Constant Aviation is merging with Lone Star AOG. The combined companies will operate under Constant Aviation and the full transition will take 30 days. “The AOG business at Constant Aviation has been growing consistently the last year.” Stephen Maiden, president & CEO at Constant Aviation said: “The AOG business at Constant Aviation has been growing consistently the las...
The Lufthansa Technik completion center has finished the VVIP cabin conversion of the second Boeing 747-8 in Hamburg. The aircraft has now been delivered to an undisclosed customer. Another aircraft of this type is currently undergoing completion. In the past the company equipped fourteen aircraft of the predecessors to the current Boeing 747-8 and is the leading provider for this aircraft type...
The first two batches of trainees under the SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme (ELP) for the Aerospace Engineering Sector received their course completion certificates at the official launch of the Temasek Aviation Academy on Friday (Jan 8). The 12-month programme targets fresh graduates from the polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education, and aims to offer them an accelerated...
Following the accident involving the aircraft SE-DUX West Atlantic Sweden AB will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. at Best Western Tidbloms Hotel with address Olskroksgatan 23, SE 416-66 Gothenburg. The aircraft departed Oslo on route to Tromsö and declared mayday at 1:31 p.m. whereby the Swedish and Norwegian search and rescue teams were notified. The crash site was located at 3...
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., welcomed a record 10,672,667 customers in 2015, a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year. Hawai’i’s largest and longest-serving airline announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the full year, fourth quarter and the month of December 2015, and also updated its expectations for certain fourth quarter financial metrics. Hawaiian recently annou...
ASL Airlines France announces the launch of a new route between Bordeaux and Hamburg for the 2016 summer season. The second unprecedented route out of Bordeaux ASL Airlines France today announced the launch of its inaugural flight between Bordeaux and Hamburg, following its first route out of Bordeaux, which linked the city to Vienna. ‘With the success of its inaugural service to...
Vistara, India’s fastest growing full service carrier, has successfully completed its first year of operations on January 9, 2016. In a short span of one year, the airline boasts a fleet size of nine brand new A320 aircraft, operating 307 weekly flights to 12 destinations across the country. Vistara has already flown more than one million happy customers within one year of operations which r...
Swedish rescue teams were working to recover the bodies of two people presumed dead after a plane carrying mail crashed in northern Sweden early on Friday, officials said. The plane, a model Canadair CRJ-200, sent out a mayday and was later spotted on the ground by a Norwegian F16 plane. The plane was on its way from Oslo's main airport to Tromso in Norway, according to Swedish daily Sve...
Two highly-anticipated newcomers to the light business jet segment entered service in December, allowing their developers to hand over aircraft by the end of 2015 and prepare to exploit the anticipated rebound in the sector over the next 12 months. Honda Aircraft began deliveries of its HondaJet to undisclosed private owners on 23 December – two weeks after securing certification for the...
Brazil's Azul has taken delivery of its final current generation Embraer E-Jet, with a E195 painted in a special livery commemorating its partnership with live TV provider SKY. The aircraft, registration PR-AUQ, entered revenue service today. Azul is the world's largest operator of the E190 and E195 family, with 88 aircraft in service. The airline's next E-Jet d...
NBAA is holding its annual Business Aircraft Finance, Registration & Legal Conference next month in Boca Raton, Fla. The agenda for the conference, which will be held from February 10 to 12, features speakers who are experts in aviation finance, aircraft utilization options, regulatory topics, tax planning and risk management. Among the new topics this year are an analysis of emerging busin...
Embraer has delivered the first European registered Legacy 450 private jet. Registered in Belgium as OO-NEY / MSN 55010003, the aircraft was delivered to its new owner over the Christmas period. Although the final customer is unconfirmed, the aircraft will be managed by Brussels based Smart Air, and operated by Air Service Liege. “Being driven by innovation for more than 25 years helps...
