Reading Time: 2 minutes German businessman Ralf Dieter Montag-Girmes, the investor in Latvia’s national carrier airBaltic, has made the promised EUR 52 million investment in the airline, Latvian Transport Minister Uldis Augulis told LETA. The investment has been made in line with the shareholders agreement signed between the Latvian government and the investor. Thus, the state and the German […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rolls-Royce has agreed a new £79m contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to provide support for the Adour engines which power Hawk jet trainer aircraft, including those flown by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team – the Red Arrows. The five-year MissionCare contract provides availability-based support for the two variants of Adour engine in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, remains closed following the March 22 deadly terrorist attacks, Brussels Airlines says the airport closure is costing it €5 million ($5.6 million) a day. This is putting Brussels Airlines in its deepest crises since it was established in 2002, spokesperson Wencke Lemmes told ATW in Brussels. “Our first priority […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute French air traffic controllers (ATC) plan to strike for at least 36 hours, starting from Wednesday evening, Airlines for Europe (A4E) lobby group said in a statement. A4E said this will be the 43rd strike day in France since 2009, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of flights and creating disruption and extensive delays across […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The global aviation training provider, BAA Training, in cooperation with Ukraine International Airlines is inviting Ukrainian pilots to attend pilot assessment procedures. Applicants will be assessed and evaluated using standard pilot assessment methods and tests, and also evaluated based on the airline’s internal criteria. “Studies and BAA Training’s experience working with selection model for both […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the world’s largest aeroplanes has made its maiden touchdown at Birmingham Airport, delighting hundreds of plane spotters who had gathered to see the behemoth touch down. An Emirates’ Airbus A380 – all 238ft of it – put wheels-down on the tarmac right on schedule for the airline’s inaugural Dubai service on Sunday. With […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Passengers were on Sunday evening evacuated from a terminal at Warsaw’s Modlin airport and four planes were redirected after what appeared to be a false alarm. Magdalena Bojarska, a spokeswoman for the airport, was quoted by the tvn24.pl news website as saying: “Checks did not uncover any danger to passengers.” tvn24.pl reported that police had […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that it has become a complainant in an investigation being conducted by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition (DG-COMP) into alleged abuses of dominant positions by manufacturers of aviation equipment. In 2015 DG-COMP sent questionnaires to several industry stakeholders, including IATA member airlines, requesting information […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brussels Airlines has unveiled the second in a series of specially designed aircraft liveries inspired by by Belgian icons. Following on from last year’s Tintin livery, the carrier has partnered with the Foundation Magritte to create an exterior livery on one of its A320 aircraft incorporating two of Magritte’s paintings – La Clairvoyance and Le […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The first French long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) will make its debut later this year, as French Blue begins services to the Caribbean. French Blue is a subsidiary of Groupe Dubreuil, a conglomerate that spans sectors including hotels, energy generation and food distribution. Its air transport division already includes another airlines, Air Caraïbes, based in the […]