Hainan Airlines flight HU7907 took off from Hangzhou International Airport, making a stop at Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, before heading on to Paris. This is the airline’s fifth European route following its routes to Moscow , Saint Petersburg , Brussels and Berlin. The launch of the service will provide new opportunities for further political, economic
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is the first international hub in Europe to commence regular operations of a satellite-supported precision approach system for aircraft called Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS). A cooperative initiative of the airport, air traffic control, and the largest home-base carrier, Lufthansa AG, GBAS was officially inaugurated on September 3rd by Dr. Stefan Schulte,
As announced in July, Air France plans to reorganize its Point-to-Point activity, currently managed by Air France and HOP! As from September 8th, 2014, Lionel Guérin, currently Chairman and CEO of HOP!, will be appointed project manager in charge of defining in detail and implementing this new unit grouping all the Air France Group’s Point-to-Point activity
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa Cargo AG will launch a strategic air cargo joint venture on routes between Japan and Europe and vice versa. This is the first worldwide cargo joint venture of its kind. ANA has received antitrust immunity, i. e. approval for the joint venture from the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on September 2nd announced, that it will require additional time to reach a decision on Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign carrier permit to serve the U.S. from Europe. Until then, Norwegian Air Shuttle will continue to operate flights to the U.S. under its existing authority from
Gogo, a global aero-communications service provider, announced that Aircell, the company’s business aviation division, has rebranded as Gogo Business Aviation. The Aircell brand can be traced back 23 years to the company’s original founding in 1991. Gogo Business Aviation will build on the Aircell tradition using the same people, passion and culture of innovation that
A new chapter has been opened in the quest to make commercial air transport more environmentally and economically sustainable, with the agreement by Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre to jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. The initial three-year project, which will be undertaken
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed an agreement to acquire Swissport’s cargo business at Copenhagen Airport, reinforcing its position as the largest independent cargo handler in Denmark. Under the terms of the agreement, Swissport will transfer all business activities to WFS on 1st October 2014. WFS will take over Swissport’s 4,200m² cargo terminal at Copenhagen
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) revealed on September 1st, 2014 a new organisation which aims at preparing the Agency for the challenges of the coming years. The new organisation will enable the Agency to engage more pragmatically with the aviation industry. A strategy and safety management directorate has been created in order to strengthen
With the signature of South African Airbus operator Global Airways, ADSoftware announced that AirPack solution is now one of the leading MRO software solutions on the African market. ADSoftware’s presence in the African aviation industry started in 2003 when the French aviation software developer and publisher was selected to provide its flagship AirPack maintenance software
