Fiji Airways and its domestic unit Fiji Link have cancelled scores of flights and changed the departure times of others in response to Tropical Cyclone Winston. In terms of its Australian operations, Saturday’s FJ910 Sydney-Nadi and FJ915 Nadi-Sydney flights have been cancelled, as well as FJ930 from Melbourne to Nadi and the FJ922 Brisbane-Nadi service. Also, the departure time f...
To develop advanced aviation IT solutions, Ramco SystemsBSE along with a unit of Air France KLM have opened a lab innovation centre in Singapore. The Singapore Aviation MRO IT Lab Innovation Centre would focus on developing solutions such as wearables for ground engineers and drones to inspect aircraft on the tarmac. The lab, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, has been se...
Inventories of pre-owned business jets for sale are climbing again, and the number of aircraft for sale in the six- to 10-year age range is at an all-time high, according to aerospace analysts at UBS. In its latest Business Jet Update, issued today, UBS reports that the inventory of business jets for sale inched up a percentage point in January, reaching 11 percent of the install...
Iran and Russia are stepping up their military cooperation following meetings this week between the two countries defence chiefs. Iran’s Hossein Dehghan flew to Moscow on Monday to meet Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Dehgan also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitri Rogozin. Sources in Iran have suggested that the Iranian air force could benef...
Jetliners will be admitted to Washington D.C. National Airport beginning April 24. Approved for operation: Boeing 727, Douglas DC-9, BAC 111 and Sud Caravelle. – BCA Staff We grimace at the Wall Street Journalwriter’s amazement that private pilots in small planes are permitted to fly across the entire country without a flight plan. No one told him that a long flight i...
Clive Palmer's aviation company owes creditors more than $26 million mostly through a major debt over the company's corporate jet which he regularly used for political and business purposes. The debt, exposed in the minutes of the first creditor's meeting, indicates the aviation company will not provide any source of f...
If local media reports are to be believed, India’s government is inching closer to the final draft of its civil aviation policy – a wide-ranging rulebook that will map out the regulatory landscape for the country’s airlines. We’ve been here before, of course. Government officials had pledged to unveil the document last September – culminating more than a year of st...
If you've ever wanted to attend an air show in the world's most repressive and paranoid country, now's your chance: North Korea has scheduled its very first such event. The Wonsan Air Festival will feature North Korean military and civil aircraft of all types. It will happen this September. The secretive North Korean regime traditionally keeps its military away from the prying eyes...
Boeing has forecast a $US140 billion market for 950 new aircraft for Oceania – Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific – over the next 20 years as airlines in the region replace order models with newer, more fuel efficient jets. The estimate, contained in Boeing’s Current Market Outlook (CMO) for 2015-2034, is a reduction of 50 aircraft from the 1,000 expected for Oceania...
Norwegian, the World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline and Europe’s Best Low-Cost Airline, will launch flights from three United States airports to Paris’ Charles De Gaulle Airport on July 29. Service will commence with four weekly flights from New York’s JFK International Airport, two weekly flights from Los Angeles International Airport and one weekly flig...
Boeing and Air Niugini announced at the Singapore Airshow an order for four 737 MAX 8 airplanes. "Papua New Guinea is like no other place on earth and the 737 MAX will allow us to economically and efficiently connect our beautiful country with the rest of the world. The superb economics of the 737 MAX will enable us to increase flight frequencies and develop into new markets whic...
Piper Aircraft has announced the selection and appointment of WingsOverAsia as its authorized service center in Singapore. WingsOverAsia (WOA) has served as Piper Aircraft’s dealer in the region for nearly 3-years. The aircraft service center, located at Seletar Airport, is the first service dealer associated service facility in the region. “The addition of an authorized service cen...
