Non-stop to Lapland with Lufthansa

Good news for all northern lights and winter sport fans: From the coming winter, Lufthansa customers can fly non-stop from Frankfurt to two new destinations in Lapland. From November 26 2016, Lufthansa will take off every Saturday to Tromsø (Norway) and from December 17 2016, every Saturday to Ivalo (Finland). With these two new destinations … Dowiedz się więcej

UIA became the official carrier of Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation

April 22, 2016, Ukraine International Airlines and Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation (UFSF) signed a memorandum of partnership. Therefore, UIA will carry Ukrainian figure skaters to international competitions and lend support to figure skating championships in Ukraine. The Parties represented by Sergey Fomenko, UIA Vice President Commerce, and Yevgeny Larin, the UFSF President, signed the memorandum … Dowiedz się więcej

Boeing KC-46 Program’s Second 767-2C Aircraft Completes First Flight

With a successful first flight on April 25th, Boeing [NYSE: BA] has added the fourth and final flight test aircraft to the KC-46 Pegasus fleet, a 767-2C. During the 1 hour, 40 minute flight, test pilots performed operational engine checks, flight controls and environmental systems checks and took the 767-2C to a maximum altitude of … Dowiedz się więcej

Bombardier and Fokker Renew Agreement to Support Dash 8/Q Series 100/200/300 Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft today announced that it has renewed a strategic alliance with Fokker Services, which is a subsidiary of Fokker Technologies, a GKN Aerospace division, to provide the industry-leading ABACUS FLY program to operators of Dash 8/Q Series 100/200/300 aircraft. The renewal extends the alliance by three years. Aimed at improving the availability of … Dowiedz się więcej

Bombardier and Chorus Sign Firm Purchase Agreement for up to 10 CRJ900 Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today (26.04) that a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc. (“Chorus”) has signed a firm purchase agreement for five CRJ900 aircraft. The order also includes purchase rights for an additional five CRJ900 aircraft. Once delivered, the five firm-ordered aircraft will be operated by Jazz Aviation LP (“Jazz”), also a subsidiary of Chorus, … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Hubble’s birthday bubble

No matter how many times we look at the Bubble Nebula, we do not tire of its beauty. It was discovered in 1787 by the great astronomer, William Herschel. Back then it would have appeared as nothing more than a faint black-and-white smudge in the eyepiece of his telescope. Here we see it in the … Dowiedz się więcej