• Derco Aerospace, Inc. Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Arkwin Industries, Inc.

    Derco Aerospace, Inc., (a subsidiary of Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company), announced today that it signed a distribution agreement with Arkwin Industries, Inc. as the exclusive provider of Arkwin materials to international customers effective January 1, 2017. Arkwin is the leading equipment manufacturer of hydraulic, engine control/fuel system, and thrust reverser components for defense applications…

  • Tamara Christ Appointed the New Chief Legal Officer of Austrian Airlines

    Tamara Maria Christ (34) will assume the position of Head of Legal Affairs & Compliance as of December 1, 2016. In this position she will serve as Secretary General and Chief Legal Officer of Austrian Airlines, succeeding Stefan Mara, who took on new Group-level responsibilities at Lufthansa in the field of data protection in October.…

  • Aeroflot to Transport Ski Equipment Free of Charge

    Ahead of the coming winter season Aeroflot announces that starting from 1 November, 2016 to 15 May, 2017 it provides a free extra baggage piece to carry one set of skiing equipment with a total weight of up to 23 kg. A set of skiing equipment includes a ski bag containing a pair of skis…

  • Airberlin: the new Business Class is taking off

    Since its launch two weeks ago, airberlin guests on short- and medium-haul routes have been able to enjoy Business Class, which has been very well received. Around 15,000 Business Class seats have already been reserved by airberlin passengers – and this number is trending upwards. ‘The current booking figures show that the decision to introduce…

  • New Faro Route Added To Belfast S 2017 Schedule

    12 SUMMER ROUTES & 10% GROWTH TO 1.1M C’MERS Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (21 Oct) extended its Belfast summer 2017 schedule by adding a new twice weekly route to Faro which will operate between June and August, with 12 routes in total including Berlin, London and Milan, and will deliver over 1.1m customers…

  • Cathay Pacific and Dragonair resume flight operations

    Cathay Pacific and Dragonair will operate a full schedule of flight services tomorrow (Saturday, 22 October). However, weather conditions are expected to remain unstable and will likely continue to affect Hong Kong. Flights may be subject to delays. Passengers are advised to check the latest flight information on the airlines’ websites, www.cathaypacific.com or www.dragonair.com, before…

  • Turkish Airlines continues to “Widen Your World” with the addition of Zanzibar (Tanzania) as its 293rd destination.

    Already a globally recognized brand, Turkish Airlines again strengthens its presence in Africa and will have a presence at 50 destinations in 31 African countries, making it one of the leading carriers to the continent. Zanzibar, the most prominent tourism destination of Tanzania, will be the 3rd gateway of Turkish Airlines in the country, with…

  • NASA, Citizen Scientists Discover Potential New Hunting Ground for Exoplanets

      Via a NASA-led citizen science project, eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our solar system – a large disk of gas and dust encircling a star known as a circumstellar disk. A paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal…

  • Press briefing on Ministerial Council (CM16)

    ESA’s Director General Jan Woerner will meet the press on Monday,  7 November, to provide an overview of the upcoming Council at ministerial level. ESA’s Ministerial Council (CM16) is being held in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 1 and 2 December 2016. Ministers in charge of space activities from the 22 ESA Member States and Canada will…

  • Northern Utah to be the Home of Lockheed Martin Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program Office

    Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that its program management office for the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program will be located in the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The company made the announcement here at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development at a lease…