Emirates has announced that it will be upgrading one of its four daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg to an Airbus A380-800 from 1st February 2017. Emirates currently uses Boeing 777 aircraft for each of the four daily flights between the two cities, making it the busiest route in the airline’s African network with over […]
American Airlines has deferred the deliveries of all of the 22 Airbus A350-900s that it has on order, as it works to reduce its capital expenditures and manage capacity through 2018. The Fort Worth-based carrier will take its first A350 in “late 2018” instead of “spring 2017”, it says in a quarterly financial filing today. […]
Business aviation provider Qatar Executive will become the largest dedicated Gulfstream G650 operator in the world after confirming it has converted three G650ER options into firm orders. The options were included in the 30-aircraft agreement signed in May last year and are part of the company’s transition to an all-Gulfstream fleet. Qatar Executive will phase […]
Airbus has demonstrated how it is using the latest drone technology to help carry out visual aircraft inspections. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), showcased on the A350 and A380 at last week’s Farnborough Airshow, is equipped with a high definition camera and performs visual inspections of the upper sections of the aircraft’s fuselage. It is […]
Asiana IDT and SITA partner to deliver airline and airport excellence in Korea Asiana IDT, the IT service provider and affiliate of the Kumho Asiana Group based in Korea, today announced a partnership agreement with global travel technology provider SITA. Together the partners will deliver world-class solutions and customer services to airlines and airports in […]
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is delighted to welcome Swiss airline Zimex into membership. Zimex is the seventh airline to join ERA this year and brings the number of airlines in ERA membership to 52, underlining the value that Europe’s regional carriers place on the association’s strong relationships with Europe’s regulatory bodies and its […]
Two pilots were arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a transatlantic passenger jet from Scotland to Canada. Staff are understood to have raised concerns over the pilots’ behaviour before the Air Transat A310, carrying up to 250 passengers on board, was due to depart from Glasgow […]
Service, Product, Awards First place in the category “Best Airline Staff” Austrian Airlines is once again the European champion in 2016 when it comes to the quality of its service. This year the national carrier was given a top ranking again at the renowned Skytrax World Airline Awards 2016 bestowed upon the winners in Farnborough, […]
Mubadala to retain stake in Zurich-based airline maintenance provider. Zurich, Switzerland: SR Technics today announces that sole shareholder Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment and development company, has agreed to sell an 80% stake in the company to HNA Aviation, a global enterprise group based in Haikou, China. SR Technics, a world leading MRO service provider […]
Expands UAE’s role in global aerospace industry Expands Strata’s advanced composites aerostructure manufacturing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by Boeing to manufacture vertical fins for the 787 Dreamliner family. The agreement, […]
