Passenger Aviation

ROLLS-ROYCE & HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP SIGN MOU TO LEAD THE WAY IN THE ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY MARKET USING ALL-ELECTRIC PROPULSION AND HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Farnborough Airshow -- Rolls-Royce and Hyundai Motor Group are announcing plans today to collaborate on bringing all-electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cell technology to the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. The partnership will leverage ...

2022-07-18 23:00 2427

The 2022 Empire State Building Run-Up to Return on Oct. 6, 2022 Presented by Turkish Airlines and Powered by the Challenged Athletes Foundation

Registration for the Landmark Race Up the Empire State Building Stairs Opens July 11 at Noon NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Empire State Building (ESB) today announced that the2022 Empire State Building Run-Up (ESBRU) – presented by Turkish Airlines and powered by the Challenge...

2022-07-12 02:24 5760

Volocopter's 4-Seater Aircraft Takes First Flight

* VoloConnect expands the total addressable market for Volocopter's family of eVTOL aircraft toUSD 290 billion * Zero operating emissions for safe and sustainable flight speeds of over 155 mph and >60 mi range BENTONVILLE, Arkansas and BRUCHSAL, Germany, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today at t...

2022-06-08 08:00 4784

Volocopter Collaborates with Microsoft on VoloIQ Aerospace Cloud Project

REDMOND, WASHINGTON and BRUCHSAL, Germany, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to develop an aerospace cloud system in Microsoft Azure that will address the nascent cloud computing requirements...

2022-05-17 15:00 2739

Sustainability Themed Turkish Airlines Aircraft is in the Skies

Turkish Airlines used a special leaf design for its aircraft which uses environmentally friendly biofuel   ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flying to more countries than any other airline, Turkish Airlines introduced a special design element adorned with leaves on its Airbus 321...

2022-04-28 01:48 3430

'Travel with a smaller footprint' - Trip.com and Etihad offer travellers free flight carbon offsetting

* Trip.com users to get free carbon offsetting on selected Etihad flights in month-long campaign * Emissions to be offset through Etihad's certified Corporate Conscious Choices offsetting program * Sustainable campaign to build on evolving consumer climate awareness and corporate action SIN...

2022-04-22 18:00 4305

Confusing health requirements are stopping passengers from flying

An international survey of people in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Gulf reveals widespread confusion around health requirements for air travel, and fears that the aviation sector is not prepared for another global health crisis * Many people in every country surveyed sa...

2022-04-22 02:45 3745

WorldTicket and Deutsche Bahn Partner to Provide Seamless Multimodal Itineraries including Air and Rail Across Europe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldTicket (W2), a leading global provider of passenger service systems and distribution technology to airlines, has partnered with Deutsche Bahn,Europe's largest railway operator, to make it easier for travellers to seamlessly book rail and ai...

2022-04-20 13:01 2132

GENERAL AUTHORITY OF CIVIL AVIATION: SAUDI ARABIA TO TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF AVIATION

Global leaders will attend the Inaugural 'Future Aviation Forum' 9th May 2022 in Riyadh RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global aviation leaders will unite inRiyadh for Saudi Arabia's first-ever Future Aviation Forum. The two-day event, happeningMay 9th, will unite leaders fro...

2022-03-29 17:00 2587

Saudi Arabia reopens visa on arrival for US, UK and Schengen visa holders

* Returns Saudi to pre-pandemic levels of openness * Visa-on-arrival available for citizens of countries eligible for e-visa * No proof of vaccination or PCR test required for entry * Quarantine requirement eliminated RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Saudi Arabian go...

2022-03-25 21:58 6530

Rossell Techsys and Knight Aerospace Team Up to Deliver New Solutions

- Offering Next Generation Air Transportable Galley/Lavatory (NG-ATGL), Aeromedical and VIP Modular Solutions and Palletised Seating Systems for the Indian Aerospace Market. BANGALORE, India, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Knight Aerospace and Rossell Techsys have teamed up to provide quick-chan...

2022-03-24 10:30 8641

KLM resumes flights to Bali

SINGAPORE, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has resumed flights toBali for the first time since April 2020. The first flight from Amsterdam, with a stop in Singapore arrived at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport on 9th March 2022. KLM will operate two flights a wee...

2022-03-17 13:27 2344

utu Partners KrisFlyer to Empower Travellers to Receive More Tax Refunds in Miles

SINGAPORE, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- utu , a Singapore -headquartered start-up on a mission to transform tax-free shopping worldwide by returning control and ownership to the consumer, has partnered with KrisFlyer to offer travellers upsized VAT refunds in 50 countries wo...

2022-03-10 09:30 3757

Volocopter Raises USD 170 million in First Signing of Series E Financing Round

BRUCHSAL, Germany, March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has raised USD 170 million in the initial signing of its Series E funding round led by South Korean investor WP Investment, at a pre-money valuation ofUSD 1.7 billion. Composed of funds by new and exis...

2022-03-04 15:30 2603

Priority Pass Adds 183 New Lounges and Experiences In 2021

* Leading airport lounge and experiences programme adds 134 new premium lounges and 49 new experiences to network in 2021 * Reveals it has at least one experience covering 95% of all international flights, from the 100 busiest airports globally * Priority Pass drives premium travel experienc...

2022-01-27 12:12 3250

Boom Supersonic Selects Greensboro, North Carolina for First Supersonic Airliner Manufacturing Facility

DENVER, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest and most sustainable supersonic airliner, today announced it has selected the Piedmont Triad International Airport inGreensboro, North Carolina as the site of its first full-scale manufacturing faci...

2022-01-27 03:30 2167

Flying Car Certified to Fly! - Civil Aviation Authority issues AirCar the Certificate of Airworthiness

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AirCar  the dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle has been issued the officialCertificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority, following the successful completion of 70 hours of rigorous flight testing com...

2022-01-24 17:13 1918

Travel Apartheid: The World's Most and Least Powerful Passports for 2022

LONDON, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest results from the Henley Passport Index  show record-breaking levels of travel freedom for top-ranking nationsJapan and Singapore, but also the widest recorded global mobility gap since the index's incep...

2022-01-11 16:00 2383

Vietnam Airlines and SpaceSpeakers Group Sign a 2-year Agreement on Development from 2021 to 2023

HANOI, Vietnam, Dec. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 18th, Vietnam Airlines and SpaceSpeakers Group signed a cooperation agreement on joint development and cultural promotion for the period of 2021-2023. Vietnam Airlines and SpaceSpeak...

2021-12-19 12:42 3035

First commercial airline flight using 100% drop-in SAF enabled by technology from Virent and Johnson Matthey

LONDON, Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In an historic first for the aviation industry, a passenger carrying commercial aircraft has flown using 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in one of its two engines. The BioForming® process, invented by Virent, a renewable fuels and chemicals techn...

2021-12-10 03:43 3004
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