Jet Aviation is expanding its aircraft management and charter services on the U.S. West Coast with the acquisition of Avjet Corporation, a global jet charter and management company based in Los Angeles, CA. “Avjet’s 37-years of experience in aircraft management and charter services and impressive fleet of 45 aircraft makes it the...

In March 2016 specialists of Meridian Air Company conducted an outside audit of FlightSafety International Paris training centre to ensure the training organization complies with both international and Russian aviation legislation and Airline`s internal requirements as well. The audit scope was cabin crew retyping training for Hawker-750,...

Avia Invest recently called a group of members of EUACA association (the European Airport Coordinators Association) visited CIA at the request of the company's administrator of Chisinau Airport. The mission of this organization is to deliver a neutral, non discriminatory and transparent service to the aviation industry in order to contribute to...

Philippe Foulon is  Global Head of Specialised Asset Finance and Aviation at Societe Generale Equipment Finance (“SGEF”). Philippe has successfully grown SGEF Aviation activity over the last seven years, making it a global business unit after decades of sustained development on local markets where the group has a direct presence. After...

Gulfstream announced it has enhanced its MyCMP maintenance tracking program with a feature that integrates a customizable diagnostic reasoning engine and a database of known equipment faults and troubleshooting procedures. MyCMP customers who subscribe to the user-friendly tool will benefit from reduced maintenance costs and fewer flight schedule...

Hristo Shterionov, the Executive Director of “Sofia Airport” EAD, concluded a cooperation agreement with Chinese company “East Like Information Technology Service”. The event in Shanghai was attended also by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communication Anton Ginev. The visit was made in the period 2-6 March in...

Riga International Airport is now one step closer to sustainable business practices as it has purchased four new electric baggage tractors with the view to protecting the environment and the health of airport personnel. The new baggage tugs will replace the tractors with diesel engines. The electric baggage tugs daily transport the baggage of...

A patented, paper-based Airbus solution that improves the process for installing cables and wires throughout an aircraft is now going global, underscoring the company’s continuing role as an innovation leader. The idea began with Marc Bennion, a long-time Airbus employee working at the aircraft manufacturer’s Broughton, UK facility –...

As we look to the past, nowadays as well, we can assuredly say that all the innovations and inventions were created in order to facilitate and improve our daily routine or working processes. That’s the principle of development. Drones emerged in aviation field quite recently, but have already managed to become irreplaceable in many other...

Heavy metal band Iron Maiden said this Saturday, 12.3.2016, that the group's leased Boeing 747 called ''Ed Force One" was damaged in a handling accident in Santiago, Chile. "Ed Force One was this morning tethered to a tow truck to be taken for refuelling prior to flying  over the Andes to Cordoba for the next show. On moving  the steering pin...

Jet Aviation has grown its aircraft management fleet in Asia to 31 aircraft, noting steady growth in the region. The company's aircraft management in Asia now stands at 31 aircraft, including four Gulfstream G650, nine G550, seven G450 and two G200; one Bombardier Global Express, three Global 6000, two Global 5000 and a Challenger 605; a Dassault...

During the period 9 January through 17 February 2016 an ex-Air France B747-400 aircraft, contracted by Air Atlanta to VD Gulf, underwent major rework, painting, cabin reconfiguration and customization for IRON MAIDEN rock-band World Tour called “The book of souls” on behalf of Air Atlanta Icelandic by VD Gulf staff at VD Gulf main hangar in...

The Completion and Delivery Centre for Airbus widebody A330s at Tianjin, China –which began construction on March 2 – will benefit from its co-location with the existing A320 Family final assembly line in this northern Chinese city, where approximately 260 single-aisle jetliners have been built to date. Some 300 personnel, including...

 Boeing engineers and designers have developed a self-cleaning lavatory prototype that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to kill 99.99 percent of germs. The cleaning system can disinfect all surfaces after every use in just three seconds. Boeing believes this self-cleaning technology, combined with touchless features, will enhance the passenger...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it has appointed Global Services as an authorized provider of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)-certified maintenance training on several out-of-production aircraft. The agreement covers practical and theoretical mechanical (B1) and avionics (B2) training on Gulfstream’s GII, GIII, GIV and GV...