Category: Europe

CSAT to Provide Aircraft Maintenance For China Eastern Airlines

Reading Time: < 1 minute Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of the Czech Aeroholding Group, entered into an agreement with China Eastern Airlines. CSAT will thus provide line maintenance for aircraft servicing the new Prague – Shanghai route. Since September 2015, CSAT has been providing line maintenance for Hainan Airlines and its plan is to start providing the […]

British Airways Suspend Flights To Sharm el-Sheikh Indefinitely

Reading Time: 2 minutes British Airways has suspended flights to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort indefinitely amid terror fears in a blow to the country’s tourism. No flights have operated between the UK and the resort after a terrorist bomb brought down a Russian passenger plane in November killing 224 people. The Government suspended flights to Sharm el- Sheik on […]

UK CAA to Open EASA Part 66 Exam Centre in Istanbul

Reading Time: < 1 minute On behalf of the UK CAA, CAAi is set to open a brand new EASA Part-66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence electronic examination centre in Istanbul. The first exams will be delivered on Thursday 22 September 2016 at British Side Language School, in Besiktas, Istanbul. This new exam service will give aircraft maintenance engineers in Istanbul and the […]

Air France Pilot Unions Cancel Planned Strike After Agreement Reached

Reading Time: < 1 minute Three unions said the management of Air France has agreed to suspend measures that would have resulted in salary cuts and staff reductions. Separately, the left-wing CGT union was refusing to change a march scheduled for Thursday in Paris into a static gathering, as proposed by the police. The government has warned the protest might […]

What Do You Know About PW1400G, CFM LEAP-1 and PD-14?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Medium-haul single-aisle passenger aircrafts are the most popular market segment in the world of civil aviation. Until now it was presented only by the families of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. But the things are going to change since the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737MAX orders are going up. Moreover, the new players like – […]

Si2 Attempts First Emission-Free Solar Electric Transatlantic Flight

Reading Time: 3 minutes Si2 took off early Monday morning from JFK, NY, to attempt the crossing of the Atlantic and prove that an efficient energy future is possible. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) took off early Monday morning from Kennedy Airport, New York, to attempt the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and prove that an efficient energy future is possible. […]

Emirates to Deploy Flagship A380 Aircraft on Moscow Route

Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates has announced that it will be upgrading one of the two daily flights servicing its Dubai-Moscow route to an A380-800, commencing 1st December 2016. Since Emirates started flying from its Dubai hub to Moscow in 2003, the airline has carried almost 3.5 million passengers on the route. Over the past 12 months, demand has […]

EASA For a Paradigm Shift in Initial Training For Commercial Pilots

Reading Time: 2 minutes EASA is proposing to modernise the learning system and to update the learning objectives and the current professional pilots’ syllabi. As technology evolves and the industry is demanding well-prepared pilots, with strongly built core competencies, it is important that student pilots are taught theory which reflects the operational environment they will encounter as professional pilots. […]

EU Commission Updates Air Safety List – Iran and Africa Make Progress

Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. The European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, […]

Turkish Airlines Wins ‘Airline of the Year’ and ‘Cargo of the Year’ Awards

Reading Time: 3 minutes Turkish Airlines has been awarded ‘Airline of The Year’ and Turkish Cargo won ‘Cargo Airline of the Year’ award. Turkish Technic won ‘MRO Company of the Year’ award and Istanbul Ataturk Airport, operated by TAV Airports, won ‘Airport of the Year’ awards in 2016 Air Transport News Awards.  “As the Turkish Airlines network grows every […]