Reading Time: < 1 minute Air traffic into Brussels Airport, which reopened this month after a deadly bomb attack, was disrupted today as a strike among air traffic controllers continued. The airport, one of Europe’s busiest, had reopened on April 3 with limited capacity, restricted by temporary structures and tight security after bombs destroyed the departure hall on March 22. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Sapphire Pegasus Business Aviation Awards were presented for the first time at an event in the Czech capital Prague on April 8. According to organizer Media Tribune, the new awards program attracted 87 nominations, and winners were selected by a process of open online voting (accounting for 40 percent of scores) and a panel […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Icelandic Transportation Safety Board (ITSB) is calling on Russian and European aircraft certification authorities to make changes to the emergency escape slide system of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, which was certified by Russia in 2011 and validated by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in 2012. The recommendation is one of nine made by […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Aviation Partners in conjunction with Aviation Partners Boeing, API’s joint venture with The Boeing Company, announced that as of 7:45 pm PDT today its unique Blended Winglet Technology has saved the world’s commercial and business jet operators an estimated six billion gallons of jet fuel; representing a global reduction in CO2 emissions of over 64 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Latvian flag carrier Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic) has converted its remaining seven option aircraft to firm. This latest order brings airBaltic’s total firm order to 20 CS300 aircraft. This agreement follows the airline’s conversion of three option aircraft announced in February 2014. The original order for 10 firm […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vilnius Airport was evaluated for its efforts to reduce the environmental impact and received ACI EUROPE’s Level 1 accreditation for the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and carbon footprint. Independent experts confirmed that these indicators are in line with all the requirements laid down in the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme and the established ISO […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two Russian pilots have died in a helicopter crash over rebel territory in Syria. A spokesperson for Russia’s ministry of defence said the Mi-28N attack helicopter came down in Homs province in the early hours of Tuesday morning. “The bodies of the dead pilots were removed during search and rescue operations and are currently at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore Airlines (SIA) has, for the first time, hired women to fly its planes. Two of them joined in August last year during the last intake of cadet pilots. Their training – in Singapore and Australia – will take between two and three years, after which they will be rostered for commercial flights. SIA spokesman […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes An Asian customer has become the first in the region to place a firm order for an Airbus ACJ319neo , delivery of which is planned for the second quarter of 2019. The client, which is upgrading from a large, traditional, business jet, is also the first new customer for the ACJneo Family. Engines and cabin […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African carrier Safair has contracted Lufthansa Technik to provide comprehensive component support. The corresponding Total Component Support TCS® contract covers component maintenance, repair, overhaul as well as access to an adequate pool of spares. Effective from 1 April the contract comprises the support for up to five Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft operated […]