Qatar Airways has made its presence felt at this year’s Bahrain International Air Show by displaying one its Boeing 787 aircraft. Held every year under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the show attracts leading aviation industry companies from the region and around the world. Thousands of trade, media and public...

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today reported that the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) controversial proposal for mandating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening for some pilots has taken center stage in Washington, with welcome developments on the issue in the U.S. Senate and at the FAA. On Capitol Hill,...

Fly Comlux, the VIP operator of Comlux The Aviation Group, is pleased to announce that its 767BBJ, the only VIP widebody aircraft available for charter, is coming back to market after a major mandatory maintenance check and significant upgrades to the cabin. The 767BBJ is an ultra spacious aircraft able to carry large groups and delegations of...

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline group in Central and Eastern Europe today announced a new special offer for winter sports lovers. All bookings made today and tomorrow will avail of a 50% discount in bag fees for the carriage of ski equipment, lowering the baggage fee to just €20, one way. The discount applies to baggage added on all...

Qatar Airways is offering customers up to 30% off on Economy Class and Premium cabin fares to a wide variety of destinations during the New Year. New Journeys three-day global sale. The sale, which starts at 0000 hrs 20 January (local time) and ends at 2359 hrs on 22 January (local time) offers customers the opportunity to travel to a variety...

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe,announced new routes from Larnaca (Cyprus) from April 2014. The new routes, which are part of a long term development plan for the destination Cyprus and of which already a route to Donetsk has been announced earlier, will be operated on one of the airline’s new Airbus A320...

According to Avinode data the strongest request period for heavy jets, during a normal year, typically begins the second week of December culminating in a peak around the second of January before entering into a decline that lasts through the first week of February. Avinode Trip Requests by Aircraft Category from January to December...

Inaugural Flight Cake Cutting at Košice Airport – from the left to the right – Karl Dandler, Executive Director of Košice Airport, Renáta Lenártová, Vice-Mayor Košice, Jozef Sinčák, Vice-President of Czech Airlines for Sales and Marketing Dec 11 - at 6:00 am, Czech Airlines ran the first flight on its regular route from Prague to...

For a discovery expedition a scout is the right person. Just like scouting, networking at a conference is a specialized ac­tivity. The scout’s assignment is not to look at the trees of a forest, he’s sent out to see who or what is hiding behind the trees. The networker should not just col­lect business cards and take them at face value; some...

Jan Rezab When the use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others will be discussed in the Marketing Session, Jan Rezab will be the expert to listen to. He was speaker at more than 75 international conferences including speaking engage­ments at Harvard Business School and Stanford University. He just returned from the USA...

The first day at CEPA Expo was an outstanding start of an event with first-rate panel discussions by highly qualified professionals in the industry; an event that has all the char­acteristics of an industry summit. Com­bined there were several hundred years of expertise and experience in panels and audience. The Czech Government gave its...

Czech Aeroholding has been informed by Korean Air about its requirement to use option to exercise its right to purchase further 34% of Czech Airline stock from Czech Aeroholding. This step is in accordance with the purchase contract on the sale of 44% of Czech Airline stock signed by Korean Air and Czech Aeroholding in April this year. Korean Air...

Left to right: BBC Broadcaster Mike Read; Elisabeth Harvey, Manager, Jet Aviation Basel Design Studio; Ruedi Kraft, Vice President, Market Development & Completions Sales, Jet Aviation Basel; and Interisoft sponsor Renee Mascari Jet Aviation Basel was presented the prestigious Society of British and International Design (SBID)...

Latvian airline airBaltic is the first brand of the Baltic region to reach 100 000 Facebook followers. To celebrate such an achievement, airBaltic used an unmanned drone to deliver free flight tickets to Facebook fans. Elīna Prāve, Vice President Marketing of airBaltic: “We are happy to be the most popular Baltic brand in Facebook....

UTair Finance, a subsidiary of UTair Aviation, has bought back bonds of series 4B02-08-36059-R.  The public offering was conducted by BK Region. The bonds were originally issued on May 29th, 2013. “Throughout its years of active work on the debt financing market, UTair Finance continues to prove itself as a reliable bond issuer offering...