The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization for Universal Avionics AHS-525 Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS). This long-awaited approval allows the company to manufacture and bring to market a new addition to its product line. The AHS-525 is positioned as a low cost option for replacing legacy mechanical VGs and
Following the recent delisting of Tigerair from the Singapore stock exchange, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced its intention to form a single holding company out of its two low-cost carrier subsidiaries, Scoot (long-haul) and Tigerair (regional). The new subsidiary will be known as Budget Aviation Holdings. The new holding company will be headed by Lee
Jetex is the winner of the Moroccan National Airports Authority (ONDA) FBO tender, and will launch five new fixed base operator (FBO) facilities in Casablanca Mohammed V (CMN/GMMN), Marrakech Menara (RAK/GMMX), Rabat-Salé (RBA/GMME), Agadir-Al Massira (AGA/GMAD), and Dakhla airports (VIL/GMMH). These new Moroccan facilities will be the first FBO operations within the country, ushering in
The first step has been taken to enable Iberia to join British Airways, Finnair and Japan Airlines (JAL) in their successful joint business on flights between Europe and Japan. JAL has submitted its application to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) seeking antitrust immunity with Iberia to cooperate on flights between
66 passengers and crew are feared dead after EgyptAir flight MS804, an Airbus A320, crashed into the Mediterranean en route to Cairo International Airport from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris. The flight left Paris just before Midnight (GMT+1) on Wednesday 18th May and disappeared from radar screens twenty minutes short of Cairo while still
Air Astana has been forced to cancel the planned launch of flights connecting the capitals of Kazakhstan and Mongolia with direct Astana-Ulaanbaatar flights starting from 2nd June 2016, due to the ungrounded revocation of permission by the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAAM). The intergovernmental Air Services Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the
Up until now low cost carriers in the Asia Pacific region have suffered from a disparity in pricing and a lack of a network brand. Now it will be possible to book the best available air fares from any of the Value Alliance members websites. With a surge in popularity of air travel with the
Alaska Air Group and Virgin America announced that each carrier has received a request for additional information from the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with Alaska’s proposed acquisition of Virgin America. Alaska and Virgin America have been cooperating fully with regulators since the announcement of the proposed acquisition.
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has received supplemental type certificates (STCs) for the Automated Flight Information reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on multiple aircraft types. The approved aircraft types include the ATR 42-500 “600 version” and the ATR 72-212A “600 version” from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Boeing B757-200 aircraft from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
There is a long-standing history of disputes between Embraer in Brazil and Bombardier in Canada over state subsidies, so it is perhaps no surprise that Embraer has questioned the sale of 75 Bombardier C-Series jets to Delta Airlines in a hotly contested market sector in which Embraer is represented by their E-Jets. The head of
