Airbus A400M Makes First Test Flight With Sustainable Aviation Fuel
LONDON - This summer, the Airbus A400M programme team launched its first test flight of the A400M using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Using a 29% load of SAF in one…
WAI Celebrates Annual ‘Girls in Aviation Day’ With New App
LONDON – Women in Aviation International (WAI) are set to commemorate this year’s 8th Annual Girls in Aviation Day on September 24 with the relaunch of a free Aviation for Girls…
Almost 2 million travellers for SAS in August
OSLO - In the recent traffic figures posted by Scandinavian carrier, SAS (SK), it was reported that the airline had almost 2 million passengers in the month of August alone.…
Rockton to purchase 40 Heart Aerospace ES-30 aircraft
OSLO - Rockton, a Swedish-based lessor, becomes the most recent aviation company to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the Swedish Heart Aerospace ES-30 electric aircraft. Eyeing a sustainable…
NTSB & Navy to Recover Wreckage of Mutiny Bay Plane Crash
LONDON – The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the U.S. Navy will recover the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter that crashed on September 4 off Whidbey Island,…
Why Was The C17 Globemaster Used To Transport The Queen’s Coffin Back to London?
LONDON - Earlier this week saw HM Queen Elizabeth II transported back to London via the Royal Air Force's C17 Globemaster aircraft. Why was this the aircraft of choice? ZZ177,…
Ryanair signs 160,000 ton SAF deal with OMV
LONDON - European LCC Ryanair have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OMV to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the airports across Austria, Germany and Romania where Ryanair…
US Border Forces Reveal Seizure of Phone Data on Massive Scale
LONDON – US Customs and Border Protection officials have revealed that the data from as many as 10,000 electronic devices searched and seized at US air and sea ports and…
Air Canada to acquire 30 ES-30 aircraft from Heart Aerospace
OSLO - Canadian flag carrier Air Canada (AC) announced that they will acquire 30 ES-30 electric aircraft from Sweden based Heart Aerospace. The announcement follows recent news of a similar…
New flag carrier expected in Malta later this year
LONDON - Malta MedAir (MT, Malta Int'l) could be liquidated together with sister carrier Air Malta (KM, Malta Int'l), according to an alleged secret government plan to create a new…