Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing unveiled its 2016 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook for the Asia-Pacific region, projecting that more than 500,000 new pilots and technicians will be needed to support the expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades. The outlook, a leading industry forecast of aviation personnel demand, anticipates the need for 248,000 new […]

Reading Time: 1 minute Airbus reported firm orders for 14 commercial aircraft in November, valued at $1.6 billion at list prices, from two airlines and one undisclosed customer. The Toulouse-based manufacturer’s biggest order for the month came from an undisclosed customer Nov. 15, for five A321ceos and three A320ceos, valued at $868.5 million. Additionally, Sharjah, UAE-based low-cost carrier (LCC) […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”) today announces passenger statistics for November 2016. In November 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, strengthen its customer offering and operations with the following announcements: Launch of a new fare category called “WIZZ Go”. Both “WIZZ Go” and “WIZZ Plus” offer customers a discounted package price over […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes GE Aviation’s Electronic Engine and Propeller Control (EEPC) system for its H Series turboprop engine has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). GE’s EEPC is the business and general aviation industry’s first turboprop offering to combine engine and propeller operations into a single system. Prior to EASA certification on November 25, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Low-cost airline Norwegian is expanding its award-winning low-cost long-haul network with a 55 per cent increase in the number of flights to the US from next summer. Brits will have more affordable choices to visit the US with a sharp increase in the number of flights from 22 to 34 flights per week on Norwegian’s […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair released November traffic statistics as follows: traffic grew 15% to 8.8m customers, load factor rose 2% points to 95%, rolling annual traffic to Nov grew 16% to 115.5m customers.   Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said: Ryanair’s November traffic grew by 15% to 8.8m customers, on the back of lower fares and the continuing success of […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Air Belgium seems to be one step closer to its launch, on its website you can now find 2 new career options: cabin crew and cockpit crew. Air Belgium is particularly looking for cabin crew that speaks Mandarin, we can assume that there will be Chinese destinations, meanwhile the pilots require experience on the A320, A330 […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus Corporate Jets has won another commitment for an ACJ320neo, highlighting the continuing success of its new aircraft family. The latest deal adds to the seven orders already won by the ACJ320neo Family, taking total orders and commitments to eight, comprising six ACJ320neo and two ACJ319 neo aircraft. Capitalising on new-generation engines and Sharklets at […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Qatar Airways, the award-winning and fastest growing airline in the world, announced eight more destinations for 2017-18, in addition to seven previously announced new cities for a total of 15 new gateways. Joining the Qatar Airways’ route network, which spans more than 150 destinations on six continents around the world, are: Canberra, the airline’s fifth […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said that Afghanistan has no alternative to Russian arms in the nearest decades. Russia doubts that US plans to substitute Russian helicopters in Afghanistan with its own aircraft will succeed, since there is no alternative to Russian equipment in the nearest decades, Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan […]