Doru Matei (Chairman of Aviation Consult Jetexpert) and Christina Riess (President & CEO of A/SQUARE) have joined forces to create ATMG LTD. – THE AIRCRAFT TRADER & MANAGEMENT GROUP LIMITED. The joint-venture has already proven its effectiveness by successfully completing a number of projects. ATMG provides sales and acquisition...

From coffee made out of cat droppings to puddings sprinkled with edible gold or ice-cream made from water found only on an African mountain top – it is no secret that the successful and wealthy do have the palates that are ‘special’ to say the least. And when it comes to dining aboard a private jet cruising at 30 000 ft, making any kind of...

A 1937 Lockheed Electra 10A that is a relic in the history of business aviation is finally brought home.  It started its flight on May 21. After a 7-day transatlantic mission, the crew of six brought the aircraft after a 9.700 kilometer flight to its final home, Točna airport on the outskirts of Prague on May 28. Since the twin-engine double...

Prague based ABS Jets has received two NBAA safety awards. This is quite a unique achievement as one award is for the number of hours that ABS Jets has flown safely and the other is for maintenance engineer, Vladimir Sip, for the number of accident free years that he has worked on flight operations for business aircraft. The NBAA award for...

Victor, the global on-demand private jet charter service, today announces its position as number 15 of the fastest-growing private technology companies in the UK on 15th anniversary edition of The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 list, an annual compilation based on audited figures from the last three years’ sales figures. The ‘Uber of...

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and Euro Jet Intercontinental announce the formation of a strategic training partnership. Euro Jet is teaming up with NATA to help fulfill Euro Jet’s goal of offering a high standard of service by utilizing Safety 1st training in its ground handling agent network. Since 2007, NATA Safety 1st...

For a number of years it has been known that the regulators of business aviation in Russia have organized the regulation of the industry in a way that allows affiliated legal entities and selected market participants to have an unfair competitive advantage. The phenomenon of grey charters (or the operation of foreign-registered business aircraft...

Source: wallpaperscraft.com It’s is no secret that aviation is a safety-obsessed and exceptionally conservative business. At the same time, it’s one of the most advanced hi-tech industries filled with robots, extremely sophisticated software and other fancy and very attractive gadgets young people love. However, in the past several years...

At EBACE 2015 EBAA CEO Fabio Gamba described Eastern Europe as the “most challenging region right now”, he was describing the situation resulting from the Ukrainian crisis. Gamba advised that countries that border Ukraine; Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Lithuania, had seen the most significant falls in business aviation traffic. The sector...

Q & A's with Bombardier representatives Mirkka Lampinen (ML), Sales Director for Eastern Europe, Bombardier Aerospace and Thomas Fissellier (TF), Manager Market Intelligence and Analysis, Bombardier Aerospace.   How do you see the market in CEE region? (ML) Based on my daily interactions with the Central and Eastern...

A whole new perspective of things, being a pilot in command, a lifelong adventure – these are only a few reasons why people decide to become pilots. But this time let‘s talk numbers. A first pilot’s salary in Europe varies from 20,000 to 100,000 euros. In UK a government study has found that aircraft pilots and flight engineers are the...

Virtual reality gets real. The future technology is expected to become much more vivid in the upcoming years and it’s also declared as The Next Big Thing. Much of the excitement about virtual reality recently has come from the gaming industry. But gaming is just a start… Or more like a final stretch. While the technology has been associated...

With Embraer aircraft featuring in the fleets of many central European Operators Aviation Times talked with José Eduardo Costas to discuss Embraer's view of the region. What is Embraer's view of the market in central Europe?  Despite the weakness in western economies, we see good prospects for Central Europe. With GDP annual growth rates...

BGS, an international provider of ground handling and aircraft fuelling services, has announced its expansion to Riga International, the largest airport in the Baltic States. Since establishing its presence in the main aviation hub in Latvia, BGS has already provided fuelling support to its first customer in Riga - Bulgarian BH Air. As of now,...

With the recent certification and entry into service of the Cessna Citation Latitude, Textron Aviation is seeing an increased interest of its newest midsize business jet within Central Europe. Speaking on behalf of Textron Aviation, Harduin Putrich, regional sales director for Europe, says: “Central Europe is an important market for Textron...