Oxford Aviation Academy has acquired a new Airbus A320-200 full-flight simulator, to be based at its Stockholm Training Facility at Arlanda Airport. Germanwings (4U) will open a new cabin crew training center in Cologne. It also plans to add 150 flight attendants this year, increasing the number to 700. It will also add two Airbus A319s to its fleet.
IATA has signaled it will work "even more closely" with the air cargo industry as it deals with ever-increasing security and safety needs, IATA CEO and DG Tony Tyler told the organization's World Cargo Symposium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Chinese government is serious about taking retaliatory measures against EU ETS by avoiding Airbus aircraft orders, the country’s European Union ambassador has warned.
Commsoft’s OASES maintenance management software has been selected by European airline group OLT, following its recent mergers with Polish carriers Yes Airways and Jet Air. CSA Technics is performing C checks and repainting on two Syphax Airlines Airbus A319 aircraft, on lease from Doric Asset Finance.
LAN Airlines operated its first commercial flight using second-generation biofuels in South America. An Airbus A320, powered by CFM56-5B engines, flew from Chile’s Santiago to Concepción March 7, completing a year-long preparation by LAN and partner Air BP Copec.
Nine European aviation companies and airlines have joined forces in demanding the EU and its member states take all necessary steps to stop the escalating trade conflict with countries opposing the inclusion of aviation in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and push for a global deal under ICAO.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday upheld a ruling that Boeing received “at least” $5.3 billion of unfair subsidies between 1989 and 2006 and agreed with Airbus that the effect of the financial support is larger than their face value in light of their “particularly pervasive” nature.
As the first and only conference in North America dedicated to addressing the impacts commercial aviation has on the environment, ATW again presents the 5 th Annual Eco-Aviation Conference in Washington, DC. Beginning 20 June 2012, industry leaders will gather to examine highly charged eco topics in lively panel discussions. This year’s topics include:
India’s Jet Airways and WheelTug signed of a letter of intent giving the airline the right to lease WheelTug Aircraft Drive Systems for installation on its Boeing 737NG aircraft. The WheelTug electric drive system uses high-performance electric motors, installed in the nose gear wheels of an aircraft, to provide full mobility while on the ground during pushback and taxi operations without using aircraft's engines or tugs.
Hawaiian Airlines has earned the first-ever aviation based carbon credits, having reduced its CO2 emissions by nearly 22,000 metric tons over the past six years using an eco-friendly engine washing technology developed by Pratt & Whitney.
LAN Airlines and Air BP Copec on March 7 made the first commercial flight in South America using second generation biofuels. The flight, between the Chilean cities of Santiago and Concepcion, was conducted using an A320 with CFM International CFM56-5B engines. The fuel came from used vegetable oil refining. Chilean Minister of the Environment, Maria Ignacia Benitez, attended an event in Concepcion to mark the flight.
Results have been published from Lufthansa’s long-term biofuels test program, known as the burnFAIR project, and showthat fuel burn was slightly less than with conventional jet fuel. During the burnFAIR research project, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 flew eight times daily between Hamburg and Frankfurt from July 15 to Dec. 27, 2011. One engine was powered by a 50-50 blend of biofuel and conventional fuel.
Nine European aviation companies and airlines joined forces in March and demanded concrete steps to stop the escalating trade conflict with countries opposing the inclusion of aviation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) tax was widely condemned during the FAA’s Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington in March, with the US Department of Transportation chief labeling it as bad law. The approach to ETS implementation “was totally wrong,” US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in his opening remarks at the conference. “The law is bad, and it doesn’t help our relationships with the EU. What I say is, sit at a table, talk to one another, reach a compromise,” LaHood said.
Interested parties concerned about EASA's new rules on third country operators (TCO) have until March 26th to react to the comment response document,(CRD), issued by the European organisation on January 26th.
German authorities denied fifth-freedom rights for Russia’s AirBridgeCargo’s (ABC) Frankfurt-on-Main to Chicago route, although the two countries will continue discussions in August.
For the first time in 20 years, low-cost carriers are growing at a slower pace than traditional carriers in Europe, David Marsh, Eurocontrol STATFOR manager-forecasting and traffic analysis, directorate network management, said Friday.
Europe’s go-it-alone approach on its controversial airline carbon tax is driving discord where there needs to be harmony, IATA DG Tony Tyler told a Washington audience Thursday.
The world's airlines' passenger traffic increased by 6.4% in 2011 on a 6.5% rise in capacity, according to ICAO, which predicted the annual rate of growth going forward won't be as robust.
