Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a decision of its Board of Governors (BoG), unanimously approved at an IATA BoG meeting today, to recommend Alexandre de Juniac, Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM, to succeed retiring Director General and CEO, Tony Tyler. With confirmation by the IATA Annual General Meeting to be […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Daher unveiled the expanded range of its TBM very fast turboprop aircraft family, which now consists of the TBM 900 and the TBM 930 version – each of which retain the performance and technical features that have made the TBM 900 a business aviation success, with more than 110 sold since its launch two years […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Drone delivery might be years away in the North America, but it’s becoming a reality in Rwanda this summer. A San Francisco-based drone delivery company says it’ll start making its first deliveries of blood and medicine in Rwanda in July. Zipline International Inc., backed by tech heavyweights like Sequoia Capital and Google Ventures, demonstrated its […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fiery helicopter crash in eastern Tennessee killed a local woman, her grown son and daughter and the daughter’s boyfriend, in addition to the pilot, authorities and relatives said Tuesday. All five people aboard the helicopter, a single-engine Bell 206L tour craft manufactured in March 1977, were killed when it slammed into the ground at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes AFRICA wants to tighten security at airports in line with international standards, amid rising global terrorist threats. Aviation experts are meeting in Windhoek to discuss how to secure and improve the aviation system. This meeting is being held under the theme “Unbroken African Commitment and Collaboration for a Global Sustainable Aviation Security System, Passenger and Trade […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance, Aviation Technical Services and First Aviation Services are named the 2016 winners of the “MRO of the Year” Awards presented today by Penton’s Aviation Week Network, the largest multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries. “Infusing technology, providing greater efficiencies and saving […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The latest regional study and statistics from the Airports Council International, ACI, said that Middle East air freight traffic had a 7.4% rise in January, outpacing the 3.3% growth for the Asia-Pacific region. The council’s Asia-Pacific division said that the pushing force leading to China’s New year may positively impact the region’s betterment in air […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Air France is continuing to upgrade its long-haul cabins and will start to equip its Airbus A330 with its new travel cabins as from the end of 2017. These cabins have been developed in partnership with Zodiac Aerospace and currently equip 31 Boeing 777 in the Air France fleet. They are highly acclaimed by Air France […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France Management and the unions today had a meeting about the resumption of Air France flights to Tehran as from 17 April, operated 3 times weekly. The different parties have approved the resumption of this service, operated by Air France since 1946 and suspended since 2008. In Iran, the law stipulates that all women […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has received CAR145 approval from UAE General Civil Aviation Authority for providing maintenance services for the Bombardier Global Express and Challenger 604/605 type aircraft. Commenting on the news, DC Aviation Al-Futtaim director of maintenance Michael Lindgren said: “This is a major milestone for DCAF as it means we are now in […]