Norwegian is launching a new sustainability project with its partner, UNICEF Norway, to help children in need around the world while providing employment for immigrant women and reducing the company’s environmental impact. The pilot program, Still Travelling with Norwegian, is upcycling the company’s phased out uniforms into a collection of products to be sold onboa...
British Airways has signed a joint business agreement with China Southern Airlines, for travel from 2 January 2020. Seats are available for sale on ba.com . The agreement will benefit customers of both airlines by opening more destinations between the UK and China, with a greater choice of flights and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. It will allow the airlines to cooperate on sched...
For the fourth time in a row, a historic record was set at Václav Havel Airport Prague on Friday, 13 December 2019. The number of handled passengers a year reached the 17 million mark before noon. The development of direct scheduled connections, including long-haul routes with the highest number in modern airport’s history, the ever-increasing aircraft load factor and capacity increas...
Gulfstream Savannah-based fleet has flown more than 1 million nautical miles/1.85 million kilometers on sustainable aviation fuel! This milestone clearly demonstrates sustainable aviation fuel's viability as well as company's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. Since March 2016, Gulfstream has used SAF for its corporate, Demonstration, Customer Support and Flight...
The Development of Sustainable Aero-Propulsion Systems - an urgent issue which need to be developped by all means. As the global air traffic is growing and will continue to growi for about 5% each year, all aeronautical industry player should come together with scientist in order to find most effective solutions. Thanks to the Safran Industrial Research Chair on the Development of Sustainable...
airBaltic has transported a total of 4 691 594 or 22% more passengers during the first eleven months of 2019 than in the same period last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. In November 2019, 346 369 passengers traveled with airBaltic and it was a 20% increase compared to last year. Martin Gauss, Chief Execut...
The first Bombardier customer aircraft to fly away on sustainable aviation fuel is delivered! Latitude 33 Aviation will manage and charter the best-selling Challenger 350 business jet in Seattle, WA, on behalf of the aircraft owner. “We are very pleased that the customer and Latitude 33 Aviation joined us in demonstrating that SAF can become a mainstream, drop-in alternat...
Royal-Star Aero, the Training Center based in Poland, has decided to buy 2 Alsim’s simulators: an Alsim AL250 and an Alsim ALX. Krzysztof Pawełek, CEO and Head of Training at Royal-Star Aero, explains why they have chosen Alsim: “The Royal-Star Aero management decided to purchase the two: AL250 and ALX flight simulators of the reputable company Alsim, whose parameters a...
Sabena technics opens its new painting facility dedicated to long-range aircraft! Building this facility is part of the Sabena technics Group’s strategy to develop its painting division in Toulouse and effectively support major aerospace customers such as Airbus by providing them with solutions to efficiently support their A350 production. This paintshop is the fourth of the Tou...
SITA is installing its Scan&Fly self-service bag drop for LATAM Airlines Group at 18 airports in five countries in the Americas as part of its work to transform its airport experience. The first eight kiosks are up and running at Brasilia International Airport and the remaining 97 units will be gradually implemented at other airports over the coming months. The technology means passengers...
Aerion Supersonic announced that GE Aviation has been selected as the Electrical Power Systems provider for its AS2 supersonic business jet. GE Aviation will design and develop the electrical power system for the AS2. The system includes electrical power generation, distribution, conversion and energy storage. In 2018, Aerion announced that GE's Affinity™, the first c...
Air Navigation Solutions is launching an innovative ATCO Resource Subscription Scheme in response to the increasing demand for licensed Air Traffic Control Officers in the UK. The ATCO Resource Subscription Scheme is a unique offering which provides a solution tailored to the needs of ATC units without access to ATCO training facilities. It enables ANSL to address one of the biggest...
