Airbus ACJ319 Airbus and key Malaysian partners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assess local solutions for sustainable bio-mass production in Malaysia.  The aim is to determine the most suitable feedstocks to ensure that any future jet fuel production in the region is based only on sustainable solutions. The first...

Boeing and SilkAir celebrated the delivery of the carrier's first Next-Generation 737-800. The delivery also marked the start of the Singapore-based airline's transition to an all-Boeing fleet. Over the coming years, Boeing will deliver a total of 23 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s to SilkAir. "The new Boeing 737 aircraft will support our network...

ExecuJet Aviation Group's fixed-based operation (FBO) at Zürich Airport, Switzerland, is celebrating a busy period of aircraft handling during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting at Davos-Klosters. ExecuJet handled over 150 aircraft bringing VIP passengers to the event, held on January 22-25, including a high proportion of long-range...

Qatar Airways has been named ‘Business Airline of the Year’, and for the second year in a row ‘Best Long-Haul Airline’ at the high profile UK Business Travel Awards 2014 which was held in London recently. Over 1,300 industry representatives attended the 19th Annual Business Travel Awards, organized by UK publication Buying Business...

Airbus’ A350 XWB MSN3 development aircraft with a team of 48 Airbus specialists have arrived at Iqaluit, Canada for several days of cold weather trials. The various tests for the aircraft its engines and its systems include a ‘cold soak’ down to minus double-digit temperatures. The scope of the trials include: APU and engine starts after...

 Boeing will continue its tradition of helping small businesses by partnering with El Monte, Calif.-based AMRO Fabricating Corporation through NASA's Mentor-Protégé Program. The focus of the three-year agreement is the work the companies are doing for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), the next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle for deep...

Euro Jet is pleased to announce it has just completed one year of successful operations at its hangar at Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport. The hangar remains available throughout the year for both long and short term use. The hangar is fully enclosed, heated and under 24 hour security. The hangar facility includes 1,500 square meters for...

Boeing announced at the MRO Middle East conference that flydubai has signed an agreement to implement Boeing’s suite of mobile maintenance applications. The airline will deploy Maintenance Turn Time, Toolbox Mobile Library and Toolbox Mobile Parts – solutions that provide real-time access to the information technicians need to quickly resolve...

The Airbus Corporate Innovation Team is investigating the use of voice-recognition software to help pilots and airline crews manage operation, underscoring the company’s focus on innovation for its customers’ benefit. Incorporating aviation specific information and accent recognition technology, a software prototype has been developed in...

From 7 January to 21 March, a ban on transporting liquids in hand luggage will apply to flights departing from airports in the Russian Federation. The ban pertains to all liquids, irrespective of the size of the pack (container, tube etc), including packs under 100 ml (for example, cosmetics for personal use, hygiene products etc. If a...

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (23 Jan) announced a new Zadar to Manchester route (from 4th April 2014) which will deliver over 30,000 passengers p.a. and sustain over 30* “on-site” jobs* at Zadar Airport with 2 weekly flights (Monday and Friday). Ryanair’s new routes will begin in April 2014 and is already available...

Czech Sport Aircraft is very pleased to announce a new order from France for an EASA-certified PS-28 Cruiser that will once again enter into service in a flight training role.  The order was confirmed over the weekend through the signature of a purchase agreement between Aviation Trading s.r.o. and Sport Aviation Sarl, the company’s distributor...

10 new bars and restaurants and as many as 15 new shops will open in the modernised part of Warsaw Chopin Airport’s Terminal A next year. The outlets will be operated by HDS Polska, which plans to introduce a number of new brands to the airport. Polish Airports has just closed the process to choose operators of retail and catering space in...

Boeing and research partners in the United Arab Emirates have made breakthroughs in sustainable aviation biofuel development, finding that desert plants fed by seawater will produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), affiliated with the Masdar Institute of Science and...

24 January 2014, Moscow - Aeroflot transferred 49% of the shares of JSC Aurora Airlines to Sakhalin Oblast. The transaction follows an Agreement on Co-operation signed on 6 November 2013 in the presence of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev between Aeroflot and Sakhalin Oblast regarding joint ownership of JSC Aurora Airlines. Under the...