Claudio Peer, the former chief operating officer of Swiss Air's private aviation subsidiary has joined Jet Aviation as the new senior director of sales for aircraft management in EMEA and Asia
Flight Display Systems has successfully installed its Select Cabin Management System (Select CMS) onto a Eurocopter EC 145 for the first time, meaning VIP passengers can now control XM Radio, Blu-ray video, cabin lighting, air conditioning, and a Flight Display Moving Map from the comfort of their seats.
Dubai-based private aviation company Empire Aviation Group , has joined forces with Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces, one of Asia?s largest luxury hotel groups, to create a new portfolio of travel packages for luxury vacation seekers. Uniquely, they all include a private jet, operated by Empire Aviation Group, at the heart of the offer.
International aviation provider Air Partner plc has been working closely with the British Government this week as it hopes to repatriate up to 6,000 displaced Egyptians who have flooded into Tunisia as a result of the political uprising in Libya.
Dassault owners waiting for the latest version of the EASy II flight deck which is due to enter service this summer – can also look forward to improved access to Europan airports.
Tunisia's move towards a greater involvement in sub-assembly and manufacturing for the aerospace industry has been dealt another blow with a delay of a new French facility at the Tunis Aerospace Park
Troubled Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has stunned European manufacturer Airbus with a cancellation of 30 aircraft that has put the Europeans into a loss situation for the first two months of the year
RUAG has broadened its approval for Honeywell engines at the Oberpfaffenhofen site. The engines for the Challenger 300 have just been added to the range.
Airbus Military has successfully completed the number of required simulated flight-cycles on a full scale test airframe to achieve civil type certification of the A400M by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Etihad Airways has appointed Mr Qutiaba Zahde to the position of Country Manager in Iran, responsible for overseeing the airline's commercial activities and sales growth in the Iranian market.
At this year's ATC Global in Amsterdam the Swiss system supplier for the aviation community SkySoft-ATM and the German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH will launch their newly developed air traffic management system SkyManager.
Emirates has been scored as the best airline for in-flight meals according to a survey of more than a thousand passengers by international flight comparison site Skyscanner.net
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) downgraded its airline industry outlook for 2011 to $8.6bn from the $9.1bn it estimated in December 2010. This is a 46% fall in net profits compared to the $16bn (revised from $15.1bn) earned by the industry in 2010. On expected industry revenues of $594bn, the $8.6bn 2011 profit equates to a net profit margin of 1.4%.
Signature Flight Support which has its regional headquarters in Bahrain, announced today that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Yellowstone Jetcenter, a provider of FBO services at Gallatin Field Airport in Bozeman, Montana, USA.
ExecuJet Aviation Group is expanding the reach of its aircraft Completions Management Division with newly-won business from South Africa, the Middle East and Australia.
Wataniya Airways has relaunched its website to provide guests and visitors with improved services and more information about flight schedules and other Wataniya Airways products.
