• JetBlue Deal Marks 10,000th Airbus A320 Family Order.

    Order includes: 35 new aircraft; 18 upsized models; launches Sharklets retrofit programme. Just days after taking delivery of its very first A321 aircraft, JetBlue Airways has placed a new order for 15 A321ceo (current engine option) and 20 A321neo (new engine option) aircraft. In addition, the airline has opted to upsize 8 A320ceo and 10…

  • LinkyBird on Facebook and on Twitter.

    Our blog is very important to our presence in web, in fact its our main building, but we cannot avoid the Facebook and Twitter, its a fact both platforms are very important, our world moves on this two places. We invite you to visit and follow our account on Twitter @LinkyBird, that way you could…

  • QATAR AIRWAYS JOINS ONEWORLD.

    • World’s premier alliance adds one of the world’s most admired and fastest growing airlines • Only one of the major Gulf carriers to join a global airline alliance • Positions oneworld as leading alliance in one of world’s fastest growing regions for air travel • Qatar Airways 777 in oneworld livery is first aircraft to ‘land’ at Doha’s new Hamad…

  • Air Macau Launches Self-Service Check-In.

    1.     At 14:00, 25th September 2013, Air Macau launches Common Use Self-Service Check-in Kiosk in Macau International Airport. 2.     Common Use Self-Service Check in Kiosk (CUSS), is International Air Transport Association (IATA) simplifies the business projects and introduces one of new operational targets – “Fast Travel” in recent years.  Air Macau operates “Self Check-in” service is in accordance with the standards…

  • NASA Begins Airborne Campaign to Map Greenland Ice Sheet Summer Melt.

      For the first time, a NASA airborne campaign will measure changes in the height of the Greenland Ice Sheet and surrounding Arctic sea ice produced by a single season of summer melt. NASA’s C-130 research aircraft flew from the Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., to Greenland Wednesday where they will conduct survey…

  • Bombardier Aerospace Helps Schoolchildren “See Inside Manufacturing”.

    Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast has hosted local schoolchildren during a month of special events for a joint government and industry initiative designed to update perceptions of manufacturing in the U.K. Launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable in 2012, ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ (SIM) aims to build awareness of the sector’s wide range of career opportunities. The schedule…

  • Austrian Airlines Significantly Increases its North American Flight Offering.

    New as of July 2014: Five times per week to Newark, New Jersey Newark, New Jersey as the flight hub of our partner Airline offers many additional flight connections to American cities Starting July 2014: Daily flight service to Washington with the new Boeing 777 Effective May 2014: Daily service to Chicago instead of five…

  • Last command sent to ESA’s Planck space telescope.

      ESA’s Planck space telescope has been turned off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of stars and galaxies throughout the Universe’s history.   Mission controllers at ESA’s operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany sent the final command to the Planck satellite this afternoon marking…

  • Hong Kong Airlines took Supreme Service Awards for two consecutive years.

    Hong Kong Airlines was recently presented with the “Supreme Service Awards 2013” at a presentation ceremony hosted by renowned financial magazine Capital CEO and Capital Entrepreneur. “Supreme Service Awards 2013” is voted by an expert panel of judges in recognition of those Hong Kong enterprises which demonstrated service excellence during the year. The award has…

  • Harmonisation of the national Rules for military Operational Air Traffic in the Single European Sky.

    EUROCONTROL is publishing today a complete set of specifications for harmonized Rules applicable to the predominant type of military air traffic (Operational Air Traffic – OAT) flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) inside controlled airspace of the ECAC area. The document, referred to as EUROAT, is the result of a number of years of sustained effort…