FL Technics announced signing an agreement with the European leisure air carrier Small Planet Airlines. According to the newly inked agreement, FL Technics shall carry out cabin re-design and refurbishment works on the carrier’s 13 Airbus A320s. The first fully retrofitted aircraft has been already delivered to the carrier. Based on the...

The newly created Sapphire Pegasus Business Aviation Award recognizes and honors outstanding performances by companies and individuals in twelve different categories which will ensure that most aspects of Business Aviation will be covered. The Sapphire Pegasus Awards will be presented to the winners during a Gala Ceremony in Prague on April...

ADB Safegate, a global player in delivering airport performance, has been created following the announcement by European private equity firm PAI Partners and ADB Airfield Solutions to acquire Safegate International, a leading player providing aircraft docking guidance systems, gate management systems, airfield lighting solutions and air traffic...

Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to support the ExoMars mission organised jointly by the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, by delivering a Breeze-M booster to Baikonur in preparation for the space vehicles’ scheduled launch on 14 March 2016. Carried from Moscow to Kazakhstan onboard one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124...

In September, Tallinn Airport announced a public procurement project for the construction work in the Tallinn air traffic area; today they will conclude the construction contract with Lemminkäinen Eesti. In accordance with the agreement, the cost of the construction will be 34.6 million euros, half of which will be covered by the Cohesion Fund...

Jet Aviation is expanding its aircraft management and charter services on the U.S. West Coast with the acquisition of Avjet Corporation, a global jet charter and management company based in Los Angeles, CA. “Avjet’s 37-years of experience in aircraft management and charter services and impressive fleet of 45 aircraft makes it the...

In March 2016 specialists of Meridian Air Company conducted an outside audit of FlightSafety International Paris training centre to ensure the training organization complies with both international and Russian aviation legislation and Airline`s internal requirements as well. The audit scope was cabin crew retyping training for Hawker-750,...

Avia Invest recently called a group of members of EUACA association (the European Airport Coordinators Association) visited CIA at the request of the company's administrator of Chisinau Airport. The mission of this organization is to deliver a neutral, non discriminatory and transparent service to the aviation industry in order to contribute to...

Philippe Foulon is  Global Head of Specialised Asset Finance and Aviation at Societe Generale Equipment Finance (“SGEF”). Philippe has successfully grown SGEF Aviation activity over the last seven years, making it a global business unit after decades of sustained development on local markets where the group has a direct presence. After...

Gulfstream announced it has enhanced its MyCMP maintenance tracking program with a feature that integrates a customizable diagnostic reasoning engine and a database of known equipment faults and troubleshooting procedures. MyCMP customers who subscribe to the user-friendly tool will benefit from reduced maintenance costs and fewer flight schedule...

Hristo Shterionov, the Executive Director of “Sofia Airport” EAD, concluded a cooperation agreement with Chinese company “East Like Information Technology Service”. The event in Shanghai was attended also by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communication Anton Ginev. The visit was made in the period 2-6 March in...

Riga International Airport is now one step closer to sustainable business practices as it has purchased four new electric baggage tractors with the view to protecting the environment and the health of airport personnel. The new baggage tugs will replace the tractors with diesel engines. The electric baggage tugs daily transport the baggage of...

A patented, paper-based Airbus solution that improves the process for installing cables and wires throughout an aircraft is now going global, underscoring the company’s continuing role as an innovation leader. The idea began with Marc Bennion, a long-time Airbus employee working at the aircraft manufacturer’s Broughton, UK facility –...

As we look to the past, nowadays as well, we can assuredly say that all the innovations and inventions were created in order to facilitate and improve our daily routine or working processes. That’s the principle of development. Drones emerged in aviation field quite recently, but have already managed to become irreplaceable in many other...

Heavy metal band Iron Maiden said this Saturday, 12.3.2016, that the group's leased Boeing 747 called ''Ed Force One" was damaged in a handling accident in Santiago, Chile. "Ed Force One was this morning tethered to a tow truck to be taken for refuelling prior to flying  over the Andes to Cordoba for the next show. On moving  the steering pin...