Lufthansa: Hohmeister assumes role of Chief Officer Group Airlines and Logistics

06.05.2013 - At today’s meeting in Cologne, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed two new members to the Group’s Executive Board. mehr

Airbus grows U.S. engineering presence in Wichita

06.05.2013 - Airbus once again has expanded its airframe design and engineering center in Wichita, Kansas, with this latest development providing workspace for employees hired over the past year to support on-going A320, A350 and A380 family program activities. mehr

Eurocopter sells 17 EC135s to THK Gökçen Aviation

06.05.2013 - Eurocopter’s EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association’s THK Gökçen Aviation commercial arm. mehr

Wolfgang Mayrhuber withdraws candidacy for the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG

06.05.2013 - The candidate proposed by the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG for a post on the Supervisory Board and former Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, has withdrawn his candidacy due to criticism from shareholders regarding his nomination. mehr

Business Aviation looking for a lift

The Business Aviation community is currently converging for EBACE in Geneva (21 to 23 May). In the run-up to the show, FLUG REVUE´s new Industry Forum is touching on some important trends in the industry. mehr

Cessna New Citation Sovereign

Cessna's new Citation Sovereign recently (24 April 2013) made its first production flight. Cessna Aircraft Company announced the program last year.  mehr

Heli-Expo 2013: Outlook from the Top

The global rotorcraft industry is currently converging for Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas (5 to 7 March). In the run-up to the biggest helicopter show worldwide, top managers are outlining their view of the market in FLUG REVUE´s Industry Forum. mehr

Embraer Legacy 500 First Flight

Embraer’s midsize Legacy 500 made a successful first flight on 27 November 2012, marking the beginning of its flight test program. Deliveries of the first aircraft are expected to begin in 2014. mehr

Boeing X-48C

The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft successfully flew for the first time Tuesday, 7 August 2012, at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert. mehr

Tecnam P2010

Under the control of Tecnam’s Test Pilot, Marco Locatelli, Tecnam’s all new P2010 achieved a faultless first flight at 16.42 UTC on 12 April 2012, over the skies of Tecnam’s Capua production facility. Marco Locatelli’s test flight report included the following details. mehr

Diamond DA52

The maiden flight was performed on 3 April 2012 by Christian Dries (Chairman) and Ingmar Mayerbuch (Head of Flight Test). mehr

Cessna Citation Ten

The Cessna Aircraft Citation Ten prototype made its first flight on 17 January 2012.  mehr

Youngcopter NEO

On October 31, 2011, NEO left the ground taking off to its first test flight at Mainz Airfield, Germany. mehr

Diamond Aircraft DA36 E-Star

Diamond Aircraft, Siemens, Austro Engine and EADS are set to present the world’s first aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011. The two-seater motor glider successfully completed its maiden flight on June 8 at the Wiener Neustadt airfield in Austria. mehr

Universität Stuttgart e-Genius

Six weeks after its first public presentation at the international Aero-Expo in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Airbus sponsored technology demonstrator e-Genius performed its maiden flight yesterday (25 May 2011) in the late afternoon from the airfield in Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany.  mehr

Boeing 747-8I

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully began its flight test program today, taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., before several thousand employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders.  mehr

Sonex Onex

Sonex Aircraft, LLC is proud to announce that the number one prototype of the new Onex single-place, folding-wing kit aircraft made its first flight yesterday, January 27, 2011 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI. mehr

Tupolev Tu-204SM

On December 29, 2010, Tu-204SM performed its first test flight. The aircraft took off from Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airport at 13.25, Moscow time, and was airborne for about an hour.  mehr

Honda Aircraft HodaJet (Conforming Configuration)

Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., announced that it has successfully completed the first flight of its FAA-conforming HondaJet advanced light business jet. The event is a significant step in Honda's aerospace program leading to delivery of aircraft in 2012. mehr

Eurocopter X3

Eurocopter has begun test flights of the X3 demonstrator for its innovative High-speed, long-range Hybrid Helicopter (H3) concept, which combines excellent vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with fast cruise speeds of more than 220 kts. mehr

Solar Impulse

This morning at 10:27, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from Payerne (VD) airfield on its maiden flight. mehr

ATR ATR 42-600

Toulouse, 04 March 2010 -- The ATR 42-600 pre-series aircraft successfully took to the sky for the first time today in Toulouse. The aircraft, powered with Pratt & Whitney 127M engines, took off at 3.00 pm (local time) and completed a 2-hour flight, thus starting a flight test campaign of approximately 75 hours. mehr

Boeing 747-8F

EVERETT, Wash., February 8, 2010 -- The Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time today before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders. The flight begins a test program for the world's most efficient freighter. mehr

Airbus A380 in Hamburg

Hamburg is one of the biggest sites in the Airbus network. A380 deliveries started with Emirates in July 2008. Air France and Lufthansa will follow. The delivery center is located close to the Elbe River. mehr

Welcome to www.flugrevue.de

FLUG REVUE is Germany's biggest aviation magazine. Read background stories about Airbus, Eurofighter, the Airline Business, Spaceflight and Technology every month. mehr

Airbus A380 flight schedules

Singapore Airlines took delivery of the first A380 in October 2007. A few days later, the aircraft took off for the first scheduled flight from Singapore to Sydney. Now, Emirates and Qantas have the A380 in their fleet as well. mehr

VIP-Interview: Michael Eggenschwiler

President of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen (German Airports Association, ADV) and CEO of Hamburg Airport mehr

Heathrow faces big capacity problems

A visit to the 87 metre high control tower at London Heathrow, which was opened in April 2007, illustrates all the problems of Europe's biggest airport. The air traffic controllers here process over 477,000 flights per year, thus making almost full use of the legal maximum of 480,000 flights movements a year. mehr

Lufthansa acquires an equity stake in Brussels Airlines

By Volker K. Thomalla mehr