Since 2011, NASA has been trying to wean itself off Russian rockets as the only way of getting astronauts up to the International Space Station, and in 2014, Boeing and SpaceX won contracts to carry out launches. Now, though, Boeing says it's going to have to delay its crewed flights, pushing them back from 2017 to 2018. Boeing's executive vice president Leanne Caret made the announcement,...
It isn't just the world's most advanced plane—the Airbus A350 is also setting a new standard for luxury in the sky. For anyone who’s wanted to visit the Far East or Australia but was scared off by the umpteen hours you’ll spend in the air, there’s hope: The revolutionary Boeing 787 and the brand-new Airbus A350, which made its first flight from the United States...
Building a new plane to take on Airbus would be a huge risk for Boeing. BOEING’S factory at Everett, near Seattle, is the largest building in the world, as befits the world’s biggest planemaker. From within its cavernous halls a new passenger jet emerges every working day. After an empty fuselage enters at one end of the factory, it can take as little as a month for some models to e...
A flight was delayed after a woman allegedly punched an easyJet pilot in the face at Manchester airport. Police were called to the airport around 2.20pm on Wednesday after a disturbance on a flight due to leave for Paphos in Cyprus. A 25-year-old woman was asked to leave the flight due to her behaviour. While being escorted from the aircraft by flight attendants the woman allegedly assaulted...
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), flying close to Prague’s Václav Havel International Airport, forced air traffic controllers to issue an “immediate stop” message to an airliner on its takeoff roll. The incident, involving a Boeing 737-800 of Czech carrier Travel Service, occurred May 6. The aircraft was operating on behalf of SmartWings, Travel Service’s schedule...
Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS) has completely restructured its transport network for air freight. By reducing the number of transport service providers and by standardizing processes, transport times can be reduced, flexibility increased and costs lowered. In this context, LTLS has re-tendered its entire air freight business with an annual transport volume valued at 28 million euros....
Waypoint Leasing has closed a further $37 million revolving credit facility with KeyBank’s Speciality Finance Lending unit. The company’s total revolving facility with KeyBank has now increased to $575 million. Waypoint say that they will use the extra funds to refinance helicopters that are currently financed with cash. “This facility further expands our valuable revolv...
Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia is against developing regular air communication with Turkey as long as the situation in that country poses a threat to Russian citizens, Rosaviatsia Chief Alexander Neradko said on Thursday. "Currently, we are against developing regular air communication until the situation allows considering the stay of our citizens in Turkey as safe," he...
Gama Aviation have secured the inaugural visit to the island of the new HA-420 HondaJet, an advanced light jet. The jet is being exclusively showcased by us at our event for ourclients on Thursday 12 May at Jersey Airport. The HondaJet seats up to six passengers and is the fastest, highest-flying, quietest, and most fuel-efficient aircraft in its category. The revolutionary...
Singapore Airlines, South East Asia’s biggest carrier, reported profit that lagged behind analyst estimates as competiton for premium travellers was eroded by the UAE’s biggest carriers and losses from fuel-hedging countered gains from carrying more passengers during the Lunar New Year holiday season. Net income was S$224.7 million (Dh602.3m) in the fiscal fourth-quarter ended March...
Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, reports that its China operation is really on a roll, following impressive growth last year and a strong start to 2016. Managing Director of ACS’s Beijing office, Wanny Wu, comments: “Our 2015 results were really outstanding – we arranged 56% more charters than in 2014. This was led by a significant increase in numbers...
Honeywell has embarked on the second phase of a NASA-funded initiative which could help to remove some of the legislative barriers preventing overland supersonic flight. US Federal Aviation Administration regulations have, since 1973, prohibited supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft to limit the potential nuisance of noise pollution generated by the sonic boom. But NASA has been...
