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United Airlines completed the first flight by a U.S. commercial airline using natural gas synthetic jet fuel, demonstrating United

Apollo Jets, a leader in private luxury jet charter, announced an exclusive partnership with commercial charter company, Contour Flight. The new partnership provides clients with an even wider variety of commercial options while still providing the same standard in luxury jets for personal trips. Specializing in transporting large groups of people at a time, Contour

Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, is introducing a new class of its SwiftBroadband service. SwiftBroadband 200 (SB200) is designed to extend the benefits of Inmarsat services to smaller aircraft and provide a more cost-effective solution for IP communications for aircraft operators. Available in the footprint of all three I-4 satellites,

Iberia management and the UGT and CCOO unions signed the company’s 19th Collective Bargaining Agreement covering ground staff, that applies from January 1st, 2009 until December 31st, 2012. The new contract covers some 14,750 Iberia employees, or nearly 70% of total staff. The contract sets a payroll increase of 0.6162% for 2009, to be effected

STS Component Solutions, a division of STS Aviation Group, and Acme Aerospace announced the establishment of a Global Distribution and Marketing Agreement. This new business partnership is focused upon expanding the existing support and service of Acme Aerospace products in addition to identifying new applications and opportunities for the Acme Aerospace products and technology. Acme

Rockwell Collins has delivered an advanced EdgeTM 737 NG Full Flight Simulator (FFS) to the Pan Am International Flight Academy’s North American training center in Miami, marking the U.S debut of the new system. The Edge 737 NG FFS, introduced by Rockwell Collins in 2009, is expected to achieve Level D certification by the Federal

Alitalia will resume nonstop service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Rome five times a week beginning June 5, 2010. The returning air service on wide-body aircraft is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually in economic activity in Southern California.

American Airlines released that it is not able to launch new, daily, nonstop service from Chicago to Beijing as planned and will delay start-up tentatively until May 25, 2010. The reason for the delay is that American has not received commercially-viable landing and take-off slots for Beijing Capital International Airport from Chinese aviation authorities. American

Euravia Engineering started trading in 1988 and is winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category, for more than doubling its revenue in three years while, at that same time, achieving more than 60% of its sales overseas. Euravia Engineering & Supply Co specialises in repair, overhaul and testing of Pratt &