Category: Latin America

Boeing Brasil – Commercial: New Name for Embraer

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing and Embraer partnership has been given a new name: Boeing Brasil – Commercial. After the takeover comes into force, Embraer name will fade out. In the new joint venture company, the Boeing Company will have an 80 per cent stake worth $4.2 billion. Meanwhile, Embraer will operate remaining 20 per cent, although the name […]

Aircraft Ground Handling System Market to Reach $190bn by 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Aircraft Ground Handling System Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $130 billion to over $190 billion by 2025; as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights, Inc. Improving airport infrastructure services and technological advancement to reduce the delay in operations will drive the aircraft ground […]

Brand New Airline to Enter Operations with Embraer Aircraft

Reading Time: < 1 minute A start-up airline from Denmark, Great Dane Airlines, established in 2018, has announced it is ready to begin operations already this June with two Embraer E195 jet aircraft. Great Dane will initially serve routes to Chania, Mallorca, Varna, and Rhodes from Aalborg Airport. Soon after, the airline will add Dublin, Edinburgh, and Nice to their […]

FAA: Costa Rica Does Not Comply with ICAO Safety Standards

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Republic of Costa Rica does not comply with ICAO safety standards and is assigned a Category 2 rating based on a reassessment of the country’s civil aviation authority, the FAA has announced. What does Category 2 International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating mean? If the country is given Category 2 rating, it means that […]

Azul Receives Airbus A330neo: First in Americas

Reading Time: < 1 minute Azul Linhas Aéreas, the third largest carrier in Brazil, has received its first Airbus A330neo on lease from Avolon. At the same time, this delivery also marks the arrival of the first A330-900 in Americas. The aircraft is the first delivered to Avolon out of 15 ordered. The airline plans to deploy its new fleet […]

INTERESTING | Best and Worst Airports for 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever travelled to/from Hamad International Airport in Qatar or have you ever set foot in Lisbon Portela Airport? These are two airports that appeared to top and conclude the list of the ranked airports by AirHelp. So which is evaluated the best and which has the lowest score? AirHelp assessed 133 world’s airports […]

Language of the Sky: Learn the Secret

Reading Time: 4 minutes The language used in the cockpit sounds technical and only aviation professionals understand it. Pilots communicate with each other and air traffic control in English, regardless of their own native language or any other languages they speak. Aviation English is in some ways a separate language compared to the one spoken on the ground. Therefore, […]

INTERESTING | Best and Worst Airlines for 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you are planning your summer holidays and considering which airline to choose or not to choose for your journey, do not bother yourself with additional googling, the answer is here. The best and the worst airlines to fly with in 2019 have been revealed by AirHelp, AirHelp ranked 72 carriers according to the level […]

Embraer Delivers 11 Commercial and 11 Executive Jets in 1Q19

Reading Time: < 1 minute Embraer delivered a total of 22 jets in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), of which 11 were commercial aircraft and 11 were executive jets (8 light and 3 large). As of March 31st, the firm order backlog totaled USD 16.0 billion. In the first quarter, Embraer delivered the first E175 jet to Mauritania Airlines, […]

Embraer Praetor 600 Business Jet Gets Certification

Reading Time: < 1 minute Embraer’s new Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet was granted its Type Certificate by Brazil’s Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC—Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), having been announced in October 2018 at NBAA-BACE and becoming the only super-midsize business jet to be certified since 2014. The Praetor 600 is the best performing super-midsize jet ever developed, surpassing all […]