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India’s air traffic controller: a third of positions left vacant

India has just pumped US$ 50 millions into a new air traffic control tower in New Delhi. Now comes the hard part: finding qualified flight controllers to operate it.

Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi/Image: Delhi online cityguide

Designed by HOK, the same firm that drafted Apple’s research head- quarters in California, the tower will be operational in about six months. Yet, it may struggle to handle more flights without enough controllers, according to aviation officials.
The nation’s busiest airport needs 600 of the technicians ideally for stable operations, but employs only 360, the officials say.
The world’s fastest-growing major aviation market is grappling with Continue reading

Rescuing the arch-rival?

German national carrier Lufthansa is in talks to rescue its arch-rival Air Berlin, ,Handelsblatt´ has learned. Europe‘s biggest airline is negotiating with Gulf carrier Etihad, Air Berlin‘s biggest shareholder with a stake of just under 30 percent, to acquire parts of the struggling airline that has been making losses for the past 10 years.

According to Handelblatt Etihad has shored up Air Berlin with credit of several hundred million euros in the past. But Germany‘s second-largest airline has kept on hemorrhaging money because it overreached itself with its ambition to be a premium carrier, budget and charter airline all in one. Lufthansa appears to be interested in taking over all Air Berlin routes that don‘t go via the hubs in Düsseldorf or Berlin, as well as around 40 leased aircraft including their crews.

The planes could join the fleet of Lufthansa‘s budget subsidiary Eurowings. The talks are scheduled to be completed by October at the latest. Up to now the three companies declined to comment.

If the deal happens, Air Berlin chief executive Stefan Pichler could Continue reading “Rescuing the arch-rival?”

July 15th: Boeing celebrates 100 years

Boeings history startet July 15, 1916. From producing a single canvas-and-wood airplane the Company turned in the last 100 years into the world’s largest aerospace company.

http://www.boeing.com/boeing100/

Birthday congretulations also came from competitor Airbus:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/07/13/what-airbus-has-say-boeings-100th-anniversary/87042608/

Once the stuff of dreams…..

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/aerospace/boeing-celebrates-100-years/261860933

List of sources: Boeing, USA Today

Emirates named World’s Best Airline at Skytrax World Airline Awards 2016Emirates : Three times Gold

Emirates_Skytrax_Awards_2016_Credit_Emirates — This year’s Skytrax awards were based on a total of 19.2 million completed surveys covering 280 airlines, by customers hailing from more than 104 countries/Image: Emirates

12 July 2016: Emirates was named the World’s Best Airline 2016 at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards 2016, in addition to scooping up the awards for World’s Best Inflight Entertainment for a record 12th consecutive year, and Best Airline in the Middle East.

Based on the results of the largest airline passenger satisfaction survey in the industry, the World’s Best Airline Awards are considered a global benchmark of airline excellence. This year’s Skytrax awards were based on a total of 19.2 million completed surveys covering 280 airlines, by customers hailing from more than 104 countries. The Skytrax survey measures quality standards across 41 key performance indicators of front-line products and services in the airline industry.

The 2016 World Airline Awards are announced

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You can always go your own way…..

Lorne Riley, Dubai Aiports, presented impressing figures at the Aviation Event 2016 in Frankfurt/Foto: Gregor Schläger

Lorne Riley, Head of Communications Dubai Airports, was one of the guests of die Aviation Event 2016, at the HOLM in Frankfurt. About 100 deciders of the Aviation Industry and Politicians discussed about Industry 4.0 and its impacts for the Aviation Business und the Society.

The Event is a meanwhile well established dialogue-platform for Politicians and Deciders of the Aviation Industry,.

Lorne Riley startet his presentation, showing impressing figures, with this video.

Some impressions and figures showing the Dubai Airports Ambition

German Aviation presentation JUNE 2016

German footbal team started with ,Fanhansa´ to Europaean Championship

With Fanhansa to the European Championship/Image: Lufthansa

On June 7th, the German football team started to the European Championship in France with Fanhansa Lufthansa special flight LH342. The special plane took off from Frankfurt at 14:02 local time.

