• Oman Air Tops the List at Travelplus Airline Amenity Bag Awards 2011.

    Oman Air has scooped two key awards at the TravelPlus Airline Amenity Bag Awards 2011, which were held last night in central London. The national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman won both the Best First Class Female Amenity Bag and the Best Business Class Unisex Amenity Bag categories, and was also Highly Commended in…

  • Wizz Air to fly from Debrecen as of June 2012.

    Wizz Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced today that it will begin services from Debrecen Airport (DEB) as of 18 June 2012. The airline will initially offer three weekly flights, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from Debrecen to London Luton Airport (LTN), offering convenient access to the London city…

  • Jet Aviation Basel adds Tail & Wing Dock certified for BBJ and Airbus 320 series aircraft.

    Jet Aviation Basel has recently installed a Tail and Wing Dock certified for BBJ and Airbus 320 series aircraft in its wide-body hangar. This new dock platform will help to reduce aircraft downtime during 12-year inspections by up to 6 weeks. Intended to facilitate the 12-year BBJ inspection, Jet Aviation Basel has added a tail…

  • Sikorsky Aerospace Services Announces the Signing of a Basic Ordering Agreement with the Brunei Ministry of Defence

    Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Brunei Ministry of Defence as part of Sikorsky’s recent overarching sales contract to provide 12 S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAF). This five-year agreement will support the S-70i aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2013, and…

  • Honeywell Equips Eastar Jet With Auxilary Power Units, Enhancing Engine Efficiencies And Fleet Performance.

    Honeywell (NYSE:HON) Aerospace has been awarded a contract to provide its industry-leading auxiliary power units (APUs) and a three-year maintenance program for Eastar Jet’s growing fleet of Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft. This agreement provides Eastar Jet with a reliable, high-performance APU solution with easy maintainability and lower cost of ownership.   In addition to Honeywell’s…

  • Rolls-Royce Trent XWB completes first test flight.

    The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine has taken to the skies for the first time, powering an Airbus A380 test aircraft in Toulouse, France. The aircraft flew with one of its four Trent 900 engines replaced by a Trent XWB. The Trent XWB is the most efficient civil aircraft engine on offer in the world and…

  • JAL Places Order for Twenty Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

      The JAL Group (JAL) has announced an order of twenty Boeing 787-9 aircraft, which it intends to deploy on medium to long haul international routes after fiscal year 2015, as part of its Mid-Term Management Plans for fiscal years 2012 to 2016. The twenty orders comprise ten new purchases and a conversion of ten…

  • EMBRAER ACHIEVES 300TH PHENOM JETS DELIVERY.

    Embraer recently delivered the 300th Phenom jet, capping off the latest series of milestones which includes the assembly and first flight of the initial aircraft from the Company’s year-old Melbourne facility in Florida, USA. Embraer recently shifted global operations for its business jets from Brazil to Melbourne, where it is creating 200 engineering and technical…

  • Exciting and Productive Week for Bombardier Aerospace at the Singapore Airshow.

    Confirms two previously unidentified airlines: Garuda Indonesia and Ethiopian Airlines Announces OEM-owned service centre in Singapore for business aircraft; and Singapore-based commercial aircraft sales office Also announces order for two Q400 NextGen by Horizon Air Attracts significant interest with its business aircraft on static  Bombardier Aerospace wrapped up its participation at the Singapore Airshow after…

  • Rolls-Royce wins $210m order from Air Pacific.

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order worth $210m, at list prices, from Fiji’s national carrier Air Pacific for Trent 700 engines to power three Airbus A330 aircraft. This is the first time Air Pacific has selected Rolls-Royce engines and the contract includes long-term TotalCare® service support. Announcing the order today at…