Airbus has launched a new air-cargo service using its unique BelugaST fleet to offer freight companies and other potential customers a solution to their outsized freight transportation needs. The new service – Airbus Beluga Transport – will provide commercially-contracted customers in a variety of sectors, including space, energy, military, aeronautic, maritime and humanitarian sectors, with
The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB2) has successfully performed its maiden flight from the final assembly line in Seville, Spain. The aircraft now starts a flight campaign with the aim of testing the new semi-morphing wing, the new flight control system, as well as a SatCom antenna embedded within the aircraft’s fuselage. Based
On January 24, 2022, European ACMI/charter airline Jump Air received its Type A commercial licence and has officially started its commercial operations. The airline, with its headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, has received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) No.LT.AOC.037 from Lithuania’s civil aviation regulator (Transporto Kompetencijų Agentūra – TKA) on December 31, 2021. Type A commercial
Wisk Aero (Wisk), a California-based Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company responsible for producing the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the US has successfully secured an investment of US$450 million (£333 million) from Boeing. This makes Wisk one of the best-funded AAMs and strengthens the already existing relationship between the two companies. Wisk will use
Azorra, the Florida-based aircraft leasing company specialising in executive, regional and crossover aircraft has signed an agreement with Embraer to acquire a combined total of 20 new E190-E2 or E195-E2 aircraft, plus 30 purchase rights. At list prices, the order is valued at US$3.9 billion. Deliveries will begin in 2023, adding to the 21 Embraer
Acumen Aviation, a leading Aircraft Asset Management Services company has eleased its 2021 Operational Review.Throughout a challenging year Acumen managed to find flexible and innovative ways to support its clients. Its global reach helped provide localised support where needed, proactively responding to fluid and diverse market requirements. Acumen continued to develop its capability as an
Airbus has delivered its last Dauphin helicopter, an AS365 N3, to the Spanish Customs Service. This helicopter will reinforce the Customs Surveillance Service’s capacity to combat drug trafficking in the Strait of Gibraltar, the Alboran Sea and in Galicia. The helicopter was customised at Airbus Helicopters’ facilities in Albacete and comes equipped with mission equipment
Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) has announced the re-delivery of its first Airbus A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft to Altavair L.P., a global leader in commercial aviation finance and leasing. This delivery begins a series of freighter conversions that EFW is performing for its new customer, Altavair, based on technologically advanced Airbus A330 platform. Altavair currently
SWISS has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo featuring the new Airspace Cabin configuration. The new Airspace Cabin features slimmer sidewall panels for extra personal space at shoulder level, better views through the windows with its redesigned bezels and completely integrated window shades, large overhead bins for 60% more bag space, the latest full
flypop, the UK low-cost carrier has brought its second aircraft into service. The Airbus A330 flew into London Stansted Airport, flypop’s headquarters, where the team celebrated the airline’s growing fleet. flypop has been partnering with Hi Fly airline for zero LOPA cargo operations over the past few months to meet the growing international demand for
