Streamline OPS is glad to announce adding a new service to its list of flight support activities in Belarus: we offer the possibility to charter a Robinson helicopter from the base at Minsk. Helicopters will take up to 3 persons to any destination within Belarus. In case your passengers' goal is a minor destination without an airport in the...

Latvian airline airBaltic will launch direct route to link Tallinn with Paris. Flights from Tallinn to Paris will be opertaed four times a week - on tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Christophe Viatte, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic, “We are reinforcing links between the Baltic capitals and European hubs in line with our...

Russia’s largest scheduled cargo airline and part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has started its 10th anniversary year with a record performance in the first six months of 2014 as it transported 188,354 tons of cargo across its international network, up 16% on the previous year. The growth reflects airline’s strong market positioning on the routes...

Latvian airline, airBaltic, has introduced Apple iPads into the pilot’s cockpit as a modernization investment, which will provide operational efficiency and will lead to savings on paper and fuel consumption. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “airBaltic has introduced iPads to pilots, to replace their heavy flight bags,...

Qatar Airways is set to continue its expansion into the Far East tomorrow when it launches its newest destination, Tokyo Haneda International Airport. The addition of its newest destination will double the airline's service to the exciting city of Tokyo up to two flights a day. The route, which will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, will be...

Baltic Aviation Academy, aviation training centre based in Vilnius (Lithuania) finalized the purchase contract for five new aircraft and has almost doubled its fleet and training capacity for Ab Initio School. Fleet has been expanded with four Tecnam P2002 and one Tecnam P2006 aircraft. Together with the new fleet addition, Baltic Aviation...

Zodiac Aerospace has finalized the acquisition of Greenpoint Technologies. Based in Kirkland, Washington, with a subsidiary in Denton, Texas, Greenpoint is a world leader in VIP Cabin Interiors for widebody aircraft and a BBJ completion center. The company employs 450 people and has annual revenues of around $150m. Greenpoint Technologies will...

Travel risk management advice and assistance is now available on your iPhone. MedAire’s popular app, Trip Ready, provides important travel safety information for pilots and crew.  Previously available only for the Apple iPad, the MedAire Trip Ready app provides users essential information about their destinations. Organized by ICAO, users can...

The latest developments in the air travel industry have significantly increased the popularity of small and middle-sized aircraft. As a result, such companies as Comac, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Mitsubishi Aircraft have put additional pressure on the segment giants by developing or accelerating the production of such new regional jets as ARJ21,...

Following the growing demand for online courses and professional development opportunities, Baltic Aviation Academy is unlocking a series of industry expert-led webinars. These free online sources are dedicated for the young and aspiring pilots, as well as those who have already chosen aviation as their career. Webinars The series of lectures...

Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO of FL Technics While it is common to attribute the rapid growth of the $60 billion worth aircraft MRO industry to the development of the Asian economies, nowadays the CIS and Eastern Europe contribute to the industry recovery nearly as much as their larger brothers. So far the segment of component maintenance has been...

In 2013 Russian airlines carried almost 85 million passengers (14% more than the year before), making it the fourth year of the two-digit traffic growth in a row. The results of March 2014, however, were much more disappointing as the traffic rose only 2.5%, compared to a 26% increase of the same period last year. While such a significant change...

Spurred by high fuel costs and the need to cut weight, the aviation industry has seen the use of composites reach an all-time high. With the introduction of Boeing 787, Airbus A350, A320neo, 737MAX and other new generation aircraft, the MRO industry is currently gearing up to service an increasing number of airliners employing a much higher share...

Due to the amount of strain and stress that pilots experience during the flight, especially during the critical flight moments, communication is one of the primary components that suffers. Speech and phrases get shorter, it becomes rarer and it consequently leads to misunderstanding or even mistake possibility. According to the University of...

Central Europe aviation training centre, Baltic Aviation Academy, has signed a successful contract with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The one year contract includes Airbus A320 type rating training, as well as Boeing 737 CL and ATR 72 full flight simulator dry leases which will be executed at Baltic Aviation Academy training centre in...