Reading Time: < 1 minute Оператор бюджетных авиалиний EasyJet получил одобрение антимонопольных органов ЕС на приобретение активов немецкого авиаперевозчика Air Berlin после того, как регуляторы постановили, что данная сделка не навредит конкуренции. Об этом пишет Финам. Известно, что благодаря соглашению британская авиакомпания может стать обладателем 25 Airbus А320 и около 1000 пилотов и членов экипажа перевозчика Air Berlin. Завершить приобретение […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Правительство Канады полностью обновит устаревший парк истребителей национальных ВВС в середине 2020-х годов. Об этом сообщает ТАСС со ссылкой на телеканал CBC. По его информации, устаревшие истребители четвертого поколения CF-18 на первом этапе планируется временно заменить более новыми версиями самолетов такого же типа F/A-18, которые сейчас стоят на вооружении ВВС Австралии. Оттава приобретет всего 18 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Emirates said it’s reviewing an incident where an A380 was reported as flying low on a runway approach at New York’s JFK airport earlier this month. Tracking data from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey posted on Aviation Herald recorded the A380 at an altitude of 338 feet at its lowest point […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes QantasLink has announced a new pilot recruitment program designed to provide the best and brightest aviation students with a flying start to their career. The “Qantas Future Pilot Program” has been designed in collaboration with five universities across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, and is open to aviation students at UNSW, Griffith University, University […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yakutia’s Association of Local Aviation suggests using the US Cessna planes for serving the regional routes. According to the association’s co-chair and Yakutia’s lawmaker Viktor Fedorov, by using those planes the republic could cut the fares by half. “The association is asking the local authorities to have a competition among private organizations for subsidies to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hawaiian Airlines has announced plans to repurchase USD100 million worth of its own stock by the end of 2019. The new stock repurchase programme will extend the existing one, which also covers USD100 million worth of shares. Hawaiian Airlines has repurchased 2.27 million shares worth USD90.5 million in 2017 alone. According to an SEC filing, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryanair passengers face disruption to their Christmas travel plans after pilots and crew announced industrial action in a bid to win union recognition and better conditions. Members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association told the carrier that they will halt work for a day on Dec. 20 over Ryanair’s refusal to recognize it or a […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The airlines of the Lufthansa Group have so far welcomed around 121 million passengers on board their aircraft in 2017. The seat load factor this year remains on a record course of 81.1 percent. In November 2017, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 10.1 million passengers. This shows an increase of 32% compared […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Emirates said on Monday it expects one of its highest passenger traffic periods for 2017 this weekend as travellers head home or abroad for the holiday season. More than 420,000 travellers are expected to pass through Emirates Terminal 3 during the weekend period, according to the airline’s latest booking figures. The busiest day for the […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes On 7 December 2017 Pilatus obtained type certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US-American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first ever Swiss business jet. Certification of the Super Versatile Jet prepares the ground for initial customer deliveries, which will see the PC-24 business jet take off from Central Switzerland for […]