Cessna Aircraft Company celebrated the roll out of the first production Citation Latitude at the company’s Wichita, Kansas manufacturing facility, just three years since being announced to the market. The assembly of the Latitude features a variety of technological advancements including the use of new automated robotics and ergonomically...

FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for business aviation, announced the start of cooperation with its first customer from India – B. G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. Under the recently signed agreement, FL Technics Jets will support the customer’s business jet fleet with...

FL Technics Training, a global provider of aviation technical training services, is delighted to announce further expansion of its EASA Part 147 certificate by supplementing it with a new Embraer ERJ-190 type training. Following the successful certification process, FL Technics Training is now qualified to provide aviation specialists with...

Airbus and HAECO Group have entered into a long term strategic agreement to provide maintenance and engineering training in mainland China and Southeast Asia. Through this collaboration, HAECO, headquartered in Hong Kong and one of the world’s leading aircraft engineering and maintenance groups, will deploy the ‘Training by Airbus’...

A lot of times, viewed as a laissez-faire subject compared to the aircraft hydraulics or SOP in the aviation training, CRM course is considered difficult to measure and many times even a waste of time. We continuously hear that about 70% of aviation accidents happen due to the human error, so why knowing these numbers, we treat with such neglect...

Nearly 10.6 million passengers were served at Chopin Airport in 2014. It’s the second best result in the airport’s history. And expectations for 2015 are even higher. Last December the Warsaw airport handled 712.5 thousand travellers, 10.3% more than the year before – which means best December ever for Chopin Airport and the most...

Jet Aviation Geneva has recently received repair station approvals for Canada, Azerbaijan, San Marino and Guernsey. With these approvals, Jet Aviation Geneva is authorized to provide full maintenance services to aircraft registered in San Marino, Guernsey, Azerbaijan and Canada. The Geneva MRO facility also holds approvals for Aruba, Bermuda,...

Kazan international airport has served 1942408 passengers by the end of 2014 that exceeds index of 2013 by 5,2%. 999005 passengers were served on domestic flights in 2014 (+9,9%), and on international flights were 943403 passengers (+0,5%). The largest growth of passenger traffic was marked on the following international routes: Hurghada,...

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Seattle-based Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (“Horizon Air”) has converted two of seven previously acquired Q400NextGen aircraft options to firm orders. The airline retains its options on another five Q400 NextGen aircraft. Horizon Air and its sister carrier, Alaska Airlines are subsidiaries of...

Sheremetyevo International Airport has summarized its production performance for December and the year of 2014 overall. The volume of serviced passengers grew by 7.9% as compared with 2013, reaching 31,568,000 passengers. This is a record-breaking number not seen in the entire history of Sheremetyevo Airport. Passenger traffic...

With the speed of change in the modern world, University programs for executives are becoming a necessity. Often, companies send their best talents back to school as a way to prepare them for more strategic leadership roles and to stimulate a much needed higher level of innovation. Also managers decide for themselves that want to link their...

The experiences of Thierry Barré, the technical director of ABS Jets in Prague, reflect the development and growth of a company steadily progressing to become a major global player in the business aviation industry.   “When I came to ABS Jets in Prague about a year ago, I felt somewhat like an alien in a new world and it was a...

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) began 2015 discussing the challenges and economic opportunities of Business Aviation, at an event hosted by MEP Ismail Ertug and MEP Massimiliano Salini, Members of the Transport & Tourism Committee. Business Aviation in 2014 delivered its first positive growth figures since 2011, and the industry...

Honda Aircraft Company announced that President and CEO Michimasa Fujino has been honored with the Aviation Industry Leader of the Year Award for the development, production, marketing and sales of the innovative HondaJet. The award recognizes dedication to the aviation industry and is presented each year by the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy. Fujino...

During the last few years, the aviation industry in Latin America has been subject to impressive growth rates. Currently operating a total of nearly 1 600 aircraft, Latin American airline fleets have expanded substantially during the last years, and are expected to grow by another thousand aircraft in another decade, TeamSAI projects. However,...