Reading Time: 2 minutes Qatar Airways’ maintenance organization has begun performing retrofits of Inmarsat’s GX Aviation global, high-throughput satellite (HTS) communications equipment on the carrier’s fleets of Boeing 777-300ERs and 777-200LRs. Permission for the retrofits follows the award to Inmarsat of a supplemental type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency to retrofit the GX Aviation terminal to Qatar […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Emirates and Qantas will apply to extend their cornerstone partnership for another five years making changes to reflect customer demand, new aircraft technology and each airline’s respective network strengths. These changes will deliver additional benefits to the eight million passengers who have travelled more than 65 billion kilometres on the combined network since 2013, increasing […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Middle East carriers might need to brace themselves; Norwegian Air’s website suggests the carrier’s commencement of operations to Dubai is imminent. The ultra low cost disruptor made a name for itself by flying passengers across the Atlantic, from Europe to the US, for as low as €54 (AED 236) and to the Caribbean for even […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Aviation will be exempted from any taxation resulting from the country’s implementation of value added taxation (VAT) in 2018, according to a decree signed yesterday by the UAE president. The five percent tax will come into effect on 1 January and will apply on “the import and supply of goods and services at each stage […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Israel has officially signed an agreement to buy 17 additional F-35 jets as part of an even larger deal to purchase a total of 50 stealth fighters. Signed by Major General (Res) Udi Adam, the director-general of Israel’s Defense Ministry, this move will give the 69-year-old state two squadrons of the once-troubled jet after the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Aerospace & Defence MRO South Asia Summit, scheduled to take place in New Delhi from 18-19, January 2018, has generated a great deal of interest amongst the International publications serving the MRO industry. Orient Aviation, a leading commercial aviation news magazine in the Asia Pacific region has partnered with the event along with Aviation […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Qatar Airways Boeing 787 was performing flight from Doha to Denpasar with 240 people, when the captain reported the first officer had lost consciousness after complaining about chest pain. The crew decided to divert to Hyderabad for a safe landing on runway 27L about 30 minutes later, already past midnight local time. The first officer […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Etihad Airways Group is getting to set to name its new CEO within the next few months, according to a statement by the company. “The successful candidate is expected to start no later than the beginning of 2018,” the statement read. Former Etihad CEO James Hogan departed from the company in May, with Ray Gammel […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite a government guarantee of EUR150 million, Air Berlin (AB, Berlin Tegel) may soon find itself having to cancel flights, according to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. Citing insider information, the news site says that Air Berlin will be unable to maintain parts of its network as it does not have access to revenue generated by […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing, EL AL Israel Airlines and Air Lease Corporation are celebrating the delivery of the carrier’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. EL AL leased the airplane through an agreement with Air Lease Corporation. The 787-9 touched down in Tel Aviv following a nonstop, 6,746 mile (10,856 km.) delivery flight from Paine Field, adjacent to Boeing’s factory […]