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Special Fares for Transit Passengers!

Cost: 50% from minimum round trip transit fare + taxes and charges. Conditions: The offer is valid from June 12 to June 25, 2018; The offer is valid only for transit flights of the airline with the connecting point in the city of Minsk (for instance, Kazan – Minsk – Rome – Minsk – Kazan);… Read More ›

Priorities for security, environment, privatization and gender parity raised as ICAO Secretary General addresses IATA AGM

ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu addressed the 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Sydney, Australia yesterday, raising a number of points with the attending airline CEOs on the event’s main topics, which this year include constantly evolving security threats, the increased use of sustainable alternative fuels, airport… Read More ›

Ukraine International Airlines Completes Implementation of PROS Revenue Management Solutions as Strategic Enablers for Global Growth Plans

the revenue and profit realization company, today announced that Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has deployed into production PROS Origin & Destination (O&D) and PROS Real-Time Dynamic Pricing (RTDP) solutions. PROS O&D enables UIA to forecast demand and optimize network revenue associated with market trends and demand behavior, while PROS RTDP enables the airline to make… Read More ›

PRNewswire Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] selected Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] to develop and deliver the next generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 fighter jet. The result of a Lockheed Martin-led competition, the selection will enhance capability and reduce cost. The F-35’s DAS collects and sends high resolution, real-time imagery to the pilot’s helmet from… Read More ›

NASA Previews Mission to Study Frontier of Space

NASA will host a media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, June 4, on the agency’s mission to explore Earth’s ionosphere and the processes there that impact life on Earth’s surface. The event will air live on NASA Television, the agency’s website and Facebook Live. Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) will study the layer of charged… Read More ›

European-wide research flights focus on greenhouse gas methane

Effective monitoring of greenhouse gases is required to achieve ambitious targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases must be understood as precisely as possible to produce reliable climate forecasts. From mid-May to mid-June 2018, a flight test campaign led by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für… Read More ›

Rolls-Royce completes sale of L’Orange to Woodward Inc

Rolls-Royce confirms that completion of the sale of its fuel injector business, L’Orange, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, to Colorado-based Woodward Inc. took place on 1 June. The completion of the transaction, which was announced on 9 April, followed recent clearance from the German antitrust authorities. Net proceeds totalled €673m after transaction… Read More ›

Citation Latitude thrives in Europe, achieves NetJets milestones

Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is today celebrating two milestones during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) 2018 — the success of the NetJets European Citation Latitude fleet, which has recently surpassed 5,000 flight hours, and the delivery of the ninth NetJets Citation Latitude in Europe. The Citation Latitude has… Read More ›

Widerøe

Widerøe is the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, with a staff of 3,000 and a turnover of NOK 3.5 billion. The company carries around 2.8 million passengers annually and flies to 46 domestic and international destinations. Widerøe operates more than 450 flights every day and operates to more than twice as many airports in Norway… Read More ›

LG launches the Google assistant on 2018 AI enabled TVs

Activation of the Google Assistant Drives LG’s Critically-Acclaimed 4K UHD TVs Into the Connected Home Ecosystem with Cutting-Edge AI Services  First announced at CES 2018, the Google Assistant is now available on LG’s 2018 AI TV line-up. This includes both LG OLED TVs and LG SUPER UHD TVs with ThinQ AI, which will deliver cutting-edge… Read More ›

Designed for electrification: Hyundai’s New Tucson offers pioneering 48-volt diesel mild hybrid powertrain

· The New Hyundai Tucson is the company’s first model with a diesel mild hybrid powertrain system supported by a 48 V electric motor · Pioneering technology ensures maximum driving pleasure while supporting efficient driving · The compact SUV will be launched across Europe in summer · Mild hybrid powertrain technology contributes to the brand’s global efforts to… Read More ›

Benetti successfully launches M/Y IRONMAN, the sixth fast 140’ model

M/Y Ironman, a 42 m semi-displacement fiberglass yacht in the Class product line, has been successfully launched in Viareggio. The interiors are by US-based designer Alfred Karram Jr. Benetti has successfully launched BF206 M/Y Ironman, the sixth FAST 140’ model built so far. This yacht in the Fast category has exteriors designed by Stefano Righini,… Read More ›