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
Jet Aviation Basel signed an agreement with Riyadh-based Alpha Star Aviation Services to complete an ACJ A319 and an ACJ A330. The aircraft will be delivered to the Basel Completions Center in Q4 2015.Both aircraft interiors are designed by the Basel Design Studio and will receive European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC)
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,
