Reading Time: 2 minutes The Federal Aviation Administration has continued to handle emergency and relief operations at a number of airports in the Hurricane Harvey area, including at Houston Hobby and George Bush Intercontinental. The FAA is prepared to support the resumption of commercial service flights when airport authorities reopen the airports. This Hurricane Harvey information is critical so […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Исламская республика Иран планирует вскоре развернуть производство собственных тяжелых истребителей. Об этом заявил министр обороны Амир Хатами. “Создание тяжелых боевых самолетов входит в планы ведомства. Уже проведена подготовка к производству такого отечественного истребителя и завершены первоначальные исследования”, – приводит слова бригадного генерала Хатами иранское агентство “Тасним”. Министр обороны также высказался за развитие иранской стратегической авиации […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa Group LCC subsidiary Eurowings will hire 600 crew members, comprising 200 pilots and 400 cabin crew members, as its fleet expands to a further 20 Airbus A320s. In addition, Eurowings management has confirmed that temporary working contracts for flight attendants will be changed to permanent contracts. Eurowings employs 1,500 flight attendants. Lufthansa established Eurowings […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Coco Travel (South Sudan) Antonov AN-26 was performing a freight flight from an unknown point of origin and landed on Maban Airstrip near the city of Bunj in rain. The aircraft skidded and went off the runway coming to a stop in the north of the airfield with substantial damage, fuel spilled and a fire […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Boeing Company is committing $1 million from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist with disaster relief across Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the company announced today. The contributions will be directed through the American Red Cross for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. “Our thoughts are with all our neighbors and teammates throughout Texas […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Итальянскую авиакомпанию «Alitalia» продадут до конца года. В настоящий момент свой интерес к приобретению крупнейшего итальянского авиаперевозчика проявляют сразу три компании, в частности, речь идёт о британском лоукостере «EasyJet», немецкой компании «Lufthansa» и ирландском низкобюджетном перевозчике «Ryanair». Сообщается о том, что наибольший интерес к покупке итальянской авиакомпании проявляет руководство «EasyJet», так как, фактически, после выхода […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Небольшой самолет потерпел крушение в американском штате Джорджия, три человека погибли, сообщает портал WTOC. По данным портала, крушение произошло в округе Брайан на востоке штата, на борту самолета было три человека, включая пилота. Самолет совершал полет из города Саванна в округ Кобб. Отмечается, что самолет упал в лесной зоне, из-за чего спасателям трудно пробраться на […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite many advances in airline systems over the last decade, there is one problem area in airline operations that technology hasn’t yet solved: cancelled flights and stranded passengers. Known as “irregular operations” (IROP), flights cancelled for non-weather reasons disrupt travel plans for hundreds of millions of US passengers each year. For airlines, flight cancellations are […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Aviation will be exempted from any taxation resulting from the country’s implementation of value added taxation (VAT) in 2018, according to a decree signed yesterday by the UAE president. The five percent tax will come into effect on 1 January and will apply on “the import and supply of goods and services at each stage […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Israel has officially signed an agreement to buy 17 additional F-35 jets as part of an even larger deal to purchase a total of 50 stealth fighters. Signed by Major General (Res) Udi Adam, the director-general of Israel’s Defense Ministry, this move will give the 69-year-old state two squadrons of the once-troubled jet after the […]