Small Planet Airlines and Neckermann, a leading Polish travel agency, have signed a 3-year deal to operate flights from Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary to Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain and Egypt resorts. “Having accumulated much experience in Polish leisure travel market, we offer high level, professional and safe services to Polish tourists and our partners. Our trustworthiness, reliable aircraft fleet, [...]
Avia Solutions Group, a group of business aviation companies, together with its subsidiary FL Technics is further strengthening its position in the global aviation technical support and maintenance market and is set to open its first representative office in Kuala Lumpur by the end of this year. ‘FL Technics aims at becoming a local company operating globally; therefore establishing an [...]
Starting from the first of December ground handler – Baltic Ground Services will provide one of the largest Russian carriers Transaero with passenger and aircraft handling services, ticketing and fuelling services in the International Vilnius Airport. According to the newly signed agreement Baltic Ground Services will serve the company’s Boeing 737-500 (101-114 seats) aircraft which is operated on the route [...]
In 2006 the European Commission for the very first time issued a list of air carriers that were forbidden to operate within the European Union. It then contained the names of 92 airlines. EU has now prepared an updated ‘black list’ presented several days ago. Currently 273 airlines are banned from crossing the European airspace. 70% of the countries on [...]
The International Monetary Fund predicts that in the next five years Africa will be one of the 10 most rapidly growing economies in the world. The World Bank expects that as early as next year the region’s economy will go up by approx. 5.5%. Global aviation industry is constantly stiffening safety regulations and companies all over the world have to [...]
FL Technics, an integrated aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organisation (MRO), has commenced a strategic partnership with Boeing and will support its aircraft, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, under the GoldCare programme. According to the agreement, FL Technics, an approved provider and preferred supplier in Boeing GoldCare system, will provide line and base maintenance, component solutions and engineering services for the [...]
The Russian – Western European Pilot Training Data Analysis launched at European Airline Training Symposium 2011 (EATS 2011) by BAA Training, states that 85% of 150 pilots retrained from Russian to Western European aircraft types in BAA during 2011, needed additional focus on Western approach for the teamwork in the cockpit. This might come as a surprise, given the fact [...]
After signing a cooperation agreement with the CAE and introducing an Airbus A320 full flight simulator in Vilnius, Lithuania, BAA Training opened its doors for a large number of students from Portugal. Compared to the same period last year, the number of Portuguese students interested in the BAA type rating training programs has increased by 50%. The first private BAA [...]
