Reading Time: < 1 minute • First half of the year 2016: Number of passengers up 2.2 percent • June 2016: 1.1 percent increase in passenger volume to almost 1,1 million Austrian Airlines carried almost 5.1 million passengers in the period January to June 2016, comprising a rise of 2.2 percent in a year-on-year comparison. The flight offering measured in […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes CAE announces today at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow a series of contracts, including long-term training agreements with airlines in Asia as well as the sale of 9 full-flight simulators (FFSs) to commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers and operators worldwide. These agreements, valued at more than C$180 million, highlight the span of CAE’s training solutions, from […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing projects a demand for 39,620 new airplanes over the next 20 years, an increase of 4.1 percent over last year’s forecast. Boeing released its annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) on the first day of the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow, estimating the total value of those new airplanes at $5.9 trillion. “Despite recent events that […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute New airliner orders are expected to be on the light side for this year’s Farnborough International Airshow but Boeing is still set to be in the money with more than a dozen deals expected to be announced here over the next three days. Five of the new contracts will likely be with Chinese carriers, including Xiamen […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing and Mahindra Defence Systems formally opened a center in Gurgaon to provide C-17 training services to the Indian Air Force (IAF). Once fully operational, the new center will be capable of conducting local and multi-site simulations for added realism and more robust training. “The center, in partnership with Mahindra Defense, is another example of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Thai Airways International has set its sights on developing an aircraft maintenance centre at U-Tapao airport into an expensive smart hangar with the most state-of-the-art technology in Southeast Asia. Preparations are being made for the project, a large computerised building serving as a “hospital” for aircraft, as THAI already has repair facilities at the airport […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s all-new G500 made its European debut last week, traveling across the Atlantic to participate in the Gulfstream static display at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. The G500 flew nonstop from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport to Farnborough Airport in 6 hours and 55 minutes, accomplishing the 3,732-nautical-mile/6,912-kilometer flight at an average speed of Mach […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chinese conglomerate HNA has extended its CHF1.4 billion ($1.4 billion) offer for the Zurich-based airline catering company Gategroup. By the end of the initial acceptance period, HNA had originally acquired 63.6% of ownership of Gategroup. In April, HNA had said the deal for the Swiss company required a 67% buy-in. This minimum has now been […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Alitalia, the troubled Italian airline which is buying a 49% stake in Air Malta, is losing €500,000 a day, its president has said. Several sections of the Italian media quoted Luca Cordero di Montezemolo as saying that the ailing airline, in which Etihad Airways owns a 49% stake, is “seeing the light at the end […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Magnetic MRO has been approved by EASA as PART 21J Design Organisation that will allow company to design and approve minor changes and minor repairs to aircraft related to structures, installation of avionics, electrical systems and cabin interiors including galleys and other interiors equipment to small and large aeroplanes. Under PART 21J Design Organisation Approval […]