Qatar Airways has partnered with Six Seconds to introduce enhanced emotional intelligence training. Seventeen members from the Customer Experience Training Team have successfully completed a customised training programme developed by Six Seconds, to become certified practitioners in Emotional Intelligence. Qatar Airways’ Customer...

"This day, the 10th of March, Boryspil International Airport, fulfilling its obligations towards the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on time, has transferred 115.7 million of hryvnias to the Treasury of Ukraine for the first repayment of the loan of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)." The loan agreement for the development...

Boeing is pleased that Swiss International Air Lines has announced a commitment to purchase three additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order, valued at $990 million at list prices, will be posted on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website when finalized. Today’s commitment follows SWISS’ previous order for six 777-300ERs...

Jet Aviation Basel has been selected by Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) to complete the interiors of two Boeing B777-300ER aircraft on behalf of an undisclosed client in Asia. The project will be completed in Q3 2018. Following an intense and competitive bidding process that Boeing Business Jets undertook to achieve its customers’ detailed...

Russian Helicopters and Technodinamika (formerly the Aviation Equipment Group), both Rostec companies, and France’s Microturbo (part of the Safran group) have signed a trilateral memorandum on the joint development and production of a new auxiliary power unit (APU), Saphir 15, for the helicopter market. Under the memorandum, Russian Helicopters...

Comlux America, the Completion and Services center of the Comlux Group based in Indianapolis IN announced the appointment of Scott Meyer as the new CEO.  Scott currently serves as the COO for Comlux America and he will take on this new role beginning the 1st of April 2015. Scott Meyer started his career in aviation over 25 years ago, with a...

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Mesa Air Group, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona (Mesa Airlines) has signed a firm purchase agreement for seven CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. The transaction was concluded on the sidelines of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas 2015 conference held in Mesa’s hometown. Based...

Czech Sport Aircraft announced a new landmark order for 16 SportCruiser from the USA.  The purchase agreement was formally signed last week between Aviation Trading and US Sport Aircraft after a visit of the company’s US importer to the Czech Sport Aircraft facilities in Kunovice and the Aviation Trading headquarters in Bratislava.  The order...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that the Gulfstream G280 has been certified by Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). This approval validates the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design and clears the way for in-country deliveries to begin. “We have delivered more than 50 G280s since the aircraft first went into service...

Signifying Airbus’ latest milestone to become even closer to its customers and partners and to support them around the globe, Airbus and SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) have entered into an agreement to provide maintenance and engineering training services for Airbus aircraft in Singapore. Through this collaboration, SIAEC, one of the...

FL Technics announced the signing of a Base Maintenance agreement with Turkmenistan Airlines. Under the agreement, FL Technics will provide C-Check support for the carrier’s five Boeing 737 NG aircraft. The first Boeing 737-800 operated by the national airlines of Turkmenistan has already reached FL Technics premises in Vilnius, Lithuania....

Despite the fact that aviation industry creates around 6.7 million jobs and $6.8B for African GDP, it still remains an area for concern. There are a lot of factors to blame for such a performance, including limited technology, poor policing, cumbersome airport fees and taxes on jet fuel (which are about 20% higher than elsewhere on the globe), as...

Based on the recent forecasts by Honeywell Aerospace, during 2014–2018 the civil rotorcraft market, currently worth around $7.4 billion will be supplemented with up to 5 500 civilian-use machines worldwide. In addition, what has conventionally been an industry focused on the industrialized nations of Europe and North America has begun to undergo...

Consortium of Sikorsky Aircraft and PZL Mielec signed an agreement with WZL-1 in Lodz concerning the future cooperation if BLACK HAWK platform win the tender for multitask helicopter for polish army. The agreement is the part of the partnership built together with PGZ (Polish Armament Group) to support Polish armed forces.   The...

From Thursday, 5 March, the newly constructed lighting system CAT II is officially put into operation. It will contribute to flight safety and reduce to minimum the flights diverted to other airports in low visibility conditions. “Certification of the aerodrome for CAT II compliant lighting system will improve the quality of the services...