 Family Final Assembly Line and the Airbus Tianjin Delivery Centre. “The ground b...
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, one of the largest investors in Fastjet (FN, Dar-es-Salaam) (through easyGroup holding 12% of Fastjet shares), has demanded an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to discuss the proposed dismissal of Fastjet's chief executive Ed Winter and one of its directors, Krista Bates. Winter already announced in January that he was planning to step down once a successo...
