Reading Time: 4 minutes European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its airport traffic report for June, Q2 and the first half of 2016. The report is the only air transport report, which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights: full service, low cost and charter. It reveals that during the first half of this year, passenger […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An American Eagle flight from Washington, D.C., has landed safely at the Albany airport in New York after the crew reported smoke in the aircraft’s cabin while making its final approach. Officials at Albany International Airport in suburban Colonie say air traffic controllers received word from Flight 5446 about the smoke around 9 a.m. Wednesday. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bomb threats have been reported on two passenger planes which have landed at Brussels Airport. According to broadcaster VRT, currently two aircrafts are on the runway at the airport in Zaventem, Belgium. Fortunately, both planes landed safely. The planes are now being inspected. It is known that two planes involved were: SAS flight SK4745 from Oslo and SAS flight SK2591 […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes The rapidly globalizing world is dramatically accelerating the pace of various innovations occurring within all the spheres possible, and drones are not left aside. Before entering the commercial world, UAVs were mainly engaged in the military sector. Most probably particularly this served the reason for the whole issue of drones being faded into a relative […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute SAS along with overall Scandinavian market have significantly increased its capacity. Market development Demand for long haul traffic, European leisure routes and domestic routes continues to grow. In July, SAS transported a record number of passengers for a July month and had the highest load factor ever for a single month. At the same time, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The 1-millionth passenger on the route from Hamburg to the New York hub of Newark Liberty International was welcomed at Hamburg Airport. The successful long-haul route has been operated by the US carrier, United Airlines, since 10 June, 2005. The lucky 1-millionth passenger on the route was Annemarie Kotte from Hamburg. The jubilee guest was […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cebu Pacific has ordered Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, with TotalCare® long-term engine services, to power two new Airbus A330 aircraft. The Philippines-based airline already operates six of the aircraft, all powered by the Trent 700. The Trent 700 delivers the best fuel burn, emissions and noise performance, resulting in market leadership on the aircraft. The […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Embraer has announced a Voluntary Dismissal Program (VDP) for employees in Brazil. The company believes that the VDP gives the decision opportunity to the employees and offers an attractive benefits package. Due to the challenging global aerospace scenario, Embraer has lowered its annual aircraft delivery forecast, as communicated during its second quarter earnings release on […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France will begin 3X-weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle-Accra (Ghana, West Africa) services on Feb. 28, 2017. Beginning March 28, 2017, Air France’s 208-seat Airbus A330 service will be upgraded to a 312-seat Boeing 777-200 for the summer season. Air France chairman and CEO Frédéric Gagey said partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operates daily flights […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute HAECO Xiamen has extended its maintenance capabilities by completing its first check on a 777 freighter aircraft operated by Lufthansa Cargo. The MRO confirmed it carried out the work in June and further extends the partnership between the parties which goes back more than 10 years. Previously, HAECO Xiamen has provided C-checks and D-checks for […]