General Aviation News

General Aviation News April 20, 2010

Bombardier Confirms Sale of Four Bombardier 415 Aircraft to Government of Manitoba

Today, Bombardier Aerospace confirmed that the Government of Manitoba is the previously announced undisclosed customer that had purchased four Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft in February…

General Aviation News April 20, 2010

Boeing 747-8 Freighter Begins Flight-Test Operations in Southern California

PALMDALE, Calif., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Freighter, RC521, landed in Palmdale, Calif., today, marking the beginning of a planned…

General Aviation News April 20, 2010

Update on European air traffic situation – 20 April 18.30 CET

EUROCONTROL expects 13,000 flights to take place today in European airspace. On a normal Tuesday, we would expect 28,000. The new procedures agreed yesterday have…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News April 20, 2010

Airbus supports evaluations of volcanic ash impact with A380 and A340-600 test flights

Airbus took advantage of scheduled development test flights from Toulouse to assess the impact on the aircraft and its flight systems within the volcanic ash…

General Aviation News April 19, 2010

Presidential Flight Of Abu Dhabi Takes Delivery Of Second Avro Business Jet (ABJ)

London, United Kingdom: The Presidential Flight of Abu Dhabi has recently inducted into its fleet a second Avro Business Jet from BAE Systems – a…

General Aviation News April 19, 2010

Behind all that ash, emissions clear

LONDON: The grounding of 63,000 flights over the past four days has saved 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than the annual emissions of…

General Aviation News April 19, 2010

Airbus flight test aircraft to support evaluation of ash impact

Industry joins forces to find a safe way to resume flightsAirbus has taken advantage of scheduled development test flights to assess the impact on the…

General Aviation News April 19, 2010

IATA sharply criticized European governments for their lack of leadership in handling airspace restrictions

Paris – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sharply criticized European governments for their lack of leadership in handling airspace restrictions in light of the…

General Aviation News April 19, 2010

Eurocontrol Update on European air traffic situation – 18 April 21.00 CET

EUROCONTROL reports that approximately 5,000 flights have taken place today in European airspace. On a normal Sunday, we would expect 24,000. Volcanic ash cloud map…

General Aviation News April 18, 2010

Update on European air traffic situation – 18 April 12.30 CET

EUROCONTROL expects approximately 4,000 flights to take place today in European airspace. On a normal Sunday, we would expect 24,000. By the end of today,…

General Aviation News April 17, 2010

Update on European air traffic situation 16.30 CET

Â Â EUROCONTROL expects approximately 5,000 flights to take place today in European airspace. On a normal Saturday, we would expect 22,000. Yesterday, 16 April,…

General Aviation News April 16, 2010

Financial Impact of Icelandic Volcano Ash

The air transport industry is experiencing major disruption of services following the Iceland volcanic eruption. Hundreds of thousands of passengers have been affected by the…

« 1 … 244 245 246 247 248 … 277 »