Reading Time: 2 minutes Iranian officials have signed two agreements with Airbus covering orders for 118 airplanes and a comprehensive civil aviation cooperation package, the European manufacturer confirmed Thursday. The sides signed the agreements at the Élysée Palace in Paris, during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s official visit to France with French President François Hollande. Iran Air has signed an […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Civil helicopter deliveries at Bell Helicopter Textron won’t really take off until next year, after the new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X light single enters service late this year and the super-medium 525 Relentless is certified early next year. Thus, shipments this year will be mostly flat, just as they were last year, Textron chairman […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Following Malaysian Airlines’ announcement this week that it would be grounding its remaining fleet of Boeing 777s and cancelling several long-haul routes, Emirates has, according to a report by Arabian Supply Chain, signalled its interest in hiring laid-off Malaysian pilots. Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ divisional senior vice-president, strategic planning, revenue optimisation and aeropolitical affairs, based in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Iran officials have signed two agreements for 118 new aircraft, pilot training, airport operations and ATM support. The agreements were signed at the Élysée Palace, Paris, during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s official visit to France with French President François Hollande. Iran Air has signed an agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of the full range […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A historic flight took place this week at the naval base in Kanoya in the Kagoshima Perfecture, Japan, where the legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero took flight over Japanese land for the first time since World War II, according to The Japan Times. Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Skip Holm, who accumulated 1,072 hours of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Helicentre Aviation Academy has announced the award of a Commercial Helicopter Pilot/Flight Instructor Sponsorship as well as its annual Commercial Helicopter Pilot Scholarship, with a combined value in excess of £100,000. Since the launch of its Scholarships programme in 2012 the Academy has already invested over £250,000 into the training of selected pilots. The recent […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The webcast for the 737 MAX First Flight is currently scheduled for January 29 at 9:45 AM PST (1745 UTC/GMT), though the date and time is subject to change due to weather conditions and other factors. The 737 MAX has received over 3,000 orders from more than 60 customers worldwide. Although the Airbus A320neo has received […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing will further increase the 737 production rate to 57 aircraft per month in 2019, citing robust demand for narrowbodies, but the manufacturer is also cutting 777 production to seven aircraft per month in 2017. The 777 rate cut to be implemented next year, which will bring production down from the current rate of 8.3 […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa has confirmed that the present companies responsible for pilot and cabin crew training within the Lufthansa Group are to be amalgamated into a single organisation based at Munich, the Group’s second-biggest hub. The decision was taken in late January 2016 by the Deutsche Lufthansa AG Executive Board. The new Munich-based Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Indonesian carrier Kalstar Aviation has installed Seabury MRO’s Alkym software to manage the maintenance of its fleet of 12 aircraft. Jakarta-based Kalstar, which has a fleet of eight ATR, two 737s and two E-Jets, said it chose the Alkym software because it was exploring ways to increase its fleet availability and reliability whilst maintaining safety […]