Reading Time: 3 minutes In many ways, DJI is the Apple of the drone world. Specifically, DJI is equivalent to Apple circa 2004 – the company’s flagship product, the iPod, had been available for a few years, a new, cheaper version (iPod mini) was rolling out, everyone either had one or knew someone who had one and the company […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Moscow faces competition in attempting to sell its most modern jet in Asia. Its best selling point is still politics. Russia is known for exporting combat aircraft throughout the world. From the beginning of the Cold War onward, Soviet and Russian MiGs, Sukhois and Yaks have formed the backbone of many air forces throughout the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The airline has been barred from entering the airspace of 28 EU countries – including the UK – as well as four other European nations following a number of safety lapses. In a letter from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), executive director Patrick Ky said he had received “credible and specific safety reports containing […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes You are sitting in the comforts of the spacious business jet cabin when all of a sudden there’s a bang and a vibration and a wisp of smoke wafts up from the floor. The pilot comes on the cabin intercom and announces that the aircraft has lost an engine, while the flight attendant begins preparing […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Apogee has opened a new office at Tashkent Yuzhny Airport. The company is now offering flight support services in the city. Apogee is able to offer services in all major airports in Uzbekistan, these services are all provided from the International Airport headquarters in Tashkent. The Tashkent headquarters is an very important location as it covers […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Delta TechOps maintenance division—will perform maintenance, repair and overhaul services for Virgin Australia’s fleet of CFM56-7B engines through a 13-year exclusive agreement. The new 13-year engine maintenance contract provides the opportunity for both carriers to collaborate on aircraft engineering, reliability and other maintenance-related activities. “Delta TechOps provides a unique value proposition as the maintenance arm […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Dnata has signed a three-year deal to provide full ground handling services to China’s XiamenAir. The deal will cover the 260 annual Dreamliner flights to Syndey’s main airport that XiamenAir announced last month, including the thrice-weekly service from Fuzhou Changle International Airport, and the twice-weekly service from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. Dnata currently serves 17 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Straight From The Boss – Clearing Up Questions About FlightSim Training At the Redbird Migration 2015, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta was featured as the keynote speaker, and he also entertained questions. In this case, the question comes from Craig Fuller, the Chairman of Redbird Flight Simulations. Fuller brought up the topic of allowing simulator training […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Private flight provider Flexjet has placed an order for 20 Aerion AS2’s, boosting prospects for the long-awaited supersonic business jet to enter service. Aerion tells why this is the right time for a supersonic business jet, and how the timesavings of the AS2 could save an average passenger weeks per year.

Reading Time: < 1 minute The FAI World Air Games, essentially the Olympics of aerial sports conducted every four years in different parts of the world, are now in their second week in Dubai where the powered and glider aerobatic champions were crowned over the weekend. At the top of the podium for powered aerobatics was French pilot Olivier Masurel, […]