Reading Time: 2 minutes The Department of Transportation (DOT) has canceled Eastern Air Lines’ air operator’s certificate (AOC), thus bringing to close a long-running—and some say, quixotic—attempt to revive a name storied in aviation history. DOT, in an order dated Nov. 20, said it would “cancel the certificate authority issued to Eastern Air Lines Group Inc., authorizing it to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The administrators of insolvent UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines have won their legal appeal to keep possession of some of the airport slots previously held by the carrier. The ruling by the UK Court of Appeal in London overturns a lower court’s ruling earlier this month that Monarch’s slots should be returned to the slots […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By the time the Thanksgiving holiday wraps up next Monday, Delta is expected to have flown more than 4.85 million people — many infrequent flyers — to visit loved ones at hundreds of destinations around the world. The airline will fly more than 46,000 mainline and Delta Connection flights from Saturday, Nov. 18 through Monday, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Qantas has released, that it will operate the world’s first bio-fuel flight between the United States and Australia. The Los Angeles to Melbourne flight will take place early next year, in collaboration with World Fuel Services and Altair Fuels, and will see Qantas’ new Dreamliner being powered by Brassica Carinata (carinata), a non-food, industrial type […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ставка налога на добавленную стоимость для авиакомпаний при полетах в Калининградскую область и из нее отменяется и будет равна нулю. Соответствующий закон поддержал на пленарном заседании в среду Совет Федерации. Кроме нулевой ставки НДС, появятся и нормы, которые должны обеспечить благоприятный режим налогообложения для резидентов особой экономической зоны (ОЭЗ) в Калининградской области. Ее резиденты смогут […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Being shocked by a number of bankruptcies, for around 7 years the global aviation industry had been subject to diminished enthusiasm from investors. However, since 2016, record-low aviation fuel prices have led to more green on the airlines’ balance sheets, growing cash flows in the market and an increasingly positive outlook on the future of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The India-Russia agreement will facilitate visa-free entry, stay and exit of the crew of aircraft of the designated airlines as well as other aircraft companies operating chartered and special flights in the respective territories on reciprocity. A formal agreement in this regard was signed recently by officials of the two countries, a home ministry official […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers has crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan. Eight people have been rescued after the plane crashed into the Philippine Sea en route to an aircraft carrier. The C-2 “Greyhound” aircraft crashed into the Pacific about 90 miles northwest of Okinotorishima, a Japanese atoll, Defense […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Following an intensive flight test campaign performed in less than a year, the A350-1000 has received Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The certified aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines. The EASA A350-1000 Type Certification document was signed by EASA’s Certification Director, Trévor Woods, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “С7 Инжиниринг”, предприятие холдинга “Инжиниринг”, в течение шести лет будет осуществлять покраску узкофюзеляжных самолётов национального перевозчика Казахстана авиакомпании Air Astana. “Инжиниринг” одержал победу на открытом тендере, обойдя конкурентов из Европы и Китая. По мнению руководства провайдера услуг по ТОиР, сказался успешный опыт компании по перекраске самолётов Air Astana в 2016 году. Стороны не раскрывают параметры […]