As travellers kick-start the search for their next holiday, Emirates is announcing that it will restore its non-stop A380 services to and from Auckland and Kuala Lumpur, starting from 1 December. The airline currently operates to both cities with a linked Boeing 777-300ER service, which makes a stop in Kuala Lumpur before continuing on to Auckland. The start of A380 flights will see both cities...
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU Airport) and RIOgaleão – Tom Jobim International Airport (RIOgaleão) are the first airports in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to deploy SITA Flex to provide mobile passenger services to speed up check-in, bag drop, and boarding. It forms part of a wider five-year contract awarded to global air transport IT p...
Intelsat announced the beginning of Intelsat’s inflight connectivity services in Indian skies through an agreement with Nelco, India’s leading satellite communication service provider. This agreement is welcome news for Intelsat’s airline partners and flyers as they will enjoy end-to-end broadband coverage on domestic and international aircraft flying to or from an Indian airport...
Transport Canada Civil Aviation has type certified Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127XT-M regional turboprop engine that will power new builds of ATR aircraft. Timothy Swail, vice president, Regional Aviation and APU Product Marketing & Sales for Pratt & Whitney Canada, commented: “The PW127XT-M engine is the new standard for operating economics, maintenance and sustainability...
Desert Jet is proud to sponsor the first Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education field trip for elementary and middle school students from the Coachella Valley to Discovery Cube Orange County in Santa Ana, California. The field trip to the science museum is part of Desert Jet’s ongoing commitment to educating and inspiring the next generation of students while elevati...
In a festive ceremony at the airport of Manila on August Lufthansa Technik Philippines recently officially opened a new hangar which supplements the existing seven maintenance lines by an additional three lines. The parking spaces of the new hangar can be configured according to need to provide room for four narrow-body aircraft, or one wide-body aircraft and two narrow-body aircraft. Alternativel...
Archer Aviation announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Romanowski as Head of Government Relations. In his role, Romanowski will collaborate with regulatory authorities and industry to form a forward-leaning position on policy, process and global certification expectations. Dr. Michael Romanowski, commented: “My career has been dedicated to improving safety. The safe advancement and