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...

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...

Munich based operator, MHS Aviation has taken delivery of it's first Gulfstream G650, this also marks the debut of the aircraft in Germany. The G650 is the ultimate long-range business jet and flies up to 7,000 nm (12960 km) nonstop with 8 passengers. The aircraft gives MHS Aviation the capacity to conduct nonstop, fast flights for city...

The Air Transat airline is strengthening its services to Canada by adding Toronto as a new scheduled long haul destination from Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. After New York and Montreal, Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur is pleased to expand the choice of its long-haul services to 3 North American destinations with the addition of Toronto in the...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is officially “The Fastest Airline In The World” having won the air transport industry’s 10km charity race held annually on Runway 13R - 31L of Budapest Airport on Saturday 5 September, beating the reigning champions, Aer Lingus, although the IAG carrier achieved a second - place podium finish for bo th...

 Global on-demand private jet charter service is the only aviation business to gain entry to this year's list of Britain's top100 fastest-growing private tech companies  . Monday 7th September, 2015: Victor, the global on-demand private jet charter service, today announces its position as number 15 of the fastest-growing private technology...

Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc are set to further strengthen their recent business partnership with the launch of new code-share routes across Royal Air Maroc’s extensive West African network, as well as on both airlines’ routes between Qatar and Morocco from 20th August. The new code-share agreement comes shortly after Qatar Airways...

The 4th Baltic Business Aviation Forum took place on August 6th, in Latvia, with Riga International Airport VIP Center forming the centerpiece of the event. The Forum was organized by the Russian United Business Aviation Association, over 60 delegates from Russia and Europe participated. Delegates advised that the 4th Forum was the best yet and...

Recently, McDonalds has announced its plans to open a high-end restaurant in Japan aiming to capitalize on the vast demand for luxurious products in Asian markets. Reportedly, locals now spend more than 50 billion Euros a year on luxury services and more than half of them feel it is important to openly demonstrate the luxury items they can afford....

Emmanuel dHoop, Sales Director at Colibri Aircraft The international brokerage and advisory company Colibri Aircraft has appointed Emmanuel d’Hoop as its new Sales Director for France and surrounding countries. Colibri now operates from offices in the UK, France and Slovakia.   Along with his management experience in aircraft...

Avinode, the world’s leading online marketplace for buying and selling air charter, is today announcing the launch of its new Avinode Marketplace App, enabling users to stay on top of their business, and their customers’ trips, whilst on the move. Later this year, additional features will be launched to allow operators to modify and respond to...

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), one of the fastest growing international scheduled cargo airlines, stays strong with tonnage up 16% in the first 5 m/onths of 2015. In January-May period the airline transported 180,605 tonnes across its global route network linking Europe, Asia and USA via Russia. Driven by the customers' support ABC continued to...

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,...

Flexjet LLC, offering travelers access to the world’s most luxurious and modern fleet of private jets, today announced the launch of its new website, www.flexjet.com, which gives Owners, clients and visitors to the site unprecedented functionality. The new Flexjet.com provides extraordinary insights into Flexjet’s distinctive and evolving...

Executive Jet Management Europe (EJME), the European arm of NetJets-backed Executive Jet Management, has announced at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), a senior addition to the sales team. Janus Kamradt, originally from Denmark and now resident in the UK, joins EJME with over eight years’ experience in the...