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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on ‘biokerosene,’ which included renewable jet fuel supplied by Dynamic Fuels. KLM used a 50/50 blend of conventional jet fuel and renewable jet fuel in both engines of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that carried 171 passengers from Amsterdam to Paris. The flight was a […]

Aviation training centre Baltic Aviation Academy (Lithuania) expanded its capability list by adding Boeing 777 type rating training courses. The aviation training centre became the first approved type rating training organization (TRTO) in the Baltic region to start training program for Boeing 777 type of aircraft. On June 23rd, 2011, the Lithuanian Civil Aviation Administration

Boeing’s Fort Walton Beach facility has earned AS9100 certification following an audit by outside firm Det Norske Veritas. The company achieved back-to-back zero findings/observations — 100% scores — in a periodic review completed in August 2010 and for recertification in February of this year. AS9100 certification asserts that a company adheres to internationally accepted quality,

IFE Services has been selected by euroAtlantic Airways to meet all of its in-flight entertainment (IFE) requirements. From July this year, IFE Services will supply the Portuguese airline with Blockbuster and classic movies, a selection of comedy and drama TV programmes and a broad range of music channels.  The specially tailored new content package will play

Rolls-Royce and Boeing launched a shared data service, the first of its kind in the aerospace industry. It will allow both companies to offer faster, better-informed advice to airlines, in order to maximise aircraft availability. For the first time, data from an aircraft and the engines that power it will be combined on a single system

Cirrus Aircraft and China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., (CAIGA) released that the two companies have completed their merger. With the previously announced merger now finalized, Cirrus Aircraft, a global leader in general aviation, joins China’s leading general aviation product and services company to form a worldwide general aviation enterprise.

Toronto-Hamilton International Airport, Ontario, has bucked the downward trend for cargo handling with recently released figures from 2010 indicating cargo flights increased by 14% compared with 2009, which is 3% higher than the North American growth of 11%. Ad – hoc cargo flights increased by 33.8% year on year. The airport is currently the largest

ST Aerospace and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) have concluded joint venture (JV) discussions to form an engine leasing company in Singapore. The new JV company, Total Engine Asset Management Pte Ltd (TEAM), will be equally owned (50:50) by ST Aerospace and Marubeni. Jointly managed by ST Aerospace and Marubeni, TEAM’s initial engine leasing portfolio will include the

Constant Aviation completed the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Aircell’s Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP), which provides in-cabin Wi-Fi service for Gogo Biz Inflight Internet, in an EMB135 corporate shuttle. The completion of this STC marks the first ever Gogo Biz installation in an EMB135 corporate shuttle as well as the first ever CWAP system

The Italian and Spanish national Civil Aviation Authorities, Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (ENAC) and Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea (AESA) together with Servicios y Estudios para Navegación Aérea y la Seguridad Aeronáutica (SENASA) signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a joint initiative supporting use and the sustainable production of new alternative fuels for