Russian Helicopters is taking part in the Paris Air Show 2015, which will run from 15 to 21 June in the French capital. During the event, Russian Helicopters will showcase its latest commercial helicopter developments for the global aviation community. The Russian Helicopters exhibition can be found at stand C-198, Hall 2a. “Russian...

While it may be a surprise for some, getting hired by an airline can sometimes actually be harder than getting into Harvard. For instance, according to Lufthansa, only around 7 % of applicants to pilot position pass the initial screening, let alone further recruitment stages. At first glance it may be hard to understand why the industry with an...

Atlantic Airways, based in the Faroe Islands has signed a firm order for one new Airbus A320.  With this order Atlantic Airways becomes a new A320 customer.  The aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2016, enabling the carrier to tap into the growing passenger market between the Faroes and Copenhagen. Atlantic Airways’ A320 will have 168...

Boeing named Tim Noonan as vice president of Training Systems and Government Services (TSGS), effective immediately. Noonan replaces Bob Gower, who is retiring this month after nearly 30 years with the company. Noonan will lead more than 2,200 employees at six major TSGS sites within the company’s Global Services & Support division. The...

Embraer S.A. announced that it has priced an offering of US$1.0 billion notes due 2025 with yield of 5.091% per annum, issued through its wholly-owned subsidiary Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Embraer. The notes have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are expected...

The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to Tapestry Solutions, a non-fully integrated subsidiary of The Boeing Company, to provide technical support and services to its Tactical Mobile (TacMobile) program. This program provides fixed-site and mobile command, control, communications, computers and intelligence capability, also known as C4I. The...

Nearly two years after the no. 1 A350 XWB’s maiden flight in 2013, a “first-of-its-kind” 1:20 scale model of this new-generation jetliner has joined the skies – the result of a project spurred by an aeronautical mechanic-in-training at Airbus. The A350 XWB’s “smaller brother” performed its own inaugural flight from Hamburg, Germany...

VistaJet Malta Finance P.L.C. and VistaJet Co Finance LLC, subsidiaries of VistaJet Group Holding SA (“VistaJet”), announced that they have now closed their offering of USD 300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior unsecured notes due 2020. Interest on the 5-year notes is payable semi-annually on June 1st and December 1st,...

Czech Sport Aircraft confirmed that two more SportCruiser are being prepared for shipment to the USA having been completed on time as part of the record order for 16 SportCruiser that was announced earlier in the year. Matthew Harvey, Managing Director of Aviation Trading, the official authorised trading partner of Czech Sport Aircraft said,...

Flexjet LLC, offering travelers access to the world’s most luxurious and modern fleet of private jets, today announced the launch of its new website, www.flexjet.com, which gives Owners, clients and visitors to the site unprecedented functionality. The new Flexjet.com provides extraordinary insights into Flexjet’s distinctive and evolving...

While talking about the Concorde many words come in handy while describing it. Magnificent, innovative, outstanding technology, supersonic, and many more. But I think we could all agree that Concorde truly has been a state of the art work. So how come such achievement of the humanity has been “sitting on the shelf” for more than 10 years...

Baltic Aviation Academy’s representatives are traveling to Moscow on June 9th – 11th in order to provide personal consultations for the candidates that are interested in pilot training. This is a great opportunity for the candidates to meet with the professionals and discuss all the options without traveling a long distance to another country....

On June 2, Dassault unveiled its new Falcon 5X at the Charles Lindbergh hall of its Bordeaux-Merignac facility. It rolled back the curtains on the latest addition to the growing Falcon business jet family before an audience of customers, operators, industrial partners and representatives of certification authorities. Dassault Aviation has reached...

One much discussed technology that has brought significant change into the aviation industry is definitely composites. For instance, they constitute, by weight, 53% of the Airbus A350XWB's structure. As a result, apart from reduced weights, Airbus suggests the airliner will create just 40% of the corrosion-related inspection and maintenance burden...

The first 242-tonne Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) variant of the A330-300 was delivered today to Delta Air Lines. The Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.) – based airline is the first to receive the aircraft type from among 11 worldwide customers for the option. Delta has selected GE CF6-80E1 engines to power its new A330-300.   Launched in 2012 as...