Reading Time: < 1 minute Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a 4.8% rise in the number of passengers handled in March 2016 compared to March 2015, with a total of 6 million passengers. Aircraft movements were also up by 2.2% year-over-year to 35,060. HKIA management described March growth as “steady”; indeed, January 2016 saw a much larger 16% growth. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing is testing a new 737 Max aircraft at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport this week. The plane manufacturer began the low-altitude tests on the engine on Monday, according to airport operations manager Lionel Guilbert. The tests require a minimum 80-degree temperature. As long as weather is conducive to the tests, the aircraft will fly again […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here in the beautiful city of Copenhagen. As some of you may know, my wife is Danish, so I can claim some Danish connections! I would like to add my thanks to our host airline, Scandinavian Airlines, for their support, and to all of our sponsors, without whom […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The new Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC), a joint venture owned 55% by Airbus and 45% by Singapore Airlines (SIA), was officially opened in Singapore today. The opening ceremony was hosted by Fabrice Brégier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airbus and Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Airlines, in the presence of S Iswaran, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The volcano Popocatépetl came to life at 2:32 this morning, sending out a column of ash that fell on much of the city of Puebla and closed the airport.  The National Disaster Prevention Center, Cenapred, said the volcano spewed ash to an altitude of about three kilometers above the crater. The explosion was accompanied by […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Aviation training management software company MOMook, in cooperation with the full flight simulator maintenance service provider SimHelp has implemented an innovative solution – full flight simulator’s info Terminal. The FFS Terminal, developed specifically for aviation training centers, is freestanding self-service equipment hosted in the flight simulators’ area and uses touch screen technology to guide engineers, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its aerospace arm has secured new contracts worth $443m in the first quarter (1Q) of 2016, for projects ranging from airframe maintenance and cabin interiors, to engine wash, and component repair and overhaul. The 1Q2016 value has taken in Elbe Flugzeugwerke’s new orders for the first […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes According to a source of Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper, Skyviet Aviation JSC will receive an air transportation business license and aviation business license for commercial purposes – the two most important legal items for an airline to take off. “The file of application for the two licenses of Skyviet is valid and it meets the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Safety is the number one priority of any transportation industry, and corporations and government regulators alike are constantly searching for ways to improve. That applies to the automotive industry, of course, but also to the airline industry. So to see if the former could stand to learn from the latter, two government agencies are organizing […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Last week, Delta Air Lines reported another record quarterly profit. Like its peers, the airline giant has faced significant unit revenue pressure for the past year or so, but lower fuel costs have more than made up for the revenue declines. Delta’s management recognizes that fuel prices won’t keep falling forever. To avoid a drop-off […]