Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese leadership views investing in domestic aviation, both civilian and military, as one of the country’s top priorities in hopes that this will help Beijing improve its manufacturing industry, boost innovation and improve national defense, Xinhua reported. Geng Ruguang, Executive Vice President of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), described aviation industry as the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Monarch Airlines is close to revealing a giant order for new Boeing aeroplanes after a major investment from shareholders, according to reports. An extra 15 aircraft, added to the 30 it already ordered in 2014, would put the airline on a secure footing for the foreseeable future. It comes after the airline said on Friday […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A TAAG Angola Airlines flight made an emergency diversion 40 minutes after takeoff on Saturday when it was discovered that a worker was trapped in the cargo hold. The flight left Porto, Portugal, on Saturday morning and was on its way to Luanda, Angola, when staff on the ground noticed that the worker was missing, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the maiden flight of the first new standard A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport. This model incorporates a number of enhancements introduced on the basic A330 as well as upgraded military systems as part of Airbus and Airbus Defence and Space’s continuous product improvement programme. The three-hour flight […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dubai International (DXB) welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing its previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB passengers reached 7,727,105 compared to 7,282,256 recorded in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 6.1 per cent. The year to date traffic totalled 55,850,353 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aftermarket specialist AAR has signed a contract to provide European leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines with power-by-the-hour (PBH) component inventory management and repair services on its fleet of 17 A320 and A321 aircraft. AAR said the new long-term contract further extends its PBH programme and integrated supply chain services across Europe. It will manage the […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Romanian airline Blue Air has today (October 3) revealed plans to establish a new European base at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA), creating dozens of employment opportunities. As part of the move, which will make LJLA the firm’s eighth European base, Blue Air will locate a 189 seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Liverpool at the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced the launch of a new Wizz Air Cadet Program in partnership with BAA Training. BAA Training was selected to provide tailored training solutions for WIZZ’s significant demand for future pilots. The five year agreement will recruit up to 150 cadets and will be […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of Chinese visitors to the US is expected to reach 6.5 million by 2020, from 2.4 million last year. When Chinese president Xi Jinping visited the US last September, his first stop was a Boeing factory north of Seattle, where he toured a 787-8 Dreamliner being delivered to Xiamen Airlines. A subsidiary of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus Group further integrates by merging its Group structure with its largest division Airbus Commercial Aircraft into a new entity. The Board of Directors of Airbus Group approved a respective proposal by the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders. “Already in July, we launched a transformation programme that is heavily focused on digitalisation of […]