18 May 2011

SR Technics signs first contract for VIP completion

SR Technics has signed its first VIP Airbus Conversion Contract with an undisclosed customer from the Middle East. As part of the agreement, a widebody aircraft will be reconfigured from a conventional airliner configuration into a modern aircraft interior with tailor-made VIP elements, such as a VIP section with club seats, tables, custom-made design elements, […]

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Boeing KC-767 tankers for Italian Air Force formally enter into service

The first two Boeing KC-767 advanced aerial refueling tankers for the Italian Air Force (ItAF) formally entered into service on May 17th during a public ceremony near Rome. The ItAF accepted delivery of the two KC-767A tankers on Dec. 29 and March 10. Italian crews then flew the aircraft from Boeing’s tanker modification facility in

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Jet Aviation to provide aviation services from Al Bateen Executive Airport

The Jet Aviation Group and Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced the signing of a lease agreement, whereby Jet Aviation will start to provide aviation services from Al Bateen Executive Airport later this year. The agreement with ADAC includes the lease of offices at the business aviation airport, where Jet Aviation will be Al Bateen

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First Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1217G engine testing begins

Ground testing of Pratt & Whitney’s first PW1200G family engine — the PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) — is well under way. The engine, the first of an eight-engine validation and certification program, has completed nearly 16 hours of testing to date. The PW1217G engine test program will run a total of

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SR Technics signs first contract for VIP completion

SR Technics has signed its first VIP Airbus Conversion Contract with an undisclosed customer from the Middle East. As part of the agreement, a widebody aircraft will be reconfigured from a conventional airliner configuration into a modern aircraft interior with tailor-made VIP elements, such as a VIP section with club seats, tables, custom-made design elements,

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airberlin's net result declines from EUR -93.6 million to EUR -120.6 million

airberlin remains cautiously optimistic for the further course of the business year, despite the first-quarter results falling short of expectations. In the first quarter of 2011, Air Berlin PLC increased its revenue to EUR 751.6 million, i.e. an increase of 2% over the previous year (Q1/2010: EUR 690.9 million). The number of passengers increased by

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