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Aviation Heaven is now free for the whole Business Aviation

Aviation Heaven GmbH, an online network platform for Business Aviation Operators and Maintenance Facilities (MRO´s) announced that their service is now free for to use! Operators can register and add all their managed aircrafts to their account. Also MRO´s can register and add all their supported aircraft types to their profile. Operators will find all MRO´s with the approval for...

Boeing to showcase market-proven solutions, future trends in aviation at the Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace Berlin 2018 exhibition

Boeing will showcase market-proven solutions and future trends in aviation at the Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace (ILA) Berlin 2018 exhibition. A series of Boeing aircraft will be on static display and additional capabilities will be featured in Hall 2 at the exhibition on April 25-29, 2018. “ILA Berlin is an important venue for Boeing to discuss new trends in aviation and to...

ATR will showcase new In-Flight Entertainment system and new seats at Aircraft Interiors Expo

ATR will attend the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, from April 10-12 (ATR booth: stand 6C51, Hall B6). ATR’s presence at the world’s largest event dedicated to the design and furnishing of aircraft cabin interiors underlines the manufacturer’s strong commitment to passenger comfort and wellness. Improving the ATR cabin is at the heart of ATR’s philosophy of continuous d...

Aircraft Interiors Expo 2018: Showcasing A330neo & A320 Airspace cabins, A380 and A350 cabin enablers and cross-programme innovations

Visit Airbus at Hall B5, Stand 5A20 - from Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th April; o   Media Briefing & stand tour: Tuesday April 10th from 09h25 to 10h30. o   Largest ever Airbus stand at AIX – now combining: Airbus Commercial Aircraft and Services at one location. Airbus showcases its new cabin innovations at this years’ Aircraft Interior...

SKYdeals will present the first solution of inflight “Shoppertainment” at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg

The start-up SKYdeals will attend the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg from 10th – 12th April 2018 on booth #3C30. SKYdeals will showcase the first solution of inflight "Shoppertainment" in the world. On this occasion, the two founders, also members of the APEX* association, will have the opportunity to showcase to main airlines representatives their concept and its advantag...

LBAS completes worldwide first FANS-1/A via Inmarsat satcom installation on Challenger 604 aircraft

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services, the Bombardier Business Aircraft service centre in Berlin, developed and completed a new FAA and EASA approved solution for FANS communication via Inmarsat satcom on a Challenger 604 aircraft. So far FANS were only operable with Iridium-Satcom on this aircraft type. "Instead of re-equipping a complete new satcom system, customers now have a very econ...

Lufthansa A380 in Munich: Take-off from 25 March 2018

First A380 flights to Los Angeles, Beijing and Hong Kong on the last Sunday in March Flights are now available to book From 25 March 2018, Lufthansa will welcome five A380s to its Munich Hub. The flights to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Beijing can now be booked. In the coming summer flight schedule, LH 452 takes off at 12.00 to Los Angeles and LH 722 follows at 19.15 to Beijing. In the eve...

FAI Technik GmbH becomes authorised Rockwell Collins dealer

FAI Technik GmbH, part of the FAI Aviation Group, is pleased to have signed a dealership agreement with Rockwell Collins to become one of its accredited dealers.  Effective immediately, the agreement means FAI Technik can sell, install and maintain Rockwell Collins’ avionics and cabin electronics equipment from its headquarters at Albrecht Dürer International Airport in Nurember...

Digital inspection procedure for engine components industrialized by Lufthansa Technik

From research project to industrialization: AutoInspect in productive use Lufthansa Technik AG has industrialized the automated inspection procedure for engine components that the company developed in-house. The concept system that was produced during the AutoInspect R&D project is now in productive use. AutoInspect is a robot-based procedure that performs digital crack...

FAI Technik reports record results in 2017

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. ...

Ryanair moves routes from Frankfurt-Hahn to Frankfurt am Main

Ryanair is expanding its base at Frankfurt am Main Airport and transferring four routes there from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. From March 25th onwards, the number of aircraft based at Frankfurt-Hahn will be reduced from five to four, said Ryanair on Thursday. During the summer schedule, forty routes will continue to be served from Frankfurt-Hahn in the Hunsrück region. The four routes to be...

Berlin BER operator confirms additional costs of 770 million Euros

The airport operator needs an additional 770 million Euros to complete the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). This has been admitted in the airport operator’s new business plan which has been available since Thursday. The extra money is needed to complete BER by the planned opening date in 2020 and to commence operations. A spokesman said "The airport operator is in constructive t...