On July 8, 2016, Air China held a press conference at Shanghai Xijiao State Guest Hotel, officially announcing that the Shanghai-San Jose route will be started on September 1, 2016. The service is Air China’s first Shanghai-North America route, marking Air China the only airline in China providing non-stop Shanghai-San Jose services. In the future, … Read more
This fall, United Airlines customers will have a historic opportunity to board one of the first commercial flights to Havana, Cuba in more than a half century. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively awarded the airline nonstop flights to the Cuban capital from its global gateways in New York/Newark and Houston. By … Read more
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $344-million contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and deploy the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system. This key NextGen system will provide electronic flight strips as well as improved surface management tools that will allow streamlined operations in the air traffic control towers for busy airports. … Read more
Leisure airline Jet2.com is continuing their expansion in the UK with the launch today of flights from Birmingham Airport, their eighth UK airport base. The airline announced fifteen destinations for summer 2017: Alicante, Crete (Heraklion), Faro, Fuerteventura, Girona (Costa Brava), Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Menorca, Paphos, Reus, Rhodes and Tenerife. A total of 57 weekly flights will operate to these … Read more
Boeing delivered three H-47 Chinooks to the Australian Army, only 85 days after receiving the order, thanks to excellent cooperation with Australia and the U.S. Army. The deliveries increase Australia’s CH-47F Chinook fleet to 10, all of which were delivered early. “The increase from seven to 10 CH-47F Chinooks represents a significant increase to the … Read more
Embraer Executive Jets announced today that AirSprint, a privately held fractional aircraft ownership company based in Calgary, Alberta, signed a purchase agreement for up to 12 Legacy 450, which consists of two firm orders with expected delivery in Q4 2016 and 10 purchase options with initial delivery dates starting in Q1 2017. This agreement has … Read more
Last week, Vice President, Embraer 175 Program, Captain Jim Winkley and other Envoy leaders traveled to Brazil to collect a very special plane: N234JW. “For his leadership and commitment to ensuring a smooth introduction of the E175 to Envoy’s fleet, I’m pleased to present Aircraft N234JW to Jim Winkley,” said Envoy President and CEO Pedro Fábregas. “This … Read more
Delta will begin serving Havana, Cuba, this fall from New York-JFK, Atlanta and Miami as a result of today’s announcement by the DOT
American Airlines Boeing 787-9 will make its debut international flight between Dallas Forth Worth and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport on November 4. The aircraft will also operate between Dallas Fort Worth and São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport beginning November 4. American Airlines Boeing 787-9 features: 30 fully lie-flat, all-aisle access Business Class seats arranged in a 1-2-1 … Read more
Boeing and ANA (All Nippon Airways) today released the 2016 787-9 Dreamliner Flight Demonstration video. The same ANA airplane is scheduled to perform demonstration flights July 11-13 at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, United Kingdom. Capt. Randy Neville, Capt. Van Chaney and Capt. John Misuradze, Boeing test pilots, conducted the flight in Moses Lake, … Read more