Category: Aviation
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Chinese private jet owners to double in 2013
Year Of The Snake Predictions For China’s Ultra Wealthy China’s ultra high net worth (UHNW) population is expected to increase by 9% to 12,250 in 2013 while the combined net worth of these UHNWIs will rise by 8% to reach US$1.7 trillion. The most significant increase is expected to be in the number of Chinese private…
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Trakdot baggage-tracking gadget
Track your luggage no matter where it ends up A new baggage-tracking gadget known as the Trakdot premiered at this year’s Consumer electronic show CES. The new device could lessen the stress caused by delayed baggage. According to global airline industry specialists SITA, in 2011 over 25 Million pieces of luggage were lost in North…
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Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport to loose title of busiest airport of the world
Atlanta Airport still the world’s biggest – just! – as Beijing closes rapidly The busiest airports of the world In 2013 Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport will lose its title of “busiest airport of the world”, according to the Capa Center for Aviation & Innovata’s annual rankings. Hartsfield-Jackson airport is still the busiest on the planet…
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Espace Musées: Charles de Gaulle airport opens art gallery
Charles de Gaulle airport launches art gallery Charles de Gaulle airport‘s passengers have a very good reason to arrive at the airport 2 hours before take-off… The airport opens Espace Musées, a museum dedicated to art. The fund displays original art work from some of the most famous artists of all times. “Rodin – The Wings…
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Back to the Future: Dassault Falcon celebrates the 50th anniversary
Back to the Future with Dassault Falcon’s Retro Calendar In May 2013, Dassault Falcon will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the storied Falcon 20 which took to the sky just hours after the famous Charles Lindbergh’s message to Juan Tripp , Pan American Airlines CEO: “I found the bird”. The 2013 Dassault Falcon Calendar was…
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BMW and Boeing to collaborate on carbon fiber recycling
BMW and Boeing are known to pioneering the use of carbon fiber in their products. With the release of the BMW i3 in late 2013, followed later by the BMW i8, the BMW Group will bring two vehicles with a carbon passenger cell onto the market for the first time and Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is…