Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services - Tailored Support Package’ (FHSTSP) contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for SIA’s 19 A380s. Under this 10-year agreement with Airbus, Singapore Airlines will...

NAS-ExecuJet, a partnership between ExecuJet Middle East and National Air Services (NAS Holding) expanded its FBO services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the opening of an additional FBO facility in the Royal Terminal at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, on 10 February 2016. The FBO expansion at the Royal Terminal, utilised by...

AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. and OMNIPOL a.s. have signed an strategic partnership agreement regarding L-39NG aircraft sales. In the new agreement, Omnipol becomes Aero’s strategic sales partner for selected territories. For both companies it’s a return to their historical roots - until 1960, Omnipol was the exclusive exporter of L-29,...

Russian Helicopters  has delivered a Mi-171E helicopter with a superior comfort cabin to the government of the Republic of Uganda. The helicopter was delivered under the contract signed by Russian exporter Rosoboronexport in 2015. The Mi-171E helicopter supplied to Uganda is distinguished by its superior comfort cabin designed for 12...

The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has announced that it will place a great deal of emphasis on training during the current year. The online training courses were launched in September 2015 in co-operation with the TSA Group. Competence, quality assurance and accredited status are the key foundations of the online courses, the purpose is to...

Officially launched at Singapore Airshow in 1996, Jet Aviation Singapore is proud to observe its 20th anniversary of providing quality services at this year’s Airshow. Jet Aviation Singapore was established at Seletar Airport as an Authorized Service Center (ASC) for Gulfstream aircraft in 1996, gaining Bombardier Service Center...

It’s “full speed ahead” for Airbus’ A350 XWB with final assembly start-up for the new-generation jetliner family’s longest-fuselage member, the A350-1000 – which was kicked off this week, as per planning, in parallel with the baseline A350-900 version’s continued production ramp-up to meet market demand. The no. 1 A350-1000 is one...

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, the first group of Iraqi Air Force pilots completed their training on the L-159 aircraft as part of a contract between AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. and the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. The graduation ceremony for the first fully-qualified L-159 pilots took place in Vodochody and was attended by Deputy Commander of...

A transnational, transfunctional Airbus team has been honoured for developing a highly-efficient new method to repair fibre optic cables, which are used extensively across the company’s product line of modern commercial jetliners. Lighter than traditional metallic wiring and offering much higher bandwidths, fibre optic cables are applied...

A major feature of the year 2015 was the change in ownership. In the early months of the year a new owner, Fraport AG of Germany, obtained a 100% holding in Aerodrom Ljubljana, and on the final day of March the company was converted from a public limited company into a limited liability company. Its shares were withdrawn from the Ljubljana Stock...

Beechcraft Defense Company announced it has signed a contract with Affinity Flying Training Services to provide 10 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II military training aircraft to the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training System program. A second contract has also been signed to include five years of engineering services, parts support,...

23 new assistant policemen have joined the North Prefecture. Employment certificates have also been issued to 11 volunteers in the first Border Guard office group, who will ensure safety at Tallinn Airport, where the majority also work on a daily basis. The Police and Border Guard Board entered into such an agreement for the first time in its...

Riga International Airport has accomplished the EU Cohesion Fund co-financed project “Riga International Airport Infrastructure Development”, in the framework of which the last two years have seen significant infrastructure reconstruction works at the airport. The works have resulted in improved flight safety, better environmental conditions...

The Embraer Phenom 100 business jet was selected to provide multi-engine pilot training to armed forces aircrew in the United Kingdom. The contract with Affinity Flight Training Services will provide five aircraft to the U.K Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training System, (UKMFTS) program. The contract includes support services and an...

Tartu Airport had a successful year in 2015, there was reached an all-time second result in the number of passengers - total pro year - 21,117 passengers. 20,708 of these passengers flew on regular flights on Helsinki - Tartu - Helsinki route. Compared to last year, the 2014, the growth of passenger numbers is 47.4%. Even more, 20,708 passengers...