FAI Aviation Group will return to EBACE next month (Avinode Stand #B71) as itcelebrates 30 years of business jet operations. Founded in 1987 as a private repatriation club flying helicopters, FAI moved into business jet flying two years later. Over the past three decades, Nuremberg-based FAI has grown its fixed wing fleet from a single Citation 500 and two rescue...
Attention! A datalink weather broadcast through a technology demonstration by Garmin will be available in Friedrichshafen! Using a ground-based Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) that is comprised of Garmin hardware at the EDNY airport, weather information is broadcast and received by aircraft equipped with select Garmin ADS-B In products and displayed on Garmin avionics and portable...
Lufthansa Technik is expanding its Montréal, aiming to triple local capacity! The company plans to create 50 new jobs in Montréal-Dorval by the end of 2021. The move to the new premises is accompanied by a plan to create a professional training workshop on the site, inspired by the German dual model. Lufthansa Technik´s Mobile Engine Services comprises a...
The first of 100 American Airlines new Airbus A321neo aircraft is starting scheduled flights! These aircraft come equipped with an all-new cabin interior designed for enhanced passenger comfort and convenience, including larger Airspace XL overhead luggage bins that increase carry-on bag capacity. American is the launch customer for the Airspace XL bins, which provide approximately...
Florida’s SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-in and Expo will see the debut of Daher TBM 910, single-engine very fast turboprop aircraft, debuting the Model Year 2019 version. In a new step aligned with Daher’s TBM e-copilot® strategy of introducing increased functionality for operational safety improvements on the TBM product line, the TBM 910 has an automatic icing detection s...
Embraer has signed a firm order for 10 E195-E2 jets with Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest airline. The order was announced today, during the Embraer’s Africa Airline Business Seminar, in Mauritius. With this order, Air Peace will become the first E-Jets E2 operator in Africa. The contract includes purchase rights for a further 20 E195-E2. With all purchase rights being exercised, the contr...
Swedish IT company AVTECH has developed a very precise weather and wind data product portfolio to help aircrafts fly as economically and comfortably as possible – without the airlines having to invest in any new equipment. In a recent real-life test, Norwegian Air Shuttle reduced CO2-emissions by 2 000 tons in three months’ time last autumn, by using AVTECH’s services in...
Are you ready for it? Two new value priced additions to its trainer-class line, the Piper Pilot 100 and Pilot 100i! These new products enter the trainer segment at a competitive price point of $259,000 VFR equipped and offer the same rugged durability and functionality as its stablemate, the Archer TX. The need for a new trainer aircraft at a price point that could support the growing...
Here it is, the installation of first ALSIM ALX simulator in South America! Solent Freight Services LTD has chosen ALX and it the first partnership between both companies. Solent Freight Services Ltd., the largest trade-only airfreight wholesaler in the United States, bought the simulator for its Ecuador-based flight training facilities. The ALX will receive bot...
Welcome Arc Inflight Map Platform – a revolutionary 3D inflight map application and service for Panasonic Avionics NEXT and X Series inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems. Arc brings a wide range of innovative new features to the traditional inflight map application, while expanding that concept into a fully integrated experience within the IFEC system, in parti...
Congratulations to Inmarsat on the milestone achievement - 1,000th installation of next-generation inflight broadband solutions! The celebration took place at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, highlighting the growing market dominance and adoption of Inmarsat’s three award-winning new connectivity services, GX Aviation, Jet ConneX and European Aviation Network (EAN)...
As the aviation industry faces an increasingly challenging recruitment environment,Krimson, the Ethiopia-based flight support company, is playing its part to support education at ` grass roots level. Dawit Lemma, Krimson CEO, is providing volunteer teaching services to students taking the Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique (BIA) course at the Lycée Guébré-Mariam,...
