Author: Dominykas

Brussels Airlines Temporarily Switches Operations to Antwerp, Liege

Reading Time: < 1 minute As Brussels Airport remains closed following Tuesday’s deadly terrorist attacks, Brussels Airlines will transfer 10 Airbus A319/320s to Liege and five Avro regional jets to Antwerp to transport passengers during the busy Easter Holiday weekend. “Today, March 24, we plan to operate 44 flights from Liege and 20 flights from Antwerp. Tomorrow there are 66 […]

Micro Drones are the Next Big Thing for Drone Investors

Reading Time: 2 minutes Micro drones are hot in the drone marketplace, as investors anticipate the passage of micro drone regulations. While the regulatory environment for commercial drone applications like drone delivery remain unclear, the FAA’s move towards risk-based classifications and the micro drone classifications proposed in FAA Reauthorization packages are leading drone investors rushing to search for opportunities […]

Australian Government: Mozambique Debris ‘Almost Certainly’ From MH370

Reading Time: < 1 minute Australian minister for infrastructure and transport Darren Chester said Australia has concluded aircraft debris recently found off the coast of Mozambique “almost certainly” came from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Aircraft debris found washed up on a sandbank off the coast of Mozambique at the beginning of March was sent to Australia for analysis, and Malaysian […]

Aviation Training Resumes at OLF Whitehouse

Reading Time: 2 minutes Outlying Landing Field (OLF) Whitehouse recently reopened after being closed for nine months, while receiving equipment upgrades. New power supplies to the fire department, new electrical vault and conduit, new landing signal officer (LSO) trailers built specifically for use at OLF, and a new touchscreen light control system in the control tower are just a […]

Wing Was Mounted on the Antonov AN−132D

Reading Time: < 1 minute In assembly shop of ANTONOV Company works on mounting the wing on the AN−132D aircraft demonstrator were completed. The next stage of the aircraft construction, which is created according to the contract with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been performed. Simultaneously with construction of the aircraft demonstrator, […]

Bombardier Successfully Concludes C Series Aircraft’s European Route-proving Program

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced the successful completion of the CS100 aircraft’s European route-proving exercises. The program was conducted in the network of launch operator Swiss International Air Lines and included over 30 city-pair flights in European cities over a three-week long period. During an event in Zurich, on March 23rd, executive representatives from SWISS and […]

Brussels Airport to Remain Closed Indefinitely; ICAO Condemns Attacks

Reading Time: 2 minutes Authorities at Brussels Zaventem say it remains unclear as to when the airport will re-open following the March 22 terrorist attack. Ten people died and 81 were injured when two suicide bombers detonated explosives—according to media reports, hidden inside suitcases they had wheeled into the building on luggage trolleys—during the morning rush hour. Around 20 more […]

Worldwide Drone Sales Could Reach US$36.9bn by 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or drone sales continue exponential growth with analysts forecasting global sales to reach a staggering US$36.9bn in just six years. Already one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hobby drones, DJI, generated revenue of US$1bn in 2015 alone. As a consequence of drone systems leading the way in aerospace manufacturing, many […]

RWL German Flight Academy and FSC to Expand Flight Simulation Training in Germany

Reading Time: < 1 minute RWL GERMAN FLIGHT ACADEMY and FLIGHT SIMULATION COMPANY proudly announce their joint effort to expand flight simulation training in Germany. As of October 2016 FSC will have an EASA-certified level D A320 full flight simulator operational at RWL’s training center in Monchengladbach, conveniently located at twenty minutes by car from Düsseldorf Airport. This A320 simulator joins […]

Possible Piece of MH370 Engine Found on South African Beach

Reading Time: 2 minutes A piece of debris found on a beach in South Africa will be analysed to see if it belongs to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, authorities have said. Malaysia said it would send a team to retrieve the possible piece of aircraft engine inlet cowling, which was found near Mossel Bay, a small town in […]