Category: World

Dublin Airport to Map Runway and Airfield with Google Street View

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dublin Airport has become the first airport in the world to provide a virtual tour of its runway and airfield. In partnership with Google, Dublin Airport is offering a 360 degree street level virtual tour of its runway system and airfield areas. Thousands of images were captured by Google’s Street View car which were compiled together […]

Everyone Wants to Fly Airberlin to Cuba

Reading Time: 2 minutes Obama, the Rolling Stones and Karl Lagerfeld have led the way – Cuba is now more popular than ever! In order to meet the growing demand for travel to the Caribbean island, airberlin will fly even more services to Cuba this summer. airberlin will start flying a completely new route to Havana next Saturday, 28 […]

United Airlines Starts The Longest Flight Operated By 787 Dreamliner

Reading Time: 2 minutes United Airlines today launches the only nonstop flights between the United States and Singapore, using the world’s most advanced passenger airplane, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, to operate the service from the airline’s San Francisco Pacific-gateway hub. The nonstop flights connecting the two financial and tech centers will save travelers up to four hours’ journey time […]

Sukhoi Handed Over Another Batch Of Su-34 Frontline Bombers

Reading Time: < 1 minute Today the Sukhoi Company handed over the first batch of Su-34 frontline bombers to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation according to the 2015 State Defense Order. The aircraft took off from the V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk Aircraft Plant’s airfield and headed to the place of their deployment. Last year the Sukhoi Company’s branch […]

Bombardier C Series Aircraft Makes Its Dublin Debut

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that the C Series aircraft liveried in first operator Swiss International Airlines’ (SWISS) colours will make its Irish debut in Dublin, Republic of Ireland ahead of the 72nd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The CS100 aircraft – flight test vehicle five (FTV5) – will be […]

The 9th French Air Traffic Controllers Strike in the Past 10 weeks

Reading Time: < 1 minute European carriers are bracing for further disruption, as France’s air traffic controllers plan another walkout which threatens to be the worst of 2016. Eurocontrol is warning that French air traffic control (ATC) could be affected by a French public services strike from 0400UTC on June 2 until 0400UTC on June 3. This will be immediately […]

CityJet To Recruit 10 Trainee Pilots

Reading Time: < 1 minute CityJet, the Irish European Regional airline, today formally launched its “Climb High” Mentored Cadet Programme and will commence recruitment for the first 10 trainee pilots in June. With continued growth in CityJet services, the airline has launched its cadet programme to deliver qualified pilots for new routes. The 10 Cadets will be employed by CityJet […]

ExecuJet Enhances Maintenance Support in the Middle East and India

Reading Time: < 1 minute ExecuJet Middle East is extending maintenance capabilities at its Line Station, located at Al Maktoum International (DWC), Dubai South and at its recently established India MRO facility, located at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. ExecuJet’s Line Station at DWC is now manned 12 hours a day, seven days a week, providing full line […]

EgyptAir Cancels Flight To Bangkok After False Bomb Scare

Reading Time: < 1 minute Egypt Air canceled a Wednesday morning flight from Cairo to Bangkok after a three hour delay to takeoff. The takeoff was delayed while the airline searched the aircraft and passengers after receiving a report saying a bomb had been planted on board. An EgyptAir statement published on Wednesday said the flight was held while security […]

Norwegian All-Weather SAR AW101 Unveiled

Reading Time: < 1 minute The first AgustaWestland AW101 Norwegian All-Weather SAR Helicopter was unveiled yesterday by Anders Anundsen, Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, during a ceremony held at Leonardo Helicopters’ Yeovil facility in south-west England. Minister of Justice and Public Security, Anders Anundsen (on right in photo with Leonardo Helicopters CEO Daniele Romiti), said “This roll out […]