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2011 April No. 4 (26)
WILL MAY 9TH MARK VICTORY FOR ARTSAKH AIR? The gov ernment of the de f acto state of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, known locally as the Artsakh Republic, which has broken away f rom Azerbaijan, is planning to launch serv ices with its own airline. Artsakh Air, also ref erred to as Artsakhav ia, will be the sole operator of f lights f rom Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. Armenian President Serzh Sargsy an on March 31 declared that he will be the f irst passenger to board a planned f light f rom Y erev an to Stepanakert, capital of breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Private jets to soar in Asia skies on Chinese demand Hong Kong is experiencing a growing demand f or priv ate av iation. The Business Av iation Center at the Chek Lap Kok Airport is one of the region’s busiest with more priv ate jets than places to park and more then 4,000 priv ate jets traf f ic ev ery y ear. Exclusiv e trips to the region’s wealthy elite are of f ered and despite the premium price, more people in the region can af f ord it. Read more >
UTair to purchase 20 new ATR aircraft UTair Av iationhas concluded a contract with ATR f or the deliv ery of 20 new ATR 75-500 regional turboprop aircraf t. UTair Av iation General Director Andrey Martirosov and ATR Consortium Executiv e Director Filippo Bangniato signed the contract in the presence of numerous guests and of f icials on April 7th in Kiev .
According to Chief operating of f icer of Domolev o airport Denis Nuzdin, Priv ate f unds with amount of $2.5 billion are planned to be inv ested in the dev elopment of Domodedovo airport till the y ear of 2020. It is estimated that up to 60 million passenger traf f ic increase a y ear is expected, and the construction of third runway is planned in the network of Domodedov o airport dev elopment.
Ukraine’s AeroSvit leased additional Boeing 767s in to order to increase its long-haul capacity .
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VIDEO: FL Technics CEO Jonas Butautis “We are close to the customer, we listen to the customer and dev elop our serv ices according to our customers’ needs. This is our key to success” – say s CEO of FL Technics Jonas Butautis. Read more >
Aircraft market and industry Mitsubishi must build a 100-seat regional jet if it expects to be a serious competitor ATR certif ied to operate in colder conditions Aerof lot retrains Airbus A320 pilots f or Sukhoi Superjet 100 Luf thansa chooses Pratt engines f or A320neos Read more >
Airports in EU and CIS Ry anair opens new maintenance f acility in Frankf ur Hahn airport BAA to sell Stansted, one airport in Scotland
AeroSvit has leased six 767300ERs af ter hav ing receiv ed two of the ty pe in February and March with the intention to boost capacity on its existing intercontinental routes and launch new long-haul serv ices. Apart f rom New Y ork, Toronto, Delhi, Beijing and Bangkok, additionally Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City and Colombo, are intended to be serv ed this autumn.
Merger of Sheremety ev o and Vnukov o airports Read more >
Airlines worldwide Oly mpic to Focus on Greece, Balkans, Middle East Uzbekistan Airway s to dev elop Ground Inf rastructure Turkish Airlines Exercises Options f or 15 Boeing 737s Embraer conf irms f iv e E-jet options f or KLM City hopper Rossiy a purchased two Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliners Airbus and Tarom to build biof uel plant in Romania Read more >
LOT receives EMBRAER 195, retires EMBRAER 145 The f irst Embraer 195 was deliv ered to LOT Polish Airlines last week. The introduction this ty pe of aircraf t into serv ices on a number of its medium-range European routes is expected this summer. 4 additional 112-seat E195s are ordered with a deliv ery scheduled bef ore the end of this y ear. Read more >
Transaero to introduce 12 new aircraft in 2011 12 additional aircraf t are planned to start operating on Transaero Airlines’ f leet this y ear, including six Boeing 747-400s, two Boeing 777-300s, one Boeing 767 and three Boeing 737s. Read more >
BGS signs Wizz Air at Warsaw Chopin airport Baltic Ground Serv ices signed an agreement with Europe’s leading low cost carrier Wizz Air. At Warsaw Frederic Chopin airport BGS will prov ide Wizz Air with integrated aircraf t and passenger ground handling serv ices. According to the contract, BGS will prov ide serv ices f or 65 Wizz Air f lights per week. First Wizz Air f light to be serv iced is scheduled f or May 24th.
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FL Technics JETS receives EASA Part145 certification Business av iation serv ices prov ider FL Technics JETS receiv ed EASA Part-145 certif ication, which allows the company to prov ide repair and maintenance serv ices f or Hawker Beechcraf t 700/750/800/800XP/850XP/900XP aircraf t f amily .
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Armavia finally receives first Sukhoi Superjet The deliv ery of the f irst serially -produced Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet was taken by the launch customer Armenian f lag-carrier Armav ia. The f irst serially produced Sukhoi Superjet 100 was f lown in April 15 f rom Zhukov sky near Moscow, v ia Nov osibirsk to Komsomolsk-on-Amur f or f inal acceptance testing. The aircraf t was piloted by test pilots Chikunov , Kochetkov , and Pripuskov to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraf t Production Association (KnAAPO) where the assembly line f or the Sukhoi Superjet is located.
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New airport ground handling policy in India All airport operators were asked to initiate steps to implement the new groundhandling policy f rom April 1 in a bid to enhance saf ety and improv e serv ices at Indian airports, the ministry of civ il av iation announced. Read more >
Open skies between the EU and Brazil A comprehensiv e air serv ices agreement between the EU and Brazil was initiated two week ago. The agreement will allow all the EU airlines to operate direct f lights to any destination in Brazil f rom city in Europe and assures that any restrictions on routes, prices and the number of weekly f lights will be applicable.
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Avia Solutions Group launches AviationCV “With the increasing demand f or air trav el and expansion of f leets, airlines are already experiencing a shortage of pilots or are f aced with rising costs of av iation crew wages. Av iationCV is aimed to prov ide better employ ment opportunities f or motiv ated pilots and crews in the dev eloping countries and to of f er cost-ef f ectiv e staf f ing solutions f or airlines in the dev eloped markets” – said CEO of Av iationCV Darius Verby la. Read more >
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