737 Pilot in Command offers all the features of other highly acclaimed Pilot in Command products, with new exciting and exclusive features that raise the realism altimeter to new heights!

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This unmanned aerial system provides Air Force and joint battlefield commanders near-real-time, high-resolution, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery.

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Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine), a leading shipbuilder which is part of the Singapore Technologies Engineering Group, has been selected to build two large roll-on and roll-off vessels for the shipment of A380 sections. The two vessels are due for delivery in 2008 and will join the existing A380 Transport vessel “Ville de Bordeaux”, which entered service in 2004. The new vessels are being commissioned by FRET/Cetam, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfuss Armateurs of France and Leif Hoegh of Norway. The value of the two vessels is €60 million.

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Dubbed the “Butcher Bird,” the Focke-Wulf 190 was the Luftwaffe’s most potent piston-engine fighter of WWII. In the hands of a capable pilot it was more than a match for any Allied fighter, including the awesome P-51D Mustang. Now you can experience the thrill of flying this warbird legend on a smaller scale with this fully aerobatic Charge-and-Fly reproduction from ParkZone.

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GENEVA –The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year traffic results for 2005 showing that international passenger traffic grew by 7.6% in 2005 while international freight traffic increased by 3.2%.

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Situated in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland region the airfield of Meiringen – Unterbach offers the aviation photographer the very best opportunities to capture the Swiss Air Force in action, with its typically Swiss backdrop.

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Montreal, January 31, 2006 - Resources shifted to regional jet and turboprop opportunities CSeries efforts to continue with reduced team

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The year 2005 was marked by growth for Athens International Airport (AIA), with passenger traffic reaching 14.3 million, surpassing the 2004 “Olympic” record by 4.5%. The key driver of the overall growth was the international sector, which outperformed 2004 by 6.5% and surpassed 9 million passengers, which is yet another record for the airport. The significant increase in international traffic is attributed to the healthy rise of scheduled traffic (+6.3%), in combination with the remarkable growth of charter traffic (+20.0%). The domestic market managed to retain and slightly increase the high 2004 levels, with a total of 5.17 million passengers (+1.2%),

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(Ottawa, January 31, 2006) – NAV CANADA is pleased to announce the construction of a new $2.4 million Air Operations Building in Campbell River, British Columbia. The building will house a new Flight Service Station (FSS) and Technical Operations Maintenance Centre replacing the existing structure built in 1982. Work has now begun and construction is anticipated to be completed by the fall of 2006.

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The Spanish airline is the first of the 29 using Heathrow’s Terminal 2 to offer on-line check-in. This option, which can be used up to two hours before departure, will reduce airport waiting time.All Iberia passengers flying from London’s Heathrow Airport may now check in for their flights and obtain their boarding cards online before leaving for the airport.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — The 447th Air Expeditionary Group has teemed with members of the 48th Brigade Combat Team and Charlie Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, to provide medical care near the Radwaniya Civil Military Operations Center.

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Condor Engineering, a leading provider of military and commercial avionics databus solutions, today announced a major update to its Windows-based, AFDX (Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet/ARINC 664) bus analyzer tool. Condor BusTools/AFDX brings improved levels of power and ease of use to monitoring, test, analysis and simulation of AFDX network nodes and switches. BusTools/AFDX can run from any standard network interface card (NIC) or with Condor’s AFDX NIC, the only interface on the market today that can support full AFDX bandwidth.

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February’s Living Ship Demonstration onboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet commemorates “Black History Month.” Veterans of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen will be speaking at 1:00pm about the triumphs and challenges of the first all-black fighter squadron. Visitors can also participate in pilot mission briefings, witness aircraft being lifted to the flight deck, and even sit in the cockpit of a fighter jet.

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WASHINGTON – The National Air Traffic Controllers Association saluted Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., with the second “Sentinel of Safety” award and Miami Tower Controller Jesse Fisher with the annual NATCA “President’s Award” for the most outstanding flight assist of 2005 during a banquet Monday evening.

