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The subject of noise pollution has long been a problem for Heathrow Airport bearing in mind its location 15 miles to the west of the center of London, while normal westerly prevailing winds which further accentuates the problem. For some time there has been a very active and growing anti-noise lobby who are also anti-expansion,

Bombardier Business Aircraft opened a new Regional Support Office (RSO) in Munich, Germany. Along with the RSO in Farnborough, UK, this office will bolster regional support capabilities for the growing number of Bombardier business aircraft customers in Europe. The new RSO is located alongside Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s regional support office and international sales office. The

Small Planet Airlines expands to Germany with the incorporation of Small Planet Airlines GmbH. The company’s office base is Berlin. Small Planet Airlines has begun offering its services to the German market with agreements already signed with some well-known German tour operators. “Germany is a strategic step that we have been considering for quite some

For an airline which became very profitable during the first decade of the new millennium it is a massive turnaround seeing it now being sold at a time when it is carrying debt in excess of €1bn. The airline now has to be sold in order to continue operating as European regulations will not allow

Air Astana has opened a training centre for engineers in Almaty, with certification to EASA Part 147 standards by both the Kazakh and European aviation authorities. Training programmes are offered in 26 specialist engineering disciplines, together with a full course on Airbus A320 maintenance. The new training centre eliminates the need for Air Astana to

Under a notam issued as an emergency order of the Administrator of the FAA under 49 USC 40113(A) and 46105(C), all US air carriers and commercial operators have been banned from flying at an altitude under FL260 (26,000ft) in Somali airspace. The area has been declared a no-go zone owing to the threat of terrorist

SAS has signed a new modern collective bargain agreement with the Swedish pilot union SPF, on May 21st. The negotiations have reached the targets within set timeframe and thus there will be no industrial action by the pilots in Sweden. SAS has now reached agreements with three of the four pilot unions on new contracts,

There are currently 156 foreign airlines operating in China and it has now been announced by the country’s aviation authority that each and every one will have to pass a stringent set of safety criteria in order to continue operating there. The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) has indicated that airlines will be evaluated