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Airbus Helicopters and Nigerian-based, Helicopter company EAN Aviation Limited (EAN) have signed a partnership making EAN a distributor for Airbus Helicopters in West Africa. According to Airbus, the strategic partnership between EAN Aviation Limited and Airbus Helicopters focuses on the West African civilian market, excluding Military. In essence, civil customers in Nigeria can now contract directly with EAN Aviation Limited …
Airbus said its A380 test aircraft MSN 1 took off from Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, France at 08h43 on Friday 25 March. The flight lasted about three hours, operating one Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on 100% SAF. According to Airbus, 27 tonnes of unblended SAF were provided by Total Energies for this flight. The SAF produced in Normandy, close to Le …
New Purchase Ibom Air says it has placed an order for ten A220 aircraft with Airbus, at the Dubai Air show. The agreement, was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Ibom Air, Mr. Mfon Udom and Chief Commercial Officer of Airbus, Mr Christian Scherer, in the presence of His Excellency, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State Mr …
APOC said it has appointed industry specialist, Pete Allwood, to guide and focus its expansion programme throughout the EMEA region. According to APOC, Allwood primary responsibilities will be the development and execution of sales and programme initiatives designed to maximize APOC’s growing specialism in narrowbody aircraft and engine support. Previously regional head for Europe, Middle-East, Africa (EMEA) at Killick Aerospace, …
BAA Training Vietnam and Bamboo Airways have strengthened the reliable and long-term partnership with a 5-year contract from 2021 up until 2026. Under this contract, Bamboo Airways pledges to prioritize using full flight simulator (FFS) A320/1 lease service of BAA Training Vietnam. The second part of the agreement covers A320 and E190 Type Rating services for Bamboo Airways pilots, with …
Akwa Ibom state government owned airline in Nigeria, Ibom Air has signed a firm order for ten (10) A220s at the Dubai Airshow. The signing was done by Mfon Udom, the Chief Executive Officer of Ibom Air, and Christian Scherer, Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Airbus International in the presence of the Akwa Ibom state Governor, Mr. Udom Gabriel …
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Airbus Defence and Space has selected the winner of their joint opportunity for a free one year mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The climate mission supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals will fly on Bartolomeo, the Airbus external payload hosting platform. According to Airbus, the winning ‘ClimCam’ team …
Uganda Airlines has taken delivery of its first A330neo, the latest version of the most popular widebody airliner. It is the first Airbus aircraft delivered to Uganda Airlines, which was established in 2019. The A330neo is a true new-generation aircraft, building on the features of the popular A330 and using technology developed for the A350. Powered by the latest …
Middle East Airlines (MEA) said it has taken delivery of Airbus’ A320 Family aircraft with manufacturer serial number 10,000. MSN10, 000 is the third A321neo to join the all Airbus MEA fleet, taking the fleet size to18 aircraft. MEA received its first A321neo aircraft earlier in 2020 and will be taking another six A321neos over the coming months. …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated the low incidence of inflight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020 there have been 44 cases of COVID-19 reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated with a flight journey, inclusive of confirmed, probable and potential cases. Over the same period some 1.2 …
