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Air Canada takes delivery of its first A220
Air Canada has taken delivery of its first A220-300, designed, built and delivered from the Mirabel A220 programme facilities in Canada. The first aircraft out of an order of 45 will enter service in January 2020, making Air Canada the first airline to operate the A220-300 in North America. The A220 will enable the Montreal-based…
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Safran’s ENGINeUS™ electric motors will fly on the VoltAero Cassio 1 hybrid-electric testbed aircraft
NBAA-BACE Conference & Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – October 23, 2019 Safran Electrical & Power’s ENGINeUS™ smart electric motors will begin flying in November 2019 on the testbed for VoltAero’s Cassio hybrid-electric general aviation aircraft. Two ENGINeUS™ 45 motor versions will be installed in forward-facing positions on the wings of VoltAero’s Cassio 1 testbed…
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Air Center Helicopters, Inc signs HCare Smart contract for Airbus H225 fleet
Air Center Helicopters, Inc (ACHI) has signed a set of HCare Smart parts-by-the-hour contracts for 10 of its Airbus H225 helicopters. These aircraft are currently in operation with the U.S. Armed Forces for passenger transport, Special Operations Forces training, vertical replenishment and casualty evacuation missions. The HCare Smart contracts cover a three-year period and have been…
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Gulfstream surpasses 25 G500 deliveries
Award-Winning, Record-Breaking Fleet Achieves More Than 5,000 Flight Hours Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it has delivered more than 25 Gulfstream G500TM aircraft to customers just over a year after the aircraft entered service. The aircraft’s first delivery to a Brazilian customer has also taken place. “When the first all-new G500 was delivered last September, we knew…
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The World’s Best Turboprop – Better Than Ever: Pilatus Reveals the PC-12 NGX
During the National Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Pilatus took the wraps off the industry’s most advanced and versatile single-engine turboprop – the PC-12 NGX. The brand-new PC-12 NGX incorporates an improved engine, smarter avionics and a completely redesigned cabin with larger windows, making this third generation of the PC-12 airframe…
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Bell 525 Full Scale Mock-up on Display at Dubai South VIP Terminal
Now until the first week of November, a full-scale mock-up of the Bell 525 is on display at the Dubai South VIP Terminal, inviting passengers transiting through the airport a unique opportunity to experience the next-generation helicopter coming to market. Credit: Bell The aircraft is a game changer for the industry and brings new technological…
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End of the out of the office
It was a long silence and for that we ask sorry, in fact it was an unplanned out of the office long period, Lots of news and occurrences happened during this time, that`s is the main Aviation characteristic always at the speed of the light, this is a challenging activity we love, We`ll re-start our…
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Rolls-Royce welcomes Delta TechOps into expanded service network as Trent 1000 work begins
Rolls-Royce has welcomed Delta TechOps into its expanded service network as it begins work on its first Trent engine. Delta TechOps began operations as a Trent Authorised Maintenance Centre, with the induction of a Trent 1000 engine module. The 127,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility will also carry out services on the Trent 7000 and Trent XWB.…
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Thomas Cook Airlines’ pilots & crew wear pink with pride
Thomas Cook Airlines’ pilots and cabin crew will proudly switch their shoulder stripes from gold to pink this month as part of “Fly Pink”. Thomas Cook Group Airline is supporting Fly Pink for the third consecutive year. The aviation industry initiative, founded in Australia by QantasLink pilots in 2015, supports organisations around the world through…
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British Airways celebrates 60 years since operating the first jet engine flight across the Atlantic.
BOAC, British Airways’ predecessor, operated the first transatlantic jet engine flight on October 4, 1958 BOAC beat arch-rival Pan Am to become the first to do so Reduced 18-hour journey between London and New York to 7-hours Airline hosted special anniversary event at its headquarters to celebrate Sixty years ago, British Airways, then called BOAC – British…
