Category: Aviation News

BAA Training ENAC
BAA Training and ENAC Have Developed a Mutual Training Program

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training, one of the top three leading aviation training academies in Europe, and Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC), the only aviation-oriented university in France, have signed an agreement and developed a BAA Training – ENAC mutual training program, covering Ab Initio and advanced training. With a proven track record of two-year collaboration, the […]

Boeing 737 MAX
The Recertified B737 MAX Has Flown 500,000+ Hours

Reading Time: < 1 minute It has been almost a year since the Federal Aviation Administration ungrounded the Boeing 737 MAX, and the recertified jet has already flown more than half a million hours. Speaking alongside the release of Boeing’s Q3 results, the company’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, commented, “During the third quarter, we delivered 62 737s, the most since the […]

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Finnair Has Launched Long-Haul Airbus A350 Flights from Sweden

Reading Time: < 1 minute Finnair has inaugurated Stockholm Arlanda to Bangkok, Phuket, and Miami. New York JFK and Los Angeles will be coming from Arlanda in the next two months. On October 22nd, its first flight from Stockholm Arlanda to Bangkok launched, followed the next day by Miami, and on October 24th by the ever-popular Thai resort area of […]

5 Tips on how to succeed in your type rating
5 Tips on How to Succeed In Your Type Rating Course

Reading Time: 3 minutes Type Rating (TR) is the stage when a licenced pilot must stay especially focused, undistracted and collected. A lot has been achieved already, so failing in the hallway to a dream come true would be sad. While instructors and examiners can contribute to the result, the biggest power is in the pilot’s hands. Follow the […]

Boeing
Boeing forecasts Africa’s 20-year commercial market at $400 billion

Reading Time: < 1 minute According to Boeing’s 2021 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO), Africa’s airlines will require 1,030 new airplanes by 2040 valued at $160 billion and aftermarket services such as manufacturing and repair worth $235 billion, enabling growth for air travel and economies across the continent. “Africa has healthy opportunities to expand travel and tourism, coinciding with increasing urbanization […]

Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus Operates Inaugural Long-haul Flight from the UK

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aer Lingus has performed its inaugural flight from Manchester to Barbados. Apart from Barbados, the airline will start flying to New York, JFK and Orlando. Radarbox.com reports that the first flight departed Manchester on 20 October 2021 at 10:46. It had the call sign ‘Green Flight 931’, and the aircraft used was the carrier’s sole […]

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Top 6 Base Training Tips

Reading Time: 3 minutes Every student pilot looks forward to the moment they board an airplane as an airline pilot for the first time. But before that, one more phenomenal “first-time” experience comes – base training. It stands for 4 or 6 take-offs and landings that students complete in a real aircraft as the final part of their Type […]

BOC
BOC Aviation Reports 99% Of Its Owned Fleet Is Leased Out

Reading Time: < 1 minute BOC Aviation, a Singapore-based airplane lessor, continues to grow its fleet. Currently, 99% of its owned fleet is leased out. Currently, only nine out of 420 company’s aircraft are not leased. In total, it has over 100 Airbus A320ceos, over 80 A320neos, close to 20 A330s – current engine and new engine options, as well […]

Air Asia
AirAsia Wants to Pay Off 0.5% Of Its $8 Billion Owed

Reading Time: < 1 minute AirAsia Group Bhd.’s long-haul arm has offered to pay creditors just 0.5% of more than $8 billion of the total debt they are owed. The airline said it is the only way to avoid liquidation and that the subsequent restructuring will allow it to become profitable again. As Bloomberg reports, “To avoid a liquidation and […]

Volotea Airbus
Volotea Opens a New Base in Alghero, Sardinia

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spanish low-cost airline Volotea plans to open a new base in Alghero, northwest Sardinia, in addition to the carrier’s other two hubs at Cagliari and Olbia. The regional government of Sardinia has announced that Volotea has been awarded with the tender to operate six routes: Alghero – Rome Fiumicino, Alghero – Milan Linate, Cagliari – […]