• Europe helps deliver global interoperability at ICAO’s Twelfth Air Navigation Conference.

      The States of the European Civil Aviation Conference  (ECAC), theEuropean Union and EUROCONTROL, working with the European Aviation Safety Agency, the EUROCONTROL Agency, the European Commission, the SESAR Joint Undertaking and the ECAC Secretariat are playing a central role at ICAO’s Twelfth Air Navigation Conference (AN-Conf/12) taking place until 30 November 2012 in Montreal,…

  • Markus Bucher takes over as CEO of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.

    At the meeting of the Board of Directors of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd on 12 November 2012, members voted to elect Markus Bucher as the new CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board with effect from 1.1.2013. He will take over from Oscar J. Schwenk, who will remain as Chairman of the Board of Directors with…

  • Jet Aviation St. Louis to deliver its 200th green aircraft completion by year’s end.

    Jet Aviation St. Louis is on track to deliver its 200th green completion in December. Continuous improvement initiatives have increased the efficiency of the completions process and resulted in improved delivery times. With the 16 most recent aircraft delivering ahead of schedule, Jet Aviation St. Louis has developed proven systems for building highly customized aircraft…

  • EL AL Retiring the Last of its Boeing 757 Aircraft from Service.

    In late 2013, the first 2 of the 6 Boeing 737-900 aircraft that EL AL ordered in 2011 are expected to arrive in Israel. With the retirement of the 757 planes from service, EL AL will operate 4 different fleets: the 737, 767-300, 777 and 747-400. EL AL CEO Elyezer Shkedy: “This is in line…

  • BIG Comfort, Entertainment and Service.

    The world’s largest and most technologically advanced aircraft, the Airbus A380, joins the THAI fleet with 6 aircraft being delivered over the next 6 months, each with unique “Touches of Thai”. THAI’s incomparable service in the air goes from superb to superlative with just 507 seats, compared to the manufacturer’s recommendation of 525 – 853…

  • Austrian joins ‘Ärzte an Bord’ programme of Lufthansa.

    The Austrian Airlines Group is to join the ‘Ärzte an Bord’ (‘Doctors on Board’) programme run by the Lufthansa Group. Doctors can register immediately, free of charge. Registration is rewarded with a credit of 5,000 premium miles and a pocket book of aviation medicine. In this way, the airlines want to improve their provision of…

  • NAYAK presents first KPI Dashboard to monitor your fleet.

    Nayak Aircraft Services has developed live dashboards as a useful tool to monitor your daily operation and measure performance for contract level agreements or management information. The dashboards are linked to the database of the ERP / MRO software to give live insights and overview of performance at each wished time unit. KPI Dashboard to…

  • Dassault Falcon Establishes Chinese Subsidiary.

    Dassault Falcon has established a ‘wholly owned foreign entity’ to represent the Falcon brand in the growing Chinese market. The subsidiary, known as ‘Dassault Falcon Business Services (Beijing) Co. Ltd’, is based in Beijing, China. Mr. Jean Michel Jacob has been named General Manager of the subsidiary and Mr. Jean Rosanvallon has been named Chairman.…

  • Danish Pilot Union members approve the new collective agreement.

    ~ Following the ballot of Danish Pilot Union members, the new collective agreementthat was concluded on 19 November as part of the 4Excellence NG plan has been approved. ~ New SEK 3.5 bn Revolving Credit Facility from Banks and Core Shareholders to secure financial preparedness now only conditional on final parliamentary approvals On 19 November…

  • SAS launches 45 new routes in 2013.

    SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline, will in 2013 launch 45 new routes. This means that SAS will offer direct flights to exciting new destinations from all of the main airports and a number of regional airports in the Nordic countries. In addition to these new routes, SAS will also increase the frequency of current flights on…