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,
Fokker Services a business line of Fokker Technologies and GKN Aerospace are proud to announce the officially launched the first ever SkyView Window for a civil jet aircraft. The SkyView window, a Fokker STC, will be the first of its kind certified for the business aviation community and will be offered to Boeing Business Jets
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
Boeing delivered Transaero’s first Next-Generation 737-800. The airplane, sporting a new livery, arrived at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. Transaero’s newest 737 has a recognizable radome “bump” on top of the fuselage just behind the wings. The dome-shaped radome covers a Ku-band satellite antenna system that enables broadband passenger connectivity all over the world — even over
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
On behalf of Markpoint International, Skyworld Aviation has arranged the sale of two Saab 340A aircraft, serial numbers 051 and 136. Skyworld Aviation has been long established in the Saab 340 market and this latest deal takes the total of Saab 340 transactions to 117. The aircraft were previously in operation with Mali Air Express
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
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has delivered the third B737-400SF 11 pallet position freighter to Brazil based, Sideral Air Cargo. The aircraft, built in 1995 (MSN 25377) is a high gross weight B737-400 and was converted and painted at Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility. Sideral has another B737-400SF on order with AEI which will be delivered in
Embraer Executive Jets appointed ExecuJet Aviation Nigeria as a new Authorized Service Center. Located in Lagos, Nigeria, ExecuJet is able to offer Embraer Phenom 300 Line Maintenance services in the Western Africa region. ExecuJet Nigeria has joined the Embraer global network for its executive jets that has over 75 service centers worldwide. This network is
