Chongqing-based West Air launches flights to Singapore

Changi Airport welcomes today the addition of West Air to its family of airlines, with the arrival of the airline’s inaugural international flight from Chongqing tonight. With the launch of this flight, the Chongqing-based airline will commence operation of a thrice-weekly service between Singapore and the Western Chinese city on an Airbus A320-200, with a … Dowiedz się więcej

Redefining Precision: Thermal Vacuum Test Validates Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Satellite Design

Engineers at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently proved their design for the world’s most powerful Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite can operate in and withstand the harsh conditions it will experience on orbit. On December 23, Lockheed Martin’s first GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force completed system-level Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing, validating the … Dowiedz się więcej

easyJet continues Scottish expansion with launch of two new routes to Venice and Vienna

Additionally this week the airline will make a further addition to its Scottish network with services from Edinburgh to Vienna commencing on 6 February. The new year round service to Venice, which is expected to carry up to 50,000 passengers in the first year of operation and will operate four times a week on Monday’s, … Dowiedz się więcej

Galileo signals covering more of the sky

Europe’s ninth and tenth Galileo satellites have started broadcasting working navigation messages. These two satellites were launched together on 11 September last year. Once safely in orbit and their systems activated, their navigation payloads and search and rescue transponders were subjected to a rigorous process of in-orbit testing, to ensure their performance reached the necessary … Dowiedz się więcej

Boeing Delivers First 787 Dreamliner to Saudia

Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Saudia, Saudi Arabia’s national airline, today celebrated the triple delivery of two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and a 777-300ER (Extended Range). A third Dreamliner will be delivered to Saudia within the next week. The airline ordered eight 787-9s in 2010. Saudia is no stranger to such large deliveries. In December 1999, Boeing delivered … Dowiedz się więcej