Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Royal Jordanian commenced operating direct, regular cargo flights between Amman and Frankfurt on April 7. Initially, the airline will run one flight weekly. At the beginning of May, RJ will add another flight per week, and plans to reach three in 2014. VP Cargo Sales and Services Muath Majali … Read more
flydubai has announced operations to two new destinations in the CIS region: Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan and Osh in Kyrgyzstan. Flights to both cities will operate twice a week, with Osh beginning on 24 April 2013 and Dushanbe one week later on 30 April 2013. flydubai’s CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said: “With the addition … Read more
British Airways first A380 was rolled out of the Airbus paint facility in Hamburg, Germany on 5 April 2013, following the application of its full livery.
Ethiopian Airlines and Oman Air signed a codeshare agreement on the Addis Ababa-Muscat sectors to offer greater choice for customers of the two airlines.
Boeing opened its new expanded Everett Delivery Center (EDC), a world-class facility which will be the home of deliveries for the 747-8, 767, 777 and 787. The grand opening ceremony was attended by Boeing employees, customers and state dignitaries. “Boeing is producing market-leading commercial airplanes at its highest rates ever,” said Pat Shanahan, senior vice … Read more
American Airlines launches daily service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Lima providing more access and choices for customers traveling between the two key markets and beyond. The new route will enable customers to connect to other destinations in North America, Europe and Asia via American’s extensive global network out of Dallas/Fort Worth. American provides more service … Read more
Airbus has installed on the first flight-test A350 XWB (MSN001) its two flight-ready Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and is also installing the new Honeywell HGT1700 auxiliary power unit (APU) at Airbus’ production facilities in Toulouse (France). The new Trent engines were both received from UTC Aerospace Systems (formerly Goodrich) which had recently prepared the fully … Read more
Build of flight test vehicles and safety-of-flight testing of on-the-ground integrated systems rig advancing to schedule. Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has successfully completed the first full powering on of the main electrical distribution system on the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV1). Additionally, Bombardier confirmed that the wing down-bending static test was successfully concluded on … Read more
American Airlines has decided to equip all of its A320 Family fleet with Airbus’ innovative Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology. This on-board cockpit technology, which Airbus has pioneered independently over several years, increases pilots’ situational awareness during landing, reduces exposure to runway excursion risk, and if necessary, provides active protection. ROPS was first approved … Read more
Norwegian Air Shuttle is launching its 14th new direct route from its new base at London Gatwick. Starting May 25th, the airline will fly once a week, on Saturdays, from London Gatwick to the popular Spanish island of Ibiza. In April, Norwegian is establishing a new base of operations at London’s Gatwick Airport. The airline … Read more