Boeing  announced that it will begin construction in the second half of 2014 on a new paint facility on its main campus in North Charleston, S.C. The company expects to begin painting fully assembled 787 Dreamliners in South Carolina in mid-2016. The approximately 230,000 square-foot (21,368 m2) facility will be used to apply customer liveries...

chopiThe number of Poles willing to pay more for the comfort of flying in business class is growing. Even airline managers are surprised by the actual traffic figures and revenues, says Polish daily newspaper “Rzeczpospolita”.  5 December 2013 marked the first anniversary of the launching of a Warsaw route by Qatar Airways, which made...

Czech Sport Aircraft is pleased to announce the signature of another new purchase agreement for 2 SportCruiser SVAP+ with its U.S. importer, U.S. Sport Aircraft Importing.  The contract was signed this morning and sees Czech Sport Aircraft fast approaching total sales of 30 SportCruiser in the USA alone in 2013. Speaking after signing the new...

Inaugural Flight Cake Cutting at Košice Airport – from the left to the right – Karl Dandler, Executive Director of Košice Airport, Renáta Lenártová, Vice-Mayor Košice, Jozef Sinčák, Vice-President of Czech Airlines for Sales and Marketing Dec 11 - at 6:00 am, Czech Airlines ran the first flight on its regular route from Prague to...

Boeing,projects that investors and financiers in the major aircraft finance markets will deliver balanced liquidity to fund what is expected to be another record global jetliner production year in 2014. "Realignment and balance are the words that best describe 2014's aircraft financing environment," said Kostya Zolotusky, managing director of...

One month after Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, struck the Philippines, thousands of people are still left homeless and without food or water. Since the disaster happened in early November this year, Airbus’ Corporate Foundation has coordinated three relief and goodwill flights, with either Airbus Flight Test aircraft or...

The first day at CEPA Expo was an outstanding start of an event with first-rate panel discussions by highly qualified professionals in the industry; an event that has all the char­acteristics of an industry summit. Com­bined there were several hundred years of expertise and experience in panels and audience. The Czech Government gave its...

New business is the Holy Grail for all kinds of enter­prise and as the competition to secure new business increases aircraft operators have to review the ways in which they approach and prospect for new customers. Some commentators and opinion formers remain skeptical about the value of Social Media in delivering new business but consider...

Bombardier Aerospace officially welcomed Delta Air Lines’ subsidiary Endeavor Air to the family of CRJ900 NextGen aircraft operators following the delivery commencement of the aircraft ordered by Delta Air Lines in December 2012. Delta has previously announced that the 40 firm-ordered aircraft will be operated by Endeavor Air under the Delta...

The Mechtronix team will be exhibiting and speaking this week at the ICAO MPL Symposium which is taking place in Montreal, Quebec, from the 10th to the 12th of December. This Symposium will be a great opportunity to learn more about MPL success stories and evaluate the implementation of MPL training programmes. Mark Dransfield, Vice-president...

Airbus has joined with luggage manufacturer Rimowa and information technology services company T-Systems for an innovative luggage solution to provide an improved baggage experience for passengers and the airlines that transport them. Designated “Bag2Go,” it involves a specially-designed suitcase equipped for real-time tracking,...

Czech Aeroholding has been informed by Korean Air about its requirement to use option to exercise its right to purchase further 34% of Czech Airline stock from Czech Aeroholding. This step is in accordance with the purchase contract on the sale of 44% of Czech Airline stock signed by Korean Air and Czech Aeroholding in April this year. Korean Air...

Czech Sport Aircraft is very pleased to announce a new order from Switzerland for the PS-28 Cruiser.  The purchase agreement was signed today with LightSportAircraft.ch GmbH, Czech Sport Aircraft’s distributor for Switzerland.  After the delivery earlier this year of two PS-28 Cruiser to a Swiss flight school based at Lausanne-Blecherette...

Boeing announced that low-speed wind tunnel tests have begun for the Boeing 777X, a major milestone in airplane development. "This is the first major development milestone for the program since we launched the program last month," said Terry Beezhold, vice president and chief project engineer of the 777X program. "Wind tunnel testing will...

Turkish Airlines will become the first European airline to operate A320 Family aircraft with production-retrofitted Sharklet wingtip devices. This will follow the installation, which has just been completed, by Turkish Technic MRO of Sharklets onto the first of nine A321s to be retrofitted for Turkish Airlines. All nine aircraft will be...