Qatar Airways to join oneworld on October 30, 2013

Qatar Airways will become a full member of oneworld®with effect from Wednesday 30 October 2013, adding one of the world’s fastest growing and most highly rated airlines to the world’s leading quality airline alliance. One of just seven carriers worldwide rated five-star by the Skytrax airline quality agency and the organisation’s Airline of the Year … Dowiedz się więcej

Air Canada Reports Record August Load Factor

For the month of August, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 89.5 per cent, versus 87.9 per cent in August 2012, an increase of 1.6 percentage points.  System traffic increased 4.7 per cent on a system-wide capacity increase of 2.9 per cent. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including Air Canada rouge, which began … Dowiedz się więcej

Embraer Executive Jets to participate at JetExpo 2013

Embraer Executive Jets will promote its portfolio during the 8th Russian International Business Aviation Exhibition, JetExpo 2013 (www.JetExpo.ru), at Vnukovo-3 Business Aviation Center, in Moscow, Russia, September 12-14. The large Legacy 650 executive jet will be showcased at the static display. “Once again, we are pleased to present our aircraft at the most important Russian … Dowiedz się więcej

Ryanair Schedules Extra Champions League Flights After Huge Demand From Celtic Fans

Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC), today (9 Sep) announced that it has scheduled an extra return flight from Glasgow Prestwick to Barcelona for Celtic’s Champions League clash with FC Barcelona on 11th Dec after being inundated with requests from Celtic fans. Ryanair’s Champions League special will depart Glasgow at 06.55hrs on Wednesday 11th … Dowiedz się więcej

Jingchen contracts for 2nd S-92 helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft today announced that Yunnan Jingchen Group has signed a contract to purchase an S-92® helicopter for use in transporting corporate and government VIPs. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Yunnan Jingchen Group recently received Chinese government approval to establish a general aviation company named the Ruili Helicopter Group. The new … Dowiedz się więcej

NASA Discusses Asteroid Initiative Progress at AIAA’s Space 2013

Several NASA officials will update media Wednesday, Sept. 11, about the agency’s progress on a proposed mission to find, capture, redirect and visit a near-Earth asteroid. The briefing will take place at 3 p.m. PDT (6 p.m. EDT) at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Space 2013 Conference and Exposition at the San Diego … Dowiedz się więcej