Virgin, Air NZ hit capacity bar

A BID by Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand to get capacity requirements removed on their trans-Tasman alliance has hit another hurdle with opposition from the New Zealand Airports Association. The call for an unconditional reauthorisation of the 2010 alliance for another five years has already faced opposition from individual airports and councils on the other side of the Tasman.

Jetstar to receive first 787s by year's end

AUSTRALIA will welcome its first Dreamliners when Jetstar receives three Boeing 787s at the end of the year, Qantas Group executives confirmed today.

But Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and Jetstar boss Jayne Hrdlicka did not reveal a firm date for the advanced plane's entry into service.

EASA Wants to Investigate the Issue

Air Trade Union of Turkish Airlines continues to strike, the employees involved in the strike was due to the irregularities suggested some flights. Some flights due to cabin crew insufficient, and that it is blown unauthorized aircraft type to serve in the form of a flight safety claims impede reached the European Aviation Safety Agency EASA.

More Efficient Airspace of Turkish Armed Forces

Chief of General Staff said in a statement earlier this week, a moment before the conclusion of the ongoing work under the coordination of the Ministry of Transport to provide the necessary contribution of Turkish Armed Forces said. The General Staff statement, after the completion of the work of Turkish airspace more efficient and more flexible way to use it, will both contribute to the country's economy by providing fuel and time savings, and argued that carbon dioxide emissions will also be reduced.

Bird entered the Turkish Airlines Flight

Istanbul-Sao Paulo-Buenos Aires flight was the aircraft engine bird. The city of Sao Paolo in Brazil to go to the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from bird enters the engine during the exciting
The investigation discovered the passengers of the aircraft engine damage occurred was placed in the hotel.

Learned that the flights will continue to passengers delayed by 8 hours.

TAI will produce parts A350

Although painted in the colors of the dye-house Touluse France Airbus aircraft number MSN001, welcomed the technical team involved in the production. Aircraft, flight test in less than 7 days following the approval of the placement of devices on a plane painted. Made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic body and wings of the A350 XWB will be the first passenger plane MSN00, engines fitted last month, was subjected to intense vibration test resulted in successfully.
Airbus officials MSN001'in before the first flight will take place this summer, the last tests recently reported to do.

Europe's largest military cargo aircraft Airbus A400M project experience gained with the TAI, was the first owner of the shares of 500 million euros. The body of the composite material design and production of new aircraft to perform many TAI, so for the first time will have a say in the design and manufacture of civil aircraft production. TAI competed in this project, many European firm. And eliminating the short-listed the most recent Swedish firm Saab TAI agreed that the success of a meeting with the participation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shed.

Emirates thinks big as profit soars 52pc

DUBAI-BASED Emirates has promised to drive "considerable economic growth" in the countries that it serves after thumbing its nose at the weak global economic environment by posting a 52 per cent jump in annual profit.
The Qantas alliance partner, already the world's biggest airline in terms of international traffic, undertook the biggest capacity increase in its history in 2012-13; with a further 198 aircraft -- worth more than $US71 billion -- on order, it has already announced four new routes for this financial year.

THAT'S Top List!

Planes which were once a luxury is now the first choice in transportation convenience and reasonable prices-between those. The competition between the accelerated increase in the number of options for the airline companies. Too many firms offer benefits service to get more passengers, destinations increases, takes care to be punctual for the comfort of passengers and offers other services.
Skytrax, a website and a foreign Flightstats.com 's data, taking into account the best airline companies in the world ranking. Hemline and red lipstick in this sort of ban on Turkish Airlines has been on the agenda.

Turkish Sign on F35

5th generation fighter F-10 Turkish companies that contribute to the production of more than 35 international meet in Istanbul. Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar, the ceremony was also attended by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Integration and Vice President of Business Development Steve O'Bryan, Alp Aviation, ASELSAN, AYESAS, Fokker Elmo, Havelsan, Castle Aviation, Mikes, ROKETSAN, Tusaş and TUBITAK Sage companies representatives.