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Wichita, Kan., Jan. 30, 2006 - Cessna Aircraft Company’s third Citation Mustang - the second production aircraft (serial number two) - made its first flight Friday , joining the Mustang prototype and first production aircraft (serial number one) in the Mustang development and certification flight test program. The three aircraft are being used for Federal Aviation Administration certification targeted for late 2006.

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Aéroports de Paris handled a record number of passengers in 2005: 78.7 millions travellers went through Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airports, an increase of 4.4% against 2004. These results place Aéroports de Paris ahead of major European airports in terms of growth.

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Paris, January 31, 2006 - In the frame of a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA), Alcatel Alenia Space has started the ExoMars mission design. The ExoMars mission aims at sending a lander rover to Mars in order to find traces of past or present life. This contract, worth about 13 million Euros, calls for one year mission design work up to the preliminary design review including the definition of the main system elements of the mission.

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The annual meeting of the ACI EUROPE Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs with the Executive Committee of the ACI EUROPE Board took place on 19 January 2006. This annual meeting is an important opportunity to review ACI EUROPE work to date and establish priorities for the year ahead for each of the six ACI EUROPE […]

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The Supreme Court has overturned the verdict from Eidsiva Court of Appeals which aquitted SAS Ground Services in the legal clarification concerning employees rights. “This is a ruling that gives rise to mixed emotions. It’s a good day for the part-time employees that are given more work, and at the same time a sad day for those full-time employees who will have to make do with part-time jobs as a consequence of the ruling,” stated Ola H. Strand, Managing Director of SAS Ground Services (SGS) in Norway.

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The EU Transport Council meeting in December 2005, responded cautiously to the draft agreement reached by European Commission and US negotiators in November 2005 on a phased ‘open skies’ deal aimed at liberalising transatlantic air services. The draft agreement – if approved – would represent an important step towards the normalisation of the air transport industry and a first step towards the creation of a transatlantic open aviation area. However, significant hurdles remain. While there was unanimous Council agreement that ’substantial progress’ had been achieved in the latest round of talks in Washington, transport ministers expressed concern about a lack of clarity in relation to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) – published in November 2005 – relating to foreign control of US airlines.

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Zurich, January 31, 2006 – The Board of Directors and Executive Management of Swissport International have resolved to restructure the world’s leading aviation services group into five strategic business units effective April 1. The five units will comprise Ground Handling Europe, Asia, the Middle East & Africa (headed by Nigel Daniel), Ground Handling Switzerland & […]

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TEMPE, Ariz., Jan 31, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — US Airways (NYSE: LCC) announces that as part of its recent merger, America West Vacations and US Airways Vacations will combine to offer customers the best of both products and one-stop vacation shopping to more destinations than ever. To make vacation shopping even easier for customers, www.usairwaysvacations.com features the new Low-Fare Finder fare-search grid — making US Airways the only airline to allow customers to easily search within a range of several days for the lowest-priced package.

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Geneva – OnAir today announced that Adrian Gane has joined OnAir as Commercial Director and as a member of the Management Board. Gane has responsibility for all commercial aspects of the business for the new mobile telephony, web and managed network services as well as existing services.

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The Fennec, the military version of the Ecureuil, offers adapted solutions to the wide variety of missions engaged by military commanders. The single-engined versions are equipped with a Turbomeca Arriel 2B turbo-shaft engine, which provides improved high-altitude and high-temperature performances and excellent tactical flight capacities. This new turbine engine with Full Authority Digital Engine Control provides a power increase of approximately 125shp, and also offers the advantages of more modern technology. This means easier maintenance. The multi-function capabilities of the Fennec mean that it can adapt to all sorts of missions, both day and night.

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The EC 725 is the latest member of the Cougar family. This aircraft has benefited both from the experience and proven long-term operability of its predecessors of the Puma/Super Puma family. Being equipped with numerous considerable technical improvements, the EC 725 is designed to perform tactical transport missions, SAR (Search and Rescue), Combat SAR, but also medical transport and logistical services. The helicopter can also be equipped for antisurface and anti-submarine naval missions.

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