Airways Aviation

Airbus | May 26, 2020

Airbus plans to wrap up production of the A380 "by 2021," heralding the beginning of the end of a sort for the superjumbo. The increasingly undesirable economics of the big quadjet, which entered service for the first time with Singapore Airlines in October 2007, had already begun to force it out of favor with its biggest operators, most notably the carrier that flies roughly half the world fleet Dubai’s Emirates. Airbus announced its plans to cease production by 2021 after Emira...

AVIATION TECHNOLOGY

Nextant Aerospace | August 18, 2021

Nextant Aerospace today announced that it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of an upgraded software Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Challenger 604 aircraft with Pro Line Fusion Avionics. The long-awaited software upgrade provides added avionics capabilities to enhance safety and awareness while also helping pilots and operators save time. Nextant is making the upgrade available at no charge for current Challenger 604 Pro Line Fusion operators. &ld...

Aerospace Technology | March 03, 2020

US-based private aircraft brand Wheels Up has acquired Gama Aviation, an aviation services company that offers aircraft management, private jet charter, and ancillary support for its managed aircraft. Operating as Gama Aviation Signature, the service supplier has been serving as the exclusive operator of the Wheels Up fleet of King Air 350i, Citation Excel/XLS and Citation X aircraft since the brand launched in 2013....

BUSINESS AVIATION

ETIHAD AIRWAYS | October 21, 2022

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with World Energy, a carbon-net-zero solutions provider, to operate the first Net-Zero flight powered entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Book & Claim, delivering delegates to COP27 with zero emissions.The airline will operate its Washington Dulles to Abu Dhabi service, routed via COP27 venue Sharm-El-Sheik to demonstrate the only feasible path to net-zero commercial aviation using current technology, whi...