Sino-US signs contract for three more AW119KX helicopters

Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland has announced that Sino-US Intercontinental signed a contract for three AW119Kx single engine helicopters, further expanding the presence of AgustaWestland helicopters in the Chinese civil market. The three helicopters are expected to be delivered within 2015. Sino-US Intercontinental acts as an official non-exclusive distributor for AgustaWestland civil helicopters in China, excluding Hong Kong and … Read more

Embraer Legacy 450 gains EASA certification

Embraer Executive Jets’ Legacy 450 has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The aircraft has met or surpassed all design goals, exceeding targets such as range, runway performance, hot-and-high takeoff distance and maximum payload. Conclusion of the process in Europe follows the recent certification granted by the Brazil and U.S. aviation … Read more

Czech Airlines to discontinue service to Almaty

Czech Airlines’ regular scheduled service between Almaty and Prague will continue to be operated as a seasonal route. The last flight of the summer schedule will leave Almaty on 7 October 2015. During the upcoming 2015/2016 winter season, the route will not be operated, as last winter. However, Czech Airlines plans to offer individual flights … Read more

CS100 completes noise performance testing

Bombardier announced that its all-new CS100 aircraft has successfully completed all noise performance testing and preliminary data confirms it is the quietest in-production commercial jet in its class. The aircraft’s noise performance and its short-field capability make it ideal for city centre operations. The first production CS100 aircraft will soon commence function and reliability testing, … Read more

Austrian Airlines starts operating Vienna-Manchester service

Today the first Austrian Airlines flight to Manchester took off from Vienna. Effective immediately, Austrian Airlines is operating a Fokker 100 aircraft on this route. The flight departs daily from Vienna at 9:50 a.m. and arrives in Manchester at 11:20 a.m. In this way the airline is expanding its network in Western Europe. The new … Read more

Wizz Air announces three new routes from Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca

The airline announced three new routes from Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest commencing in March and May 2016, respectively. The new route from Cluj-Napoca to Munich Memmingen will start on 28 March 2016 and will be operated with two weekly flights, on Mondays and Fridays. The new Bucharest service to Hamburg Lubeck will commence on 20 May … Read more

Take off to Hong Kong for Scandinavian Airlines

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Scandinavian Airlines first departure to Hong Kong takes off today, making it the only airline to fly direct between Scandinavia and Hong Kong. At the same time, SAS is reopening its lounge at Arlanda following extensive refurbishment, which will provide SAS customers with an even better experience when they … Read more

August marks Gatwick’s busiest month in its history

London Gatwick announced the busiest month in its history with more than 4.53 million passengers travelling through the airport in August, a +3.7% increase on the previous year. The airport has achieved 30 months of consecutive growth with 39.5 million passengers passing through the airport in the last twelve months, +6% year on year. Travel to … Read more

Dmitry Saprykin is appointed as General Director of Transaero

On September 7, 2015, Transaero held the meeting of the Board of Directors. The agenda of the meeting included organizational issues. The Board of Directors made a decision to relieve Dmitry Erzakovich of duties of Chairman of the Executive Board — General Director of the airline. Dmitry Saprykin was elected as a member of the Executive Board of the company. The Board of Directors appointed Dmitry Saprykin as Chairman of the Executive Board — General Director … Read more