Boeing has awarded $200 million in contracts to small businesses for work on the International Space Station. Boeing is NASA’s prime contractor for the ISS. The contracts were awarded under the Boeing Engineering and Technical Support Service program. The selected companies provide expertise in a number of areas including engineering,...

Tallinn Airport serviced more than 201,000 passengers in May, with the number of regular travellers growing by 2% year on year. According to Eero Pärgmäe, the director of marketing at Tallinn Airport, this year’s summer flight schedule has gotten off to quite a successful start. “Direct flights to Athens, Thessaloniki and Odessa were...

ExecuJet is today celebrating the opening of its first Mexican fixed-based operation at Del Norte International Airport in Monterrey, Mexico. The state-of-the-art facility, which began operating this week, offers the largest handling area at Del Norte’s General Aviation Terminal (GAT) and also boasts the largest hangar in the north of...

In May 2016 Airport Gdansk serviced 349,409 passengers which means 8.1% rise compared to analogous period of time in year 2015. From the beginning of year 2016, Airport Gdansk serviced 1,438,818 passengers already. That means average rise of 8.8% percent compared to analogous period of time in year 2015.1 million 80 thousand passengers were...

Gulfstream announced that its Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) repair and overhaul department recently completed its 1,000th APU repair. “Beginning with the opening of our APU test cell in March of 2009, we have built our APU department into a world-class group that can repair more than 30 APU models found in the aircraft of 10 different fixed...

Jet Aviation Basel was recently appointed by Airbus Corporate Jets to design and render a VIP cabin interior for an Airbus ACJ350, the new generation composite aircraft by Airbus, that visited Geneva during EBACE 2016. Airbus brought to Geneva during EBACE 2016 a flight-test A350 to show selected visitors, and presented a gallery of cabin...

The global aviation training provider BAA Training has received an official Supplier Acceptance Certificate from Vietnam Airlines. The certificate empowers BAA Training to operate as an Accepted Flight Training Organization by providing airplane training for Private Pilot License, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot License, and Airlines Transport...

CEPA Expo announced that it has become ISO 9001 certified, the organizers applied for the quality management certification to further enhance the standards and presentations delivered at the event. ISO 9001 ensures that quality management systems are adopted and improvements are made on a continual basis. By taking an approach that implements...

Cessna Aircraft Company announced it has powered the electrical distribution system on the revolutionary Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet, completing the next major step in the aircraft’s path to accomplish first flight this summer. This milestone occurs just three weeks after the company successfully mated the wing and fuselage of...

Volga-Dnepr Gulf (VD Gulf) based in Sharjah, UAE, has recently signed agreement for nose-to-tail inputs of Air Atlanta’s Boeing 747-400s for Base Maintenance checks including AD/SB & out of phase works. The first aircraft is due to arrive at VD Gulf’s Sharjah Hangar facility on 26th June 2016, for a twenty-six day layover while...

Unmanned aircraft fever is one the biggest phenomenon today. Starting with a civil sector and the UAVs usage for personal purposes to the huge military industry where drones play a tremendous role lately. The scope of the spreading fever is evidently changing not only our daily lives, different business fields, but also the landscape of the...

Euro Jet announced the opening of its newest VIP complimentary crew lounge in the Czech Republic’s premier spa resort town of Karlovy Vary. The new lounge will open just in time for the International Karlovy Vary Film Festival which will take place on July 1 ‒ 9, 2016. This is the third lounge for Euro Jet’s Czech Republic operation as it...

Patrick Moulay is the Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Bell Helicopter Textron. In his current role, Patrick is responsible for leading the sales and marketing strategies around the globe, working with the global sales team to promote Bell Helicopter’s current and next generation commercial products. In 2015, the Commercial Sales...

VistaJet announced it has been honoured at the European Business Aviation Association’s Safety of Flight Awards, where it was awarded EBAA’s Diamond Safety of Flight Award. VistaJet is the first operator ever to receive the accolade, which is given to companies that surpass 50 years, or 100,000 hours, of flying without an accident. The...

For the fifth time, Airbus challenges students worldwide to innovate for the future of aviation by launching the latest Fly Your Ideas competition. Airbus Fly Your Ideas is a unique global student competition, designed to establish a strong and lasting relationship between Airbus and the next generation of innovators. Every two years, the...