Bombardier Commercial Aircraft congratulated launch operator airBaltic on the superb execution of the CS300 aircraft’s first commercial flight. With 120 passengers aboard, including local media, the flight departed Riga and landed in Amsterdam. airBaltic is operating the CS300 aircraft in a 145-seat, two-class configuration. The airline has ordered a total of 20 CS300 aircraft. “air...
Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility in Singapore has recently received repair station ratings from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Airbus ACJ 318/319/320/321 series aircraft. With these approvals, Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore is now authorized by the FAA to provide full line and base maintenance services to ACJ318...
Embraer delivered two Phenom 300s to Colorful Yunnan General Aviation Co., Ltd., a newly established executive jet customer based in Yunnan province, Southwest China. This is the first time Embraer has delivered its U.S.-made executive jets to a Chinese customer. These two aircraft will undertake general aviation missions in Yunnan, such as medical-rescue and disaster-relief work, as well...
Dassault Aviation has appointed Damien Farret, Director Customer Relations and Field Service. He replaces Eloi Dufour, who was named, Director Aircraft Delivery & Pre-Owned Management. In his new position, Farret will lead the entire front line customer support organization for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India region (EMEAI). Farret started out at Dassault Aviation in 2002 as a d...
MENA Technics WLL, a subsidiary maintenance organization of MENA Aerospace has announced a new strategic alliance with Inter-Tec a leading UK based aviation design, analysis, certification, problem- solving and training specialist serving clients around the world. The purpose of the alliance is to deliver precision engineering design capabilities and the capacity to implement and carry out the wor...
Lufthansa Technik is to close its Hamburg overhaul operations for commercial aircraft in the course of 2017. Discussions with the wage accord partner, ver.di, ended without agreement yesterday. Despite intensive negotiations regarding the essential accord cost reductions, the negotiating partners were unable to find a solution that would make a commercially viable continuation of Aircraft Overh...
Boeing announced that Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT) will perform passenger-to-freighter conversions for the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) program. Under the agreement, EGAT, an award-winning aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Taiwan, will modify and convert 767-300BCFs. The first airplane converted at the facility will redeliver in 2018. Boei...
Air Partner, the global aviation services group, has acquired Clockwork Research, a leading Fatigue Risk Management consultancy. The company was founded in 2005 by Paul Jackson PhD MSc BSc and Alexandra Holmes PhD BSc Hons and has grown to become a recognised leader in the specialist area of Fatigue Risk Management Systems. Based in London, the company's core team of specialists is supporte...
Jet Aviation’s Design Studio in Basel was recently announced as a finalist in the Visualization category of the Society of British and International Design Awards 2016, and shortlisted for the Design et Al Yacht & Aviation Private Jet Design Concept award 2017. The Basel Design Studio’s “Limitless” campaign created concept interiors for the Boeing 787-9 and Airb...
Qatar Airways said it’s seeking to renegotiate a $7.8 billion order for Airbus Group SE narrow-body jets and could switch to bigger planes powered by alternative engines as part of a revised agreement. The Gulf carrier wants to keep the deal for 80 A320neos after refusing to take the first four aircraft because of glitches with their Pratt & Whitney turbines, Chief Executive Offi...
Airplane seats are going to keep shrinking and the thought of cramming into smaller seats over the course of more than a few hours can put off most travelers. So will Australian airline Qantas’ new route from Perth to London be a game changer? The 14,498 km flight will take roughly 17 hours and is expected to begin operating in March 2018, according to a press release by Qantas. Just t...
Pakistan’s national carrier Monday grounded all of its 10 ATR turboprop planes after a crash last week killed 47 people and a second aircraft reported technical issues shortly before it was supposed to take off overnight. Pakistan International Airlines flight 661 smashed into a hillside in the country’s north while travelling from the city of Chitral to the capital Islamabad last W...
