Reading Time: < 1 minute Qatar Airways приобрела бы долю в “Аэрофлоте”, если бы такая сделка была одобрена правительством РФ, сообщил исполнительный директор компании Акбар аль-Бакер. Об этом пишет Интерфакс. “Поскольку пока компания “Аэрофлот” не была представлена к возможности покупки акций. Это должно решать правительство. “Аэрофлот” является успешной компанией и естественно, если такая возможность представится, то мы будем рады получить, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The reinstatement of a national airline is part of the Senegal Government’s ‘Plan Emergent Senegal’ (PSE) and is keenly supported by the country’s president, Macky Sall, along with the Senegalese Minister of Tourism and Air Transport, Maimouna Ndoye Seck. The new airline will start operations in December, when the new Blaise Diagne International Airport in […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes With every ticking minute towards the day when the UK exits the European Union (EU), anxiety is growing among those in the airline industry about when replacement agreements will be secured to ensure uninterrupted commercial air traffic in and out of the UK. Anxiety levels ratcheted up several more notches in mid-December when the European […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Qatar Airways’ first non-stop flight from Doha to St. Petersburg landed at Pulkovo Airport, marking the airline’s second gateway in Russia. On board the inaugural Qatar Airways flight to St. Petersburg, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, was joined by His Excellency Mr. Nurmakhmad Kholov, The Russian Federation’s Ambassador to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The CityAirbus programme has reached another important milestone: the completion and “power on” of the “iron bird” ground test facility in Taufkirchen, Germany. This enables the verification of the entire electric propulsion system of CityAirbus, developed by Airbus’ E-Aircraft Systems unit. The first full electric propulsion test bench has the capability to operate the propulsion […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute On the 19th of December, 2017 the 35th SSJ100 joined the fleet of Aeroflot. The aircraft was taken as part of the agreement for 20 machines signed by the national carrier with «VEB-leasing» and the United Aircraft Corporation at the MAKS 2017 airshow. The SSJ100 with tail number RA-89099 named after the Balcar poet Kaisyn […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Самый большой самолет в мире Stratolaunch выкатили на взлетную полосу аэродрома для испытаний. Видео, на котором изображен летательный аппарат, разместил в Twitter глава одноименной компании Stratolaunch и сооснователь Microsoft Пол Аллен. “Вчера Stratolaunch был вывезен на осевую линию взлетной полосы аэродрома Мохаве и успешно прошел перые рулежные испытания”, – написал Аллен. На видеозаписи видно, как […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Deer Jet Beijing has announced it conducted China’s first commercial passenger service to Antarctica this past weekend. In a statement, the private charter specialist said one of its Gulfstream G650 executive jets took off from Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok last week with twenty-two passengers on a fifteen-hour journey to Cape Town, South Africa. There, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A passenger on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Lagos in Nigeria has died, the airline has confirmed. A spokesperson for the Dubai-based carrier said cabin crew found the passenger unconscious in her seat on board flight EK783 on December 15, as the flight was preparing for descent. Crew consulted doctors on board the flight […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Emirates Airbus A380, performing flight from Dubai to Sao Paulo, was in the initial climb out of Dubai when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet, shut the #1 engine down, dumped fuel and returned to Dubai for a safe landing about 110 minutes after departure. A ground observer the aircraft emitted 3-4 […]