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Lufthansa is launching a six-month biofuel trial on regular scheduled flights. A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the registration D-AIDG will fly the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Hamburg route four times daily. One of its engines will run on a 50/50 mix of regular fuel and biosynthetic kerosene. The biofuel for jet engines has been approved by the American Society […]

Revisa released that it became Aero Sekur S.p.A. Service Center for Brazil and South America. Headquarted in Sao Paulo, Revisa Aeronautical Services is a MRO organization, present on the aviation market since 1998. Besides qualified and certified by great companies such as Honeywell, Goodrich, Meggit, Messier Bugatti, EAM, RFD and B/E Aerospace, on March 2011 became

Aviation training centre Baltic Aviation Academy (BAA) based in Vilnius, Lithuania, signed an agreement with CAE, a leading provider of simulation and modelling technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil aviation and defence forces. CAE will be the provider of choice for BAA full-flight simulator (FFS) requirements as well as training services for selected

dnata, one of the world’s largest air services provider, brought its new visual branding to the UK as part of a global re-branding of its business units. Plane Handling Ltd., which was acquired in 2010, will be re-branded as dnata with immediate effect. “The UK is a very important market for dnata, and one in which we have expanded considerably in

Aircell, a leading provider of in-air connectivity, has officially changed its name to Gogo.  In addition to the name change, the Gogo brand has undergone a complete makeover. The new look and feel augments the company’s focus on helping its airline partners offer an experience and product that customers love. It also effectively portrays Gogo as more

Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, released that “SureJet” will be its company name upon completion of its merger with ExpressJet Airlines. The airline acquired ExpressJet in November 2010 and is in the process of merging the two companies and operations, with the intent of achieving a single operating certificate from the FAA

A J Walter Aviation has concluded phase one of its move to a new 60 acre site with the relocation of its operations to a new Logistics Centre near Slinfold, West Sussex.  The construction of a modern state-of-the-art office and warehouse complex continues and, upon completion, this new development near London Gatwick Airport will become

STS Engineering Solutions was awarded GSA Schedule GS-10F-0256X for Professional Engineering Services. GSA offers simplified buying to the government. STS Engineering Solutions is now authorized to sell directly to government agencies via GSA Advantage and eBuy. STS Engineering Solutions looks forward to providing engineering services to government agencies during depot maintenance of helicopters and aircraft,

A BAE Systems research aircraft is helping scientists analyse air pollution in the northern hemisphere caused by wildfires in Canada, in a bid to improve pollution forecasts. The BAe 146 Atmospheric Research Aircraft (ARA) is on a three-week mission to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada where it is carrying a team of researchers who will use

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced that Al Bateen Executive Airport saw significant growth in business aviation in its half year results, with an almost 40% growth in private jet movements versus the same period last year. The news follows the recent arrival of Al Bateen’s fifth operator, Rotana Jet, which launched operations with a Gulfstream