Ever since the drone market has started to rapidly grow, it has been constantly surrounded by controversy. For instance, with commercialization of drones, over 42% of Americans are concerned about their privacy. However, while aviation authorities are developing new rules to ensure both safety and privacy standards, it seems that drone-skeptics...

Recently, Ryanair – the Europe’s largest low-cost airline, operating around 1 600 flights daily – announced, it’s considering offering streamed entertainment and Wi-Fi access for its passengers free of charge. If the trials prove popular, the service could be rolled out to its entire fleet of around 300 Boeing aircraft. Moreover, in...

The Consortium of Sikorsky Aircraft and PZL Mielec and its global supplier network  announced on an agreement with WZL-2 in Bydgoszcz concerning future cooperation if the BLACK HAWK platform wins the Multi-Role Helicopter tender for the Polish Ministry of Defense.  The agreement is the part of the strategic partnership built together with PGZ...

According to a 30-year aircraft procurement plan the U.S. Defence Department submitted to Congress three years ago, it would be at least 10 years before new strategic airlifters and long-range bombers are produced and delivered. In the meantime, during the Aero India 2015 the CEO of RAC MiG stated the corporation is considering prolonging the...

Sheremetyevo International Airport has recently announced the statistics of its operational activity in February 2015. The number of passengers served since the start of the year increased by 1.1% against the same period of 2014, reaching a total of 4,110,000 passengers. Passenger traffic on international airlines in January-February...

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Fly Mojo Sdn Bhd announced that the parties have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the sale and purchase of 20 CS100 aircraft with options for an additional 20 CS100 aircraft. The announcement was made in parallel with the Government of Malaysia’s announcement at LIMA on a new airline, flymojo, which will...

Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, continues to supply helicopters across the Asia-Pacific region, including India. Over the past three years 189 commercial and military aircraft were delivered, which includes Rosoboronexport contracts. In 2014 deliveries increased by 11% on 2012, and today more than 1,400 Russian-built...

Airport modernization projects at Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius airports to enhance airfield safety and availability. ADB Group is participating in upgrades at the airports of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. These special municipalities, part of the Caribbean territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are collectively known as the Dutch...

The representatives of Bucharest Airports National Company enjoyed a big success at Routes Asia 2015, which is currently taking place, between the 15th and 17th of March, in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province, China. This international civil aviation major event brings together representatives of the most important 100 Asian airlines,...

Fly Comlux, the VIP airline of the Comlux Group, is pleased to announce that its European branch Comlux Malta Ltd has been awarded the Certificate of Registration to the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO). Issued by the International Business Aviation Council, Montreal – Canada,  and verified through an audit...

Baltic Aviation Academy, aviation training centre based in Central Europe, is set to participate at one of the main aviation training industry events ICAO Global Aviation & Trainair Plus Symposium. Event focusing on the global aviation training will address the problems and challenges currently impacting training in aviation sector as well...

Airbus has celebrated the delivery of its 9000th aircraft at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany on 20th March 2015. The aircraft is the first A321 to be delivered to Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir and will join the carrier’s all-Airbus A320 Family fleet flying on its fast-growing Asia-Pacific network.  “The delivery of our 9000th aircraft...

The IKEA superstore in Toulouse, France isn't the obvious starting place for an innovative approach to one of aviation's most intensively technical areas. Nevertheless, it was this home retailer's ready-to-assemble furniture that gave Airbus systems designer Raphael Andre an idea that already is proving its value: the flat-pack cockpit...

FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for business aviation, is delighted to announce that recently it has provided comprehensive Hawker aircraft base maintenance support to its latest customer Grafair, a Swedish business jet and FBO operator. The agreement with the Swedish carrier was...

Boeing recently completed the first flight of a NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with modern flight deck and avionics systems that replace 1970s-era analog systems. During the two-hour flight on Dec. 31 testers evaluated five full-color glass displays with customizable engine, navigation and radar data. The systems...