How much business that your jet services conduct in central Europe? Euro Jet is a ground support agent in Central and Eastern Europe. We support the ground operation of over 6,000 flights in this region during a calendar year.  What changes would you like to see when doing business in central Europe? We hope that airport authorities will...

Marian Jancarik of Colibri Aircraft advises that the trend in business aircraft sales in Eastern Europe and Russia remains resilient despite of the economic and political crisis in Ukraine. Many people have highlighted the fall in business aircraft flights but the trend in aircraft sales has been stable for some years now. Any positive growth in...

Aviation training solutions global provider, BAA Training (former Baltic Aviation Academy) announces its attendance at the main European aviation training event: European Airline Training Symposium 2015. Event will be held on 3-4th of November in Warsaw, Poland. BAA Training which recently changed its name from Baltic Aviation Academy is...

FL Technics Training, a global provider of aviation technical training services, continues expanding its already extensive list of clients from the rapidly emerging Southeast Asia. The company has signed a contract with SIA Engineering (Philippines), an MRO company with over 15 000 sq. m. of modern hangars in the Philippines. Under the reached...

Recently, AugustWestland Brazilian subsidiary has announced its plans to build a massive helicopter maintenance facility near Sao Paulo. The news were positively greeted by both operators and government bodies since the need for appropriate MRO support has long been subject to growing concern in the region. However, prior to popping the champagne,...

The Sleeping in Airports portal's users assessed the airports basing on four criteria: comfort, facilities for travellers, cleanliness and quality of service. Ranking is made according to the number of votes cast by individual travellers, from November 2014 to September 2015. Warsaw Airport was appreciated by the passengers for friendly and...

Dassault Aviation has introduced a new avionics upgrade that will provide Falcon 900A and B operators with a range of important operational benefits, including an enhanced air traffic management capability and more reliable, cost-effective component offerings. Known as “Falcon Select II”, the upgrade will enable operators to take advantage...

TAG Farnborough Airport has been awarded ‘Best Handling Agent/FBO’ at the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) Autumn Lunch & Excellence Awards, held at London’s Guildhall on 14 October 2015. It is the second year in a row that TAG Farnborough Airport has topped the ‘Best Handling Agent/FBO’ category. BACA is a worldwide...

CEPA Expo & EBAA Regional Forum 2015 came to an end last week after two intensive days of presentations and networking. Delegates and organisers alike agreed that the event was a huge success, reflecting the excitement of a region that is ripe with new optimism for business opportunities. The teaming of CEPA Expo and the European Business Aviation...

During the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), Embraer (NYSE: ERJ; BM&FBOVESPA: EMBR3) delivered 21 jets to the commercial aviation market and 30 to the business aviation market, for a total of 51 aircraft. The number is 50% higher than in the same period last year, when 34 aircraft were delivered - 19 commercial and 15 executive jets. On...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that the G500 has achieved several flight-test milestones, including surpassing more than 100 hours of flight. The accomplishments come just 12 months after Gulfstream announced the all-new G500 and G600 aircraft programs in an Oct. 14, 2014, ceremony at its Savannah headquarters. As of Oct. 13, 2015,...

Jet Aviation Basel has received its maintenance organization certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). The certificate authorizes the MRO facility to support all Brazilian-registered aircraft within its capabilities. With this approval, Jet Aviation Basel is authorized to provide...

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced the expansion of its Customer Response Team (CRT) mobile fleet to include a fully equipped service support van based at the Amsterdam Service Centre in the Netherlands. This marks the 15th addition of a mobile unit to our worldwide fleet. The addition follows the deployment of a CRT van in Nice, France, where...

The Supervisory board of the Zodiac Aerospace Group met on October 13th, 2015 and decided to renew the mandate of M. Olivier Zarrouati as Chairman of the Management board for a four years term. The Supervisory board renews his trust to the Management board of the Group, to its management, and to its employees. The board also wanted to reaffirm...

Textron Aviation Inc. announced that the Citation Jet Pilots (CJP) association has agreed to extend a free trial membership, including participation in CJP’s FuelAdvantage program to all Textron Aviation turbine owners based in the U.S. The CJP FuelAdvantage program provides competitive Jet-A fuel pricing at exclusive partner fixed-base...