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Discover the World | November 02, 2020

Discover the World is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Flitestar Private Jets, a respected provider of air charter services globally. The partnership with Discover the World will focus on offering charter services to Discover's travel agency global network. Flitestar will also work with Discover's airline partners seeking charter opportunities for available aircraft. On announcing the strategic relationship, Aiden Walsh, Airline Development Manager for Discover the Wo...

Air Transport

Businesswire | May 17, 2023

CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (“CDB Leasing”), announced today the re-delivery of China’s first-ever converted Airbus A330-300 Passenger to Freighter (“A330 P2F”) aircraft on lease to its customer, Sichuan Airlines. The A330 was converted by Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (“EFW”) with Shanghai Technologies Aerospace Company Limited ("STARCO") at its facilities in Sh...

Air Transport

Universal Hydrogen | February 09, 2023

Universal Hydrogen Co., with its mission to bring hydrogen aviation to the aviation world, recently announced it was awarded a certificate of special airworthiness in the experimental classification by the (FAA) Federal Aviation Administration to proceed with its hydrogen-powered first flight. In addition, the company also released video footage of bringing out the first aircraft taxi test success. It was designed to evaluate the ground handling qualities and the execution of the fuel-cell...

Business Aviation

Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) | January 14, 2022

The Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) Board of Commissioners approved a 10-year concession agreement for the operation of a new duty-free retail outlet at Ontario International Airport (ONT). The Board's action cleared the way for 3Sixty Duty Free and More Inc. (3Sixty), a leader in global travel retail operations headquartered in Miami, to open the new retail outlet in Terminal 2 in July 2022. 3Sixty operates duty free/duty paid retail outlets at m...