Jet Aviation recently received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorizing its MRO facility in Hong Kong to support 48- and 36-month inspections on N-registered Dassault Falcon 7X/8X and Falcon 900 series aircraft, respectively. As a fully Authorized Dassault Falcon Line Service Center, this approval permits the Jet Aviation maintenance facility in Hong Kong to...
Boeing and Icelandair celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 737 MAX airplane as the Icelandic carrier seeks to grow and renew its fleet and enhance its trans-Atlantic operations. The MAX, a new and improved version of Boeing's 737 airplane, will join Icelandair's fleet of Boeing 757 and 767 jets in serving destinations throughout North America and Europe...
Back-to-back painting of the initial two A330neo jetliners is completed for the Portuguese flag carrier The initial two A330neo jetliners destined for an airline operator have rolled out of the paint shop bearing the red and green livery of TAP Air Portugal, which will become the launch operator of this new member in Airbus’ A330 family – the most popular widebody family ever. Bo...
According to the agreement between the national air carriers of Azerbaijan and the UAE – AZAL and Etihad Airways – joint flights are launched on the route Abu Dhabi (AUH) - Baku (GYD) - Abu Dhabi (AUH) for the first time. The flights will be carried out weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays with Airbus A320. The first flight EY297 departed in the morning on March 2 from...
Embraer received approval from no less than three aviation authorities for the E190-E2. The first member of its new generation of the regional passenger aircraft family E-Jet E2 of the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer impresses with new technologies and high efficiency. An important contribution to this has been made by FACC: as Embraer's technology partner, FACC has developed and manufactured...
Singapore Airlines prepares to resume world’s longest commercial flights The first Ultra Long Range version of the A350 XWB has rolled out of the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse. The latest variant of the best-selling A350 XWB Family will be able to fly further than any other commercial airliner and will enter service with launch operator Singapore Airlines later this year. ...
Dassault Aviation unveiled the Falcon 6X, the most spacious, advanced and versatile twinjet in business aviation. This new 5,500 nm aircraft will make its first flight in early 2021 and begin deliveries in 2022. Pratt & Whitney Canada’s Pure®Power PW800 engines have been selected to power the Falcon 6X that offers the largest, quietest and most comfortable cabin of any aircraft in...
On February 28, 2018 at Riga International Airport the World’s Most Punctual Airline Award ceremony was held. The Senior Analyst at OAG John Grant visited Riga and awarded the Latvian airline airBaltic in three categories – the world’s most punctual airline, the most on time airline in Europe and the first in mainline category in 2017. On January 3, 2018, it was announced that...
Daher expands its global support network for the TBM very fast turboprop aircraft with Aero Standard’s appointment as the Service Center in Croatia Daher announced the appointment of Aero Standard, an EASA Part 145 maintenance organization based at Zadar International Airport, as the Croatia Service Center for its TBM very fast turboprop aircraft. This latest member of Daher&rsqu...
Textron Aviation Inc. announced that, for the second consecutive year, the Cessna Citation Latitude earned the title as the category’s most delivered business jet. Citation Latitude 2017 deliveries increased by 30 percent from 2016, to 54 deliveries, further cementing its position as one of the world’s best-selling business jets since its entry into service in 2015. &...
ConnectJets, Piaggio Aerospace’s exclusive sales agent for the British Isles, today confirmed the first delivery of an Avanti EVO to a UK customer. The aircraft will be available in Europe for charter through ConnectJets supplementing private use by the owner. The aircraft departed Riviera Airport, in Villanova d’Albenga, Northwest Italy, home of Piaggio Aerospace&rsq...
The MRO division expands capacity and completes most challenging conversion project to date FAI Technik, the maintenance division of Germany’s FAI Aviation Group, has reported record financial results in 2017 achieving revenues of €9.7M for the first time in the company’s history. The division’s revenues mark a significant increase of 40% compared with 2016. ...