The Baltic Air Charter Association, (BACA), the world’s largest Air Charter Association, held its annual awards ceremony at the London Guildhall on 30th October. More than 380 guests, including many visitors from Europe and the USA, gathered to see which companies had been chosen by BACA members to receive the 2014 Awards. The membership of BACA...

Currently up to 40% of the world’s aircraft fleet is leased and the figure rising. This has granted carriers more flexibility in fleet planning and better financial ratios. However, when it is time for an airline to return the equipment to its lessor and prepare it for the next operator, the process can stretch out to several times the normal...

ABS Jets and the Czech Technical University in Prague are implementing a training program on the principles of lean maintenance. The program that is based on the Japanese Kaizen philosophy aims to make positive culture changes on a regular basis to improve the working methods and production processes. “The concept of ‘Kaizen’ is one of...

With the aviation industry growing at an unprecedented pace, according to Bloomberg Businessweek flight attendant applications are currently far outpacing the positions available. For instance, Emirates has been reported to receive over 15 000 cabin crew job applications per month. At the same time, however, Air India has recently cancelled or...

The global airline industry performs around 32 million commercial flights transporting 3 billion passengers each year. Nevertheless, the actual profitability of most carriers is still heavily reliant on the efficiency of operations management during seasonal demand changes. As a result, while during the low season airlines tend to roll back their...

The Russian flag carrier Aeroflot recently announced the welcoming of its first foreign pilot within its ranks thus marking the opening of a new yet small market for professionals with salaries resembling the ones in Asia. However, while the Russian carrier had 10 candidates to a single place competition with over 800 applications received, it...

On 28th August 2014, a two day China Investment Forum organised by the Joint Czech-Chinese Chamber of Mutual Cooperation began at the Prague Castle. The event took place under the auspices of the President of the Czech Republic, Mr. Miloš Zeman, and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Mr. Bohuslav Sobotka. The Forum was attended by leaders...

FL Technics Training, a global provider of aviation technical training services, is further expanding its clientele by starting a cooperation with Atlas Air Service, a German business aviation company, engaged in charter flights, aircraft sales, MRO as well as pilot training. Under the cooperation, FL Technics Training will provide the company...

In the last few years the aviation industry in Russia has been steadily growing. According to IATA, in 2013 local airlines carried an impressive number of more than 80 million passengers, while in Q3 2014 alone air passenger traffic in the country increased by 12%. However, as even the major players have recently started to cancel their...

International Business Aviation Exhibition Jet Expo-2014 was held on September 4-6 in Moscow Vnukovo Airport. Jet Expo is one of the most important annual events in the sphere of business aviation in Russia and CIS countries, which gives a unique chance to meet representatives of the industry on a single platform to discuss the future development...

With major aircraft manufacturers sharing a backlog of over 10 000 aircraft, MRO providers worldwide are finding themselves under increasing pressure to introduce new means designed to meet the demand for appropriate support of the rapidly growing global fleet. Meanwhile, as a large portion of services in the industry is still heavily reliant on...

Fabio Gamba Central European Private Aviation (CEPA) has confirmed that a number of leading Industry figures will make key note speeches at the fifth CEPA EXPO, which will be held in Prague on 19 – 20 November this year. Peter Bunce, President and CEO of General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Doug Carr, Vice President,...

ABS Jets is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Honeywell that appoints ABS Jets as a Honeywell Authorized Service Center Level 1, as well as a Honeywell Authorized Avionics Dealership. “We are excited to be part of the Honeywell service and dealer network,” said Vladimir Petak, CEO and Board Member of ABS Jets....

Spirit Aeronautics a trade name of Spirit Avionics, Ltd, based in Columbus, Ohio is proud to announce a new level in AOG and on-site service capabilities. “We are a customer centric business and know that customers don’t always have the choice of bringing us the aircraft or have time to wait for service,” said Tony Bailey, President of...

FlightSafety International announced that it now offers online training for the ground school portion of its Gulfstream G550 recurrent pilot training course. “FlightSafety’s FAA-approved Gulfstream G550 online recurrent training course is another example of our ability to provide Customers with the convenience and flexibility of distance...