Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (999) has selected Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 2000LX to expand the scope of its air ambulance services. The widebody twinjet will be the first fixed wing aircraft in China fully equipped to perform air medevac services. It will be equipped with a full medevac mission kit by Dassault Aircraft Service...

Moscow Domodedovo Airport presupposes that there has been a misunderstanding in qualification of the criminal case. Indeed, in line with commentary to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and determination by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation as of 15th November, 2007, article 238 of Russia’s Criminal Code is applicable...

Tallinn Airport is the fifth airport in the world where these Finnish innovative GoSleep Pods are available. Pods have already welcomed been at airports around the world, providing users with privacy and silence 24/7 in the midst of passenger traffic.  GoSleep Pod is a specially designed, stylish and sleek chair for tired passengers in need of...

Glasgow Airport (GLA) welcomed Westjet as a new customer on 30th May with the successful launch of a daily service until 31st October. As well as the airline being Menzies Aviation’s first Canadian carrier at GLA , it is also WestJet’s first UK station and only their 2nd in Europe - with Dublin being the other. Sharon Robertson, Station...

Cessna Aircraft Company will debut a newly-configured Cessna Grand Caravan EX demonstrator at this week’s Paris Airshow. The aircraft features a variety of special mission applications, such as a surveillance console and a medical stretcher, as well as a variety of cabin and seating configurations, including newly designed light-weight...

BGS, an international ground handling and aircraft fuelling services provider, has announced a change in its senior management. On the 1st of June G.Gumuliauskas assumed the position of the Chief Executive Officer at the company and has already started to lead its operations in Lithuania. The new CEO has spent his whole career in aviation and...

From the world’s first commercial flight in 1914, to today’s 32 million flights annually, aviation has become part and parcel of our everyday lives. With some three billion air passengers, and 50 million tonnes of freight carried every year by planes, it is estimated that aviation contributes US$2.4 trillion annually to global GDP. In the...

Russian Helicopters is taking part in the Paris Air Show 2015, which will run from 15 to 21 June in the French capital. During the event, Russian Helicopters will showcase its latest commercial helicopter developments for the global aviation community. The Russian Helicopters exhibition can be found at stand C-198, Hall 2a. “Russian...

While it may be a surprise for some, getting hired by an airline can sometimes actually be harder than getting into Harvard. For instance, according to Lufthansa, only around 7 % of applicants to pilot position pass the initial screening, let alone further recruitment stages. At first glance it may be hard to understand why the industry with an...

Atlantic Airways, based in the Faroe Islands has signed a firm order for one new Airbus A320.  With this order Atlantic Airways becomes a new A320 customer.  The aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2016, enabling the carrier to tap into the growing passenger market between the Faroes and Copenhagen. Atlantic Airways’ A320 will have 168...

Boeing named Tim Noonan as vice president of Training Systems and Government Services (TSGS), effective immediately. Noonan replaces Bob Gower, who is retiring this month after nearly 30 years with the company. Noonan will lead more than 2,200 employees at six major TSGS sites within the company’s Global Services & Support division. The...

Embraer S.A. announced that it has priced an offering of US$1.0 billion notes due 2025 with yield of 5.091% per annum, issued through its wholly-owned subsidiary Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Embraer. The notes have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are expected...

The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to Tapestry Solutions, a non-fully integrated subsidiary of The Boeing Company, to provide technical support and services to its Tactical Mobile (TacMobile) program. This program provides fixed-site and mobile command, control, communications, computers and intelligence capability, also known as C4I. The...

Nearly two years after the no. 1 A350 XWB’s maiden flight in 2013, a “first-of-its-kind” 1:20 scale model of this new-generation jetliner has joined the skies – the result of a project spurred by an aeronautical mechanic-in-training at Airbus. The A350 XWB’s “smaller brother” performed its own inaugural flight from Hamburg, Germany...

VistaJet Malta Finance P.L.C. and VistaJet Co Finance LLC, subsidiaries of VistaJet Group Holding SA (“VistaJet”), announced that they have now closed their offering of USD 300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior unsecured notes due 2020. Interest on the 5-year notes is payable semi-annually on June 1st and December 1st,...