Last week, the Boeing 737-300 aircraft type with the registration D-ABEK received special livery for the occasion. In addition to the well-known “Fanhansa” logo from the 2014 World Cup, the names of fans now decorate the aircraft’s fuselage. Among more than 65,000 online applications, around 300 winners were drawn to symbolically accompany the national team on their flight to the European Championship.
“After the very emotional return from Rio with the Fanhansa Siegerflieger, we Continue reading “German footbal team started with ,Fanhansa´ to Europaean Championship”

Mesut Özil paid a visit to Arsenal Soccer Schools Dubai

Mesut-_zil-5 — Mesut Özil kicking in front of the “Arsenal A380“ of Emirates/Foto: Emirates

Kids at Arsenal Soccer Schools Dubai (ASSD) were able to shoot for the stars when Arsenal superstar Mesut Özil dropped in for a special lesson on how to “Play the Arsenal Way”.

Acclaimed for his playmaking finesse as an attacking midfielder, Özil imparted his winning tips to the young trainees at 7he Sevens ground, home of ASSD. The Arsenal star spent time on the pitch with up and coming footballers before joining them for special group photos. Özil arrived on the Emirates’ Arsenal A380, which was recently adorned with a decal of the club’s crest as well as six players in action fronted by Mesut Özil, and flanked by Alexis Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud.

Clearly visible on both sides of the aircraft, the entire decal measures more than 360 square metres. With the A380 visiting 40 destinations, fans from all over the world will both be able to fly and see the Emirates’ Arsenal A380.

Shortly after arriving, Özil greeted his fans on social media and displayed some fancy football moves in front of the aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDum_xdJ3e4&feature=youtu.be

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Swiss dedicates its first Boeing 777 to its Employees

B777 — Faces of Swiss/Image: Swiss International Airlines

As a sign of special appreciation, Swiss International Air Lines has dedicated its first Boeing 777-300ER to its employees. As of Friday, the faces of more than 2,500 employees will adorn the fuselage of the new Swiss flagship for a full year’s time.

As part of the strategy, “Next Generation Airline of Switzerland“, Swiss wishes to reinforce its promise as an employer as well as its attractiveness in the labor market. The Swiss Lufthansa Group Airline wishes to position itself as `Employer of Choice´ in the European airline industry and stimulate its interest in target groups outside of the aviation industry. With the slogan “Faces of SWISS“, the Boeing 777-300ER will immediately Continue reading “Swiss dedicates its first Boeing 777 to its Employees”

90th anniversary of the founding of the first Lufthansa

First Flight Der erste Linienflug der Luft Hansa´s first flight with a Fokker-Grulich F II from Berlin via Halle-Erfurt-Stuttgart to Zurich on April 6th, 1926 Foto: LH-Bildarchiv / Lufthansa: 04.1926 DLHD 3084-1-4 — Luft Hansa´s first flight with a Fokker-Grulich F II from Berlin via Halle-Erfurt-Stuttgart to Zurich on April 6th, 1926 /Image: Lufthansa

6 January 2016 will mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the first Lufthansa. In order to mark this occasion, Deutsche Lufthansa AG is publishing the first comprehensive account of the history of the first Lufthansa. The historic work entitled in German Continue reading “90th anniversary of the founding of the first Lufthansa”

Last Flight of US Airways

US_AIRWAYS_A319_(2322619519) — US Airways Airbus A319

It’s the end of the line for US Airways. The airline that started as a tiny airmail service 76 years ago is retiring as part of a 2013 merger with American Airlines. The final US Airways flight was scheduled to take off from Philadelphia on October 16th. It’s a small part of a huge trend that’s affecting how more than 660m domestic air travelers fly every year. Fourteen years ago, the United States had 10 major domestic airlines. Now, Continue reading “Last Flight of US Airways”