Bell Helicopter chief executive John Garrison is leaving the company to take over the top leadership post at a non-aerospace company, parent Textron announced on 15 October. Garrison will become the CEO of Terex, an industrial products company with annual revenues of more than $7 billion, Textron says. The former Textron and Enron executive joined Bell in 2009 at the depth of the company&rsq...
Qantas has boosted its North American network through new codeshare services with American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Westjet. The new codeshares come into place for travel after October 25 and cover about 40 routes to the US, Canada and Mexico, Qantas said on Friday. They include flights from San Francisco, which Qantas is resuming service to from Sydney in December, to cities such...
Air China Limited (CA) reported two-digit growth in both passenger and cargo capacity in September to meet strong demand in the peak travel month. The flag carrier announced Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) increased 11.7% in September compared with the same period last year, including 9.7% growth on domestic routes, 17.1% growth on international routes and 0.9% growth on regional routes. Pas...
Budget airlines Scoot, AirAsia and Thai AirAsia have been inappropriately charging administration fees when returning the departure tax on canceled trips, the Consumer Council said. Airlines receive HK$60 million a year from the Civil Aviation Department to help collect and refund the air passenger departure tax from travelers, the council said. And so it is unfair, chairman of publicit...
A passenger plane in Iran had to make an emergency landing on Thursday after one of its engines reportedly fell off and landed in an urban locality in Tehran. The Mahan Air plane, belonging to the private Iranian airline, had taken off from Tehran when it reportedly experienced an engine failure. There were said to be 300 passengers on board the plane at the time, according to local media....
During the past week-long National Day holiday, as many as 9 million people traveled through Chinese airports, according to statistics released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Oct. 8. Passenger numbers reached 8.96 million during the period, up 9.8 percent year on year, the statistics shows. Domestic passengers increased 10 percent to 7.82 million compared with the same...
A man who lives near one of the country's busiest airports complained 729 times about noise in just one year. It means he logged a grievance about the constant din of jet engines, on average twice a day. His dissatisfaction took the total number of noise complaints to 1,509 in 2013/14. The previous year, there were 773. This year, 2014/15, there have been 860 complaints....
Embraer released yesterday, at the European Regions Airlines Association (ERA) Annual General Assembly, held in Berlin, Germany, its Market Outlook for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Company forecasts that these markets will demand 1,540 new aircraft deliveries in the 70 to 130-seat jet segment (valued at some US$72 billion at list prices) over the next 20 y...
Some unusual travelers caused a delay for one American Airlines flight. The travelers were hundreds of bees, found by a cargo crew under the right wing of a Boeing 767 that landed at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Wednesday. The plane had arrived from Las Vegas and was headed to Frankfurt, Germany. American spokeswoman Andrea Huguely (HEWG'-lee) said Thursday that a beekeeper and th...
Boeing today announced EVA Airways intent to purchase up to 24 787-10 Dreamliners and two additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners, which is valued at more than $8 billion at current list prices. EVA Airways will join the 787-10 launch customer team and will be one of the first airlines in the world to introduce the newest member of the 787 Dreamliner family. Onc...
AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap,” NYSE: AER) today announced it has leased, purchased and sold 306 aircraft during the nine months ended September 30, 2015: Signed lease agreements for 216 aircraft1, including 54 widebody and 162 narrowbody aircraft. Purchased 35 aircraft, including 4 Airbus A321s, 1 Airbus A330, 1 Airbus A350, 5 Boeing 787-8s, 6 Boeing 787-9s, and 18 Boe...
During the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), Embraer delivered 21 jets to the commercial aviation market and 30 to the business aviation market, for a total of 51 aircraft. The number is 50% higher than in the same period last year, when 34 aircraft were delivered – 19 commercial and 15 executive jets.  On September 30, 2015, the firm order backlog totaled USD 22.1 billion. The larg...
AerData, the provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software, announced today at MRO Europe that ACSAero Management Ltd. (Subsidiary of Aero Capital Solutions, Inc.), has chosen AerData’s Corporate Management System (CMS) software to support technical records management and technical audit and inspection data management. AerData CMS&...
Qantas has today signed a new codeshare agreement with Solomon Airlines which will deliver significant benefits for the growing numbers of customers travelling between Australia and Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. From 15 November 2015, Qantas customers will be able travel on Solomon Airlines services from Brisbane and Sydney to Honiara, operated by their Airbus A320 aircraft.*...
In order to further meet the buoyant demand for air travel between China and the United States, Air China will add more flights to its Beijing-New York schedule from October 26, 2015. The newly-added flights will serve Newark Liberty International Airport, offering an additional easy travel option for travelers between the two regions. Newark Liberty International Airport is one of the five big...
October 14, 2015 – Zurich, Switzerland: SR Technics, one of the world’s leading providers of technical solutions to airlines, announced today that it had secured an order from Air Europa Lineas Aéreas S.A.U., Spain’s leading privately owned airline, to upgrade 12 of its Airbus A330 cabin interiors. The work will be carried out by SR Technics’ Zurich-based Center o...
Gilles Gateau, Deputy chief of staff and social advisor to the Prime Minister, will join Air France with effect from 1st November 2015. Following an introductory period with the Company, Gilles Gateau will take up his position of Executive Vice President Human Resources and Labour Relations Air France in January 2016, taking over from Xavier Broseta. Xavier Broseta will, as of this date, rep...
On October 6th Sukhoi Company delivered another batch of Su-34 bombers to Aerospace Defense Forces of Russia in the network of State Defense Order for 2015. The jets performed ferry flight from the airfield of Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov (NAZ) to their home base, press-service of Sukhoi Company reports. “Today the Novosibirsk-based plant demonstrates its maxim...
Comprehensive testing and intensive "dress re-hearsals" as the official opening approaches Munich Airport's new satellite terminal looks close to completion. Inside, however, crews are working full speed ahead to complete the interior. Before the building goes into full operation in April of the coming year, a series of tests and extensive trial operations are scheduled. With 4...
Australian airports may have a strong safety culture, but they are vulnerable to hackers with malicious intent because they have been focusing more on their physical assets than on their IT systems, says former hacker turned IT consultant Phil Kernick. Mr Kernick, now the general manager of CQR Consulting, said cyberspace should now be considered the fifth domain of warfare after land, sea...
As Tianjin Airlines (GS) flight GS6551 landed smoothly at Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN)'s second runway at 9:06 a.m. on Oct. 15, the airport's second runway 16L/34R welcomed its first flight after being put into service. In recent years, the passenger throughout of Tianjin airport has been in the forefront among domestic airports. Its aircraft movements have surge...
