Reading Time: < 1 minute Austrian Airlines is launching a wet lease agreement with SunExpress Deutschland. • Objective: cover peak capacity requirements The objective of this cooperation is to cover peak capacity requirements, above all in the particularly dense summer flight schedule. A Boeing 737-800 aircraft along with the cockpit and cabin crew of SunExpress Deutschland will be deployed in […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes At EBACE 2016 Lufthansa Technik’s design department has unveiled its brand-new Airbus A350 VVIP interior concept, called »Welcome Home«. The unique cabin is placing the human being in the center of the story and emphasizes a comprehensive approach towards health and well-being on-board. It promotes flexible areas for privacy or valuable family time and provides […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryanair on Monday released its full year update to investors and analysts in which it posted a 43% increase in full year profits. During the update the business said the group delivered “significant traffic and profit growth” as profits rose to €1,242m and traffic growing by 18% to 106m. Revenue in the period rose by […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Austria-based Diamond Aircraft’s Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer-450 (DART-450), which the company claims is the world’s first all-carbon fiber aircraft, took off for its first flight last week. The aircraft took off from Wiener Neustadt in Austria and flew for 60 minutes. Diamond Aircraft describes the DART-450 as a 2-seat civilian and military trainer with a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company and Boeing have finalized an order for 100 737 MAX 200 airplanes, the largest ever single commercial airplane purchase in Vietnam aviation. His Excellency Mr. Trần Đại Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and U.S. President Barack Obama, witnessed the historic agreement, valued at approximately $11.3 billion at […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute SMBC Aviation Capital, the world’s third largest aircraft leasing company, announced it has ordered ten CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power five additional Airbus A320neo aircraft. The engine order is valued at $140 million U.S. at list price. This is a follow-on to SMBC Aviation Capital’s initial LEAP-1A order for 60 engines that the company […]
Reading Time: 20 minutes EgyptAir flight heading from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar with 66 people on board, the airline reports. EgyptAir has confirmed that flight 804, traveling from Paris to Cairo, has disappeared with 56 passengers and 10 crew members on board. May 23 – 14:00 [UTC+1]:The pilot of the doomed EgyptAir flight spoke to air […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The mandatory diploma to integrate the European airlines is now available in Morocco thanks to a partnership with English aviation training institute SkyPeople based in Manchester and the biggest aviation training based in North Africa, AirForm Group. Approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority on behalf of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the theoretical […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Gulfstream G650ER has set a speed record on a recognized course between Sydney and Los Angeles. The aircraft departed Sydney Airport during the morning of March 11, and arrived at Los Angeles International Airport 12 hours and 40 minutes later at 01:15 March 12. During the 6,620nm / 12,260km flight the aircraft had an […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 10 publicly traded mainline US airlines reported a collective first-quarter pre-tax profit of $4.8 billion, according to Airlines for America (A4A). The earnings, which represent the combined results of Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines and Virgin America, gave the US […]