Garuda Indonesia (GA) and Auckland International (AKL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the reopening of direct service from Indonesia to AKL.
Porter Airlines (PD) on Tuesday conducted Canada’s first biofuel-powered revenue flight, operating a Bombardier Q400 between Toronto City Centre and Ottawa using a 50:50 blend of biofuel and Jet A1fuel in one of its engines.
Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government has implemented a night-flight ban for passenger aircraft at Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) between midnight and 5 a.m. local time. Cargo flights are excluded.
Only two months remain until ATW’s 5 th Annual Eco-Aviation Conference and Awards Ceremony. Vigorous debate on the most pressing eco-aviation issues will be the foundation of this year’s Conference with its new, all-panel format.
Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government has implemented a night-flight ban for passenger aircraft at Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) between midnight and 5 a.m. local time. Cargo flights are excluded.
Garuda Indonesia (GA) and Auckland International (AKL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the reopening of direct service from Indonesia to AKL.
The latest Boeing 787 to be received by All Nippon Airways (ANA) was partially powered on its delivery flight Tuesday by biofuel, marking the first time a Dreamliner has used alternative fuel.
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The companies said in a joint statement that they have "agreed to seek collaborative opportunities to speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders to support, promote and accelerate the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources."
Qantas (QF) and SkyNRG operated Australia’s first commercial biofuel flight April 13 between Sydney and Adelaide. The flight, using an Airbus A330, used a 50:50 blend of biofuel derived from used cooking oil and conventional jet fuel, QF said in a statement. The fuel, supplied by SkyNRG, has been fully certified for use in commercial aviation. Its life cycle carbon footprint is around 60% smaller than that of conventional jet fuel.
Emphasis is shifting among biofuel manufacturers toward chemical production and away from fuel production, according to early presentations at the Advanced Biofuel Leadership Conference held in Washington in early April. The major reasons: bio-chemicals are both easier to produce from biological feedstock and are more valuable than fuels.
Biofuels are unlikely to provide significant relief from high fuel prices any time soon or before oil prices climb considerably further. But they could eventually limit the degree of escalation in fuel costs and evade restraints that governments may put on hydrocarbon fuels.
Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) and Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School (UHCAS) have signed an MOU for a long-term training partnership under which they will co-develop flight training programs for “modern aircraft” in the Russian Federation. OAA will place a Boeing 737 full-flight simulator at UHCAS’s training center.
Panama-based Copa Airlines (CM) will introduce Iquitos (IQT) into its route network July 14, with two nonstop weekly services out of its Panama City (PTY) hub.
Finnair (AY) said last week it will cut 280 maintenance jobs as it outsources engine and component services to Swiss SR Technics in a further move to cut costs.
Chengdu-based Sichuan Airlines (3U) is accelerating the pace of its international expansion as Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) moves forward with plans to become China’s fourth busiest international hub.
Qantas (QF) launched Australia’s first commercial biofuel flight Friday, operating an Airbus A330 between Sydney and Adelaide using a 50:50 blend derived from used cooking oil and conventional jet fuel.
Russian and French aviation authorities have agreed to designate a second airline from each country to operate 7X-weekly services on the Paris Orly (ORY)-Moscow route.
Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS) will appeal the European Commission’s (EC) decision to allow British Airways’ (BA) parent International Airlines Group (IAG) to take over debt-racked British Midland International (bmi).
Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS) will appeal the European Commission’s (EC) decision to allow British Airways’ (BA) parent International Airlines Group (IAG) to take over debt-racked British Midland International (bmi).
Qantas (QF) launched Australia’s first commercial biofuel flight Friday, operating an Airbus A330 between Sydney and Adelaide using a 50:50 blend derived from used cooking oil and conventional jet fuel
Baltic Ground Services signed a contract with Russia’s Ak Bars Aero to provide integrated ground and passenger handling and fueling services at Vilnius International. BGS will service Bombardier CRJ200LR flights from Vilnius to St. Petersburg twice a week.
The delay in implementing the US NextGen advanced air traffic management system is more about mindset than technology according to airline and manufacturer CEOs.
Transaero Airlines (UN) signed an agreement with the Russian Development Bank’s VEB-leasing to finance four Airbus A380s from an October 2011 memorandum of understanding.
