Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has completed Europe’s first ever commercial transatlantic “green approach”, designed to reduce significantly the amount of fuel used during arrival and approach compared to standard procedures.
SAS Flight SK 904, an Airbus A330-300 carrying 260 passengers, landed at Stockholm Arlanda from New York Newark precisely at its 6.24am estimated time of arrival, […]

GCAT Flight Academy has acquired BAE Systems’ regional aircraft training business, which is located at Woodford in the northern UK city of Manchester, for an undisclosed sum.
The Manchester centre provides pilot, cabin crew and maintenance training on the Avro RJ, British Aerospace BAe 146, ATP and Jetstream 31/32. It is equipped with four full-flight […]

Scandinavian Airlines’ Danish division is expected to recommend that SAS Group takes Bombardier CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional jets as replacements for the Dash…

Despite increasing worldwide use of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), which has been adopted as an official quality-control tool by many national…

US President George Bush has signed into law the bill raising the mandatory retirement age for pilots from 60 to 65 years.
The White House confirms that Bush signed the ‘Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act’ yesterday.
It follows approval of the legislation from US Congress earlier this week.
American Airlines’ pilot union, the Allied […]