Over 300 delegates are meeting in Geneva this week for the ninth Global Sustainable Aviation Summit, organised by the Air Transport Action Group. The Summit brings together industry sustainability experts with governments and civil society to look at the role air transport can play in supporting economic growth and reducing environmental impacts. Michael Gill, ATAG Executive Director, says: &ld...
BAA Training, one of the leading aviation training centres in Northern Europe, and Avion Express, an airline headquartered in Vilnius, have announced new collaboration to support future aviation talents. Under the partnership BAA Training will prepare pilots to fill vacancies for the expanding fleet of Airbus A319, A320, and A321 aircraft operated by Avion Express. The initial pilot training pr...
The Latvian airline airBaltic in October, 2017 celebrates its 22nd anniversary since the launch of commercial operations. On October 1, 1995 airBaltic operated the first commercial flight from Riga to Stockholm with the aircraft SAAB 340. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “In 22 years airBaltic has grown as a stable Baltic carrier with convenient connections, wide...
Piper Aircraft, Inc. will promote its economical, top of the line M-Class product line up at the upcoming NBAA's Annual Meeting and Convention. Executives from Piper Aircraft will attend the event along with its dealers and sales agents, to be held October 10-12 in Las Vegas. "The NBAA Convention provides a great opportunity to promote all three of our M-Class products to a wide...
Investment of just under 60 million euros Around 200 cutting-edge workplaces Focus on strong growth for the future A grand ceremony took place in the presence of Hesse's Minister for Finance, Dr. Thomas Schäfer, today to mark the opening of the new wheels and brakes workshop by Lufthansa Technik AG at the Frankfurt East Harbor location. Taking just two years...
GE announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between its Aviation and Automation and Control business units to develop an integrated control hub to unlock the potential of the Industrial Internet in tough environments. A derivative of the technology used in the Boeing 787 and Lockheed Martin F-35, aerospace controllers offer very high reliability despite operating in the most challeng...
New partner airlines with complimentary networks join Worldwide by easyJet, selling stand-alone tickets on easyJet’s website. • Italian long haul airline NEOS signed up to offer flights from Italy to a range of exciting holiday destinations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East • Guernsey’s airline Aurigny signed up as a partner airline provides Channel Isl...
Air Service Basel, a private aviation handling and maintenance facility, recently launched a re-designed website as a part of the latest digital marketing strategy, including the addition of Laura Gambell in the newly created position of Marketing Communications Manager. “I think technology plays a big part in the future of business aviation. I’m glad we could invest in digital mar...
Jet Aviation San Juan has returned to full FBO operations at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport and is coordinating humanitarian flights bringing relief supplies to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean region. “Our FBO has power and water and can be reached by normal access roads. We’re providing full service including fueling, ground handling,...
Intelsat 37e designed to adapt to surges in connectivity needs Boeing has 100 percent satellite launch success rate this year Boeing has successfully supported seven out of seven satellite launches this year, including today’s launch of a 702 high-throughput digital payload satellite, built for Intelsat. Intelsat 37e sent and received its first signals from space shortly after...
The fourth Global 7000 flight test vehicle took off from Bombardier’s facility in Toronto earlier today, under clear conditions. Equipped with a cabin interior, FTV4, also known as the “Architect,” will be used for interior validation testing and to confirm the unparalleled comfort, connectivity and productivity that Bombardier customers will experience.
Airbus Defence and Space today delivered the 50th A400M new generation airlifter to the German Air Force marking a key milestone for an aircraft which is transforming the world of air mobility. The aircraft, known as MSN59, is the twelfth to be delivered this year at the Final Assembly Line in Seville and the thirteenth to be accepted by Germany. The A400M is steadily becoming the b...
