Portal AirlineRatings.com has compiled a list of 2013′s Safest Airlines, ranking 448 airlines using analysis from a number of factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, airline fatality records, and government and organisation audits. Croatia Airlines, together with 137 airlines around the world, earned the maximum seven...

The Civil Aviation Authority informs that new rules for the screening of liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports will come into force as of 31 January 2014 (Friday). According to new provisions of the Commission Implementing Regulation no. 246/2013 of 19 March 2013, the airport operator will conduct the screening upon entry to the airport...

Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-L after a successful launch today, bolstering the tracking and communications network used by NASA and its customers. TDRS-L is the fifth Boeing-built satellite to join the network that NASA uses in support of vital missions, including the...

UTair Aviation will launch a new international route with service between Krasnodar and Yerevan, Armenia. Flights will begin operating four days a week on February 2, 2014 with departure from Krasnodar International Airport at 00:30 on Tuesdays and Sundays, and at 01:00 on Thursdays and Saturdays. Flights from Zvartnots International Airport...

Jan. 24, 2014 - Boeing has rolled out the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner built at the rate of 10 airplanes per month. The airplane, a 787-8 and the 155th Dreamliner built, will be delivered to International Lease Finance Corp. for operation by Aeromexico. The new 10 per month rate is the highest ever for a twin-aisle airplane. The 787 program has...

Jannuary 22 - Spirit Aeronautics™ announced today that it has added another hangar to its Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) campus. The addition is to support aircraft interiors refurbishment service expansion. “Demand in the area for high quality interior refurbishment service on business category aircraft is growing and we are...

 Qatar Airways was named "Best Business Class" at the 25th Annual Best in Business Travel Awards, recently held in Los Angeles at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. The airline was additionally honored as the “Best Business Class in the Middle East” and named “Best Airline in the World for International Travel” for the 5th consecutive year. The...

With the placement of the final truss atop the roof this week, the construction of the first building in the Airbus Mobile Assembly Line complex has reached an important milestone. The entire “skeleton” of the building can now be seen. This building is the Final Assembly Line Hangar, which is where A320 family aircraft will be assembled....

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced that Wiltshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust (WAACT) will become the second operator in the UK to add a Bell 429 to their fleet for helicopter air ambulance (HAA) operations. The agreement, signed with Bell's independent representative Heli-Charter Ltd., further solidifies Bell...

CAE today announced that it has set a new record for the sale of full-flight simulators (FFS) with 43 FFS already sold year to date in fiscal 2014. The latest contracts include the sale of five full-flight simulators -- one B787 simulator to Air Canada, one B737NG simulator to an undisclosed customer in North America as well as two A320 simulators...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it will expand its service center at the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport in Brunswick, Ga. The company signed a lease with the Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority to develop a $25 million, 110,000-square-foot/10,219-square-meter maintenance repair and overhaul facility near its two existing...

Adria Airways has updated its booking system for early ticket bookings, allowing users to search for flights at the lowest prices quickly and easily. From now on, the purchase of low-cost airline tickets on the Adria Airways website will be even more user-friendly. When the destination is selected, the system automatically offers the possible...

Eurocopter Vostok and Heliport Moscow signed a contract for two EC130 T2 to be delivered in February and August 2014 respectively. These are the first EC130 T2 sold to Russia which makes Heliport Moscow the launching operator of the latest version of the EC130 family. Heliport Moscow is a daughter company of NDV Group, one of Russia’s major...

AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. has opened a new production hall for landing gears subassemblies for large transport aircraft of A320 family for its French customer Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and complete nose and main landing gears for L-410 aircraft of the Czech manufacturer Aircraft Industries a.s. The new production plant has more than 530 sq....

On February 21, 2014 as a part of the program of the route network development UTair-Ukraine Airlines plans to perform first flight on routes Kiev - Moscow (Vnukovo), Lvov - Moscow (Vnukovo) with newcomer Boeing 737-500. The Airline already operates three aircraft of the Boeing 737 family - medium-range Boeing 737-800 with a capacity of 189...