Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta Investment Management Corporation, on behalf of its clients (“AIMCo”), OMERS, Ontario Teachers; Pension Plan (“OTPP”) and Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited (“Wren House”), the infrastructure investing arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority, (each a “Consortium Member” and collectively the “Consortium”), is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire the company […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) downgraded Thailand’s aviation safety rating to Category 2 at the beginning of December, 2015, its military government has been taking strides to rectify the situation. Yesterday it was announced that all Thai-registered airlines had to submit reports on their financial positions by March 31 or risk of having their […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Boeing 727 made a nose gear-up landing at Guam Airport following in inflight meachnical fault. All three cremembers remained unhurt. Asia Pacific flight MGE 425 was on a training flight, taking-off from Guam Airport at 13:08L. Soon after take-off the pilots received indication about a fault in the nosegear system, discontinued further climb and […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes UTC’s Pratt & Whitney has suffered a fresh problem during testing of new aircraft engines for the Airbus A320neo, but flight trials of the latest version of Europe’s best-selling airliner are continuing, people familiar with the matter said. The problem occurred when an oil pump failed after an engine had been deliberately shut down in […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dubai International, the world’s number one hub for international passenger traffic, increased its capacity from 75 million to 90 million today with the opening of Concourse D, the result of a US$1.2 billion investment to enhance service and boost capacity for the more than 70 international airlines that will now call it home. “We continue […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Embraer has rolled out its first next-generation E-Jet, an E190-E2, at its factory in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The E190-E2’s first flight is slated for the second half of 2016 with first deliveries expected to take place in 2018. The E2s are exclusively powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1900G geared turbofan engines. Before a crowd of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Qatar Airways’ ground handling subsidiary has joined the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Ground Handling Council. Qatar Aviation Services’ (QAS) membership aims to build on its IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) accreditation, which it achieved in November 2014. Commenting on the news, QAS senior vice president Clive Sauvé-Hopkins said: “This is a proud […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people, the pilot and co-pilot, of a small plane carrying 9 passengers are feared to have been killed when it crash landed in Kalikot district of western Nepal on Friday afternoon. The single engine aircraft belonging to Air Kasthmandap was on its way from Nepaganj to Jumla when it crashed at Chilkhaya village. This […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Green-energy company Cella and the Argyll-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have together achieved what is thought to be the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled flight. The drone aircraft took off from Oban Airport for a 10-minute test run at 200ft before a successful landing, having raised the bar on potential applications for hydrogen fuel-cell technology. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Epic Flight Academy has partnered with Trans States Airlines (TSA) and will accept its first class of students into its Airline Pilot Career Sponsorship training programme starting on April 7, 2016. Epic and Trans States Airlines developed the accelerated programme to provide financial assistance to students and pilots. The programme is the first of its kind, offering domestic […]