Baltic Aviation Academy, aviation training centre based in Central Europe, is set to participate at one of the main aviation training industry events ICAO Global Aviation & Trainair Plus Symposium. Event focusing on the global aviation training will address the problems and challenges currently impacting training in aviation sector as well...

Airbus has celebrated the delivery of its 9000th aircraft at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany on 20th March 2015. The aircraft is the first A321 to be delivered to Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir and will join the carrier’s all-Airbus A320 Family fleet flying on its fast-growing Asia-Pacific network.  “The delivery of our 9000th aircraft...

The IKEA superstore in Toulouse, France isn't the obvious starting place for an innovative approach to one of aviation's most intensively technical areas. Nevertheless, it was this home retailer's ready-to-assemble furniture that gave Airbus systems designer Raphael Andre an idea that already is proving its value: the flat-pack cockpit...

FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for business aviation, is delighted to announce that recently it has provided comprehensive Hawker aircraft base maintenance support to its latest customer Grafair, a Swedish business jet and FBO operator. The agreement with the Swedish carrier was...

Boeing recently completed the first flight of a NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with modern flight deck and avionics systems that replace 1970s-era analog systems. During the two-hour flight on Dec. 31 testers evaluated five full-color glass displays with customizable engine, navigation and radar data. The systems...

Qatar Airways has partnered with Six Seconds to introduce enhanced emotional intelligence training. Seventeen members from the Customer Experience Training Team have successfully completed a customised training programme developed by Six Seconds, to become certified practitioners in Emotional Intelligence. Qatar Airways’ Customer...

"This day, the 10th of March, Boryspil International Airport, fulfilling its obligations towards the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on time, has transferred 115.7 million of hryvnias to the Treasury of Ukraine for the first repayment of the loan of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)." The loan agreement for the development...

Boeing is pleased that Swiss International Air Lines has announced a commitment to purchase three additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order, valued at $990 million at list prices, will be posted on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website when finalized. Today’s commitment follows SWISS’ previous order for six 777-300ERs...

Jet Aviation Basel has been selected by Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) to complete the interiors of two Boeing B777-300ER aircraft on behalf of an undisclosed client in Asia. The project will be completed in Q3 2018. Following an intense and competitive bidding process that Boeing Business Jets undertook to achieve its customers’ detailed...

Russian Helicopters and Technodinamika (formerly the Aviation Equipment Group), both Rostec companies, and France’s Microturbo (part of the Safran group) have signed a trilateral memorandum on the joint development and production of a new auxiliary power unit (APU), Saphir 15, for the helicopter market. Under the memorandum, Russian Helicopters...

Comlux America, the Completion and Services center of the Comlux Group based in Indianapolis IN announced the appointment of Scott Meyer as the new CEO.  Scott currently serves as the COO for Comlux America and he will take on this new role beginning the 1st of April 2015. Scott Meyer started his career in aviation over 25 years ago, with a...

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Mesa Air Group, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona (Mesa Airlines) has signed a firm purchase agreement for seven CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. The transaction was concluded on the sidelines of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas 2015 conference held in Mesa’s hometown. Based...

Czech Sport Aircraft announced a new landmark order for 16 SportCruiser from the USA.  The purchase agreement was formally signed last week between Aviation Trading and US Sport Aircraft after a visit of the company’s US importer to the Czech Sport Aircraft facilities in Kunovice and the Aviation Trading headquarters in Bratislava.  The order...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that the Gulfstream G280 has been certified by Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). This approval validates the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design and clears the way for in-country deliveries to begin. “We have delivered more than 50 G280s since the aircraft first went into service...

Signifying Airbus’ latest milestone to become even closer to its customers and partners and to support them around the globe, Airbus and SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) have entered into an agreement to provide maintenance and engineering training services for Airbus aircraft in Singapore. Through this collaboration, SIAEC, one of the...