Tourist numbers in Turkey are continuing to fall amidst political unrest and terrorism threats. While the year-on-year figure for May revealed a drop of 34.7%, June’s year-on-year figure stands at 40.86%, which will equate to an approximate loss of revenue from tourism of US$8 billion if the year’s overall reduction in tourist numbers averages out
Panasonic Avionics and Yahsat have singned a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore new ways to offer a broadband connectivity solution serving several mobility markets in the Middle East within the next three to five years. In addition, while final terms are still being negotiated, the MOU allows both parties to further investigate the launch
Problems continue at Delta Airlines as the ‘ripple effect’ of early Monday’s power outage continues to spread. While it was initially thought the outage originated at Georgia Power which controls the power grid to Atlanta Airport, it was subsequently discovered that the outage started in the airline’s equipment. A Delta Airlines spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that
In a reaction to the “unprecedented” crisis in the global economy and with 90% of its revenue coming from exports, Embraer, the world’s fourth-largest airplane manufacturer and market leader in mid-sized passenger jets, has announced the intention to lay off some of its workforce. Both production and administration sides of the business will be affected as
Global Eagle Entertainment a provider of satellite-based connectivity and media to rapidly expanding mobility markets, has signed a contract with Avianca Brasil to provide inflight connectivity to the carrier’s full fleet of over 40 aircraft. Avianca Brasil operates in 24 airports with over 200 daily flights in South America. GEE has been the provider of
As regulators worldwide search for a solution to the ever-increasing problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones as they are also called, a further incident has occurred at Germany’s Munich Airport between a UAV and a Lufthansa A321 on its approach to the airport on August 4. The plane in question was on a
BAA Training, the Lithuanian-based type rating, ab initio, cabin crew, ground handling and many other aviation training provider was approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAAM) to give ATR 72-500 type rating training for pilots who hold MCAA pilot licenses. Training will take place in EASA certificated simulator which is located in Baku,
American Airlines (AAL) and the TWU-IAM Association announced they have reached an interim agreement to provide significant pay increases to the 30,000 maintenance, fleet service and other related employees represented by the TWU-IAM Association. The pay increases will go into place immediately while the negotiating committees continue working toward a joint collective bargaining agreement for
Allegiant on Thursday, August 4, formally broke ground on the airline’s new East Coast training center, located adjacent to Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) in Sanford, Florida. The US$24m, 43,000 ft² facility will be completed and equipped to begin hosting training for Allegiant flight crew members and mechanics by Q1 of 2017. Allegiant operates a
Larry Vance, a leading flight investigator who has led over 200 investigations, has indicated that he feels there is “definite evidence” which backs up his theory that missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the sea. This news comes only days after it was revealed that pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Captain
