In the early hours of Wednesday morning all flights until 11 a.m. local time had been cancelled at Geneva and Zurich airports for inbound and outgoing flights, causing the cancellation of a number of flights, owing to what appeared to be a hardware problem at the Skyguide air traffic control service. Skyguide has confirmed that
Vietnamese leisure airline, Bamboo Airways has selected ECS Group, to develop its cargo operations in four countries as the airline expands its network across Asia Pacific. Bamboo Airways began operating A321 services between Saigon (SGN) and Singapore (SIN) twice a week on April 29, 2022. These increased to the thrice-weekly flights on May 24, 2022.
Airbus and Kansai Airports have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the use of hydrogen at three of the group’s airports in Japan (Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport, and Kobe Airport). Through this partnership, Airbus and Kansai Airports will jointly prepare a roadmap to address challenges and define an advocacy plan for hydrogen
On 14 June, Terminal 4 will reopen to travellers for the first time in over two years as part of Heathrow’s long-standing plan to ramp up airport capacity ahead of the summer. Qatar Airways will be the first to move, followed by around 30 airlines over the following month. The move will allow Terminal 4 airlines
With the global commercial aircraft fleet expected to reach almost 40,000 aircraft by 2032, the aviation industry finds itself in a dire need of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) specialists. Understanding the high demand for maintenance professionals, Aeroclass, a forward-thinking digital training platform focused on the aviation industry, has set out to help meet the
Safran Landing Systems Canada has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to provide the design, development and qualification of a landing gear structure for future aircraft. This new structure will include a clean-sheet design of the nose and main landing gear. “We are honoured to work with Lockheed Martin on a high-technology value proposition
Boeing, in partnership with Korean Aerospace Industries and other key suppliers, has delivered the first new wing set for the A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet to the U.S. Air Force. The wing set arrived earlier this month to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, where the Air Force has started aircraft integration. Boeing was awarded
EULEN America, a leader in providing services and innovative solutions to companies, including aviation services, has been credited with the ISAGO certification from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This International certification authenticates the compliance of operation safety standards for organisation and management (ORM), load control (LOD), passenger and baggage handling (PAB), aircraft handling and
Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel’s national military and civilian security defence company, has issued its consolidated financial statements for the quarter which ended on March 31, 2022. The company’s sales in Q1 2022 totalled US$1,200 million compared to US$1,015 million in Q1 2021, an increase of US$185 million mainly arising from the increase in the sales
IAG Cargo has partnered with Kuehne + Nagel to purchase 8 million litres of the first UK produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The 8 million litres of SAF will remove approximately 18,300 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of 350 British Airways flights between London and New York. The SAF, manufactured from sustainable waste feedstocks, will
