Pictured above – World Travel Awards founder Graham Cooke, center, celebrates with Ms. Jenny Lau, Group President, Sino Jet on right. Sino Jet Ltd, which is being reported as Asia’s fastest growing business jet operator, has announced its strategy for continued growth in Asia Pacific. The company, which has just been awarded two coveted World […]
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Vietnam Airlines Delivers Country’s First Inflight Connectivity
Vietnam Airlines (VN) is cementing its status as the country’s premier national carrier by becoming the first Vietnamese airline to offer inflight connectivity (IFC) – through a partnership with SITAONAIR and Inmarsat satellite telecommunications operator VISHIPEL. The collaboration will see the delivery of pioneering inflight internet services across its fleet, offering digitally-demanding passengers the onboard […]
Piper Appoints Former NASA Astronaut, Winston Scott to the Board of Directors
Piper Aircraft has announced that is has appointed former NASA Astronaut and Aeronautical Engineer, Captain Winston Scott to its Board of Directors effective October 10, 2019. “We are pleased to welcome Captain Scott to the Piper board and especially value his aviation experience and expertise”, said Simon Caldecott, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft, Inc. […]
AOPA Announces Mexico Will Accept BasicMed Pilots
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has announced that pilots flying under BasicMed will be able to travel to Mexico in their aircraft starting December 10, 2019, under a policy letter signed by Mexico’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics on October 11, 2019. In recognizing BasicMed, Mexico joins The Bahamas as a BasicMed-friendly destination. The […]
STARS Takes Delivery of Third H145 from Airbus Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters Canada has delivered a new twin-engine H145 to nonprofit air ambulance provider STARS as part of a fleet replacement initiative for nine new H145 aircraft. This helicopter marks the third delivery to the nonprofit air ambulance provider and is its first H145 to operate out of its Saskatoon base in Saskatchewan. “We made […]
Daher Congratulates TBM Owners and Pilots Association on Successful 2019 Convention
The TBM Owners and Pilots Association’s (TBMOPA) 2019 convention brought together TBM owners and their Daher-built very fast turboprop aircraft from around the world, underscoring this annual gathering’s importance as one of the largest such meetings for a turbine aircraft type. Converging at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Denver, Colorado were 102 aircraft representing […]
Flagship Cessna Citation Longitude Enters Service
Textron Aviation Inc. announced the first deliveries of the company’s new flagship Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet, signaling the start of a new dimension in business travel. The Longitude received FAA type certification on September 21, 2019. “The newly certified Citation Longitude brings unrivaled technology to the business travel market, for both the passenger […]
Delair Appoints Tripard to Head Global Business Development
Delair has announced the appointment of Baptiste Tripard to the position of Vice President, Global Business Development. The seasoned tech executive with extensive experience in geospatial and data management technologies was most recently the Director of Strategy & Business Development of the drone group at Intel. At Delair, he will focus on the company’s further […]
Dieter Morszeck Foundation Flying to Bahamas to Aid Hurricane Victims
The German based Dieter Morszeck Foundation is providing aid to the victims of hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas by flying rescue and relief missions out of Florida. Three of their aircraft are airlifting injured and sick persons from the areas ravaged by the hurricane, and bringing in medical personnel, drinking water and food to the […]
Delair Introduces an Unlimited Plan to Provide Flexible Access to Cloud-Based Drone Photogrammetry and Data Management
Delair announced today its unlimited photogrammetry plan, available through its cloud-based delair.ai visual intelligence platform. The flexible plan offers a fixed-monthly subscription fee to access delair.ai to create digital maps and models, while managing the data on a secure and scalable cloud architecture which supports additional functionalities such as data sharing, advanced analytics, annotations, and […]
