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ADM, BA and Porter Airlines kick off ICAO Flightpath to a Sustainable Future

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ADM, BA and Porter Airlines kick off ICAO Flightpath to a Sustainable Future

Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), Bombardier Aerospace and Porter Airlines today joined forces to launch the inaugural flight of a series of biofuel flights which will deliver Raymond Benjamin, the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Prior to departing from […]

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Hydraulic System Ready to Power Bombardier CSeries Systems Integration Test Rig

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the hydraulic system for its all-new CSeries aircraft has been commissioned on “Aircraft 0”* – the company’s on-the-ground systems test rig. Along with the electrical system, which was commissioned earlier this year, the hydraulic system will permit enhanced validation testing of the CSeries family of aircraft’s integrated systems prior to first flight. This is […]

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Abu Dhabi International Airport launches the first personalised airport website

Abu Dhabi International Airport today launched its new website, www.abudhabiairport.ae, introducing a range of innovative features, designed to enhance the entire travel experience for business and leisure travellers. The new website includes a unique feature through the “Passenger Guide” tab, allowing passengers to obtain information with regards to their airport experience according to their personal […]

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Ball Aerospace develops flight computers for next-generation launch vehicles

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed development of prototype launch vehicle flight computers equipped to bring safety and reliability to future human spaceflight systems. These flight computers were financed by Ball Aerospace and are based on deployed units now being used by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in their simulation laboratories to develop software […]

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2 Die as Small Plane Crashes in Southern Calif

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says both people on board were killed when the single-engine plane went down near Corona on Saturday. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the plane crashed at the base of a mountain, caught fire on impact and sparked a small brushfire. Firefighters from Corona, the U.S. Forest Service and the California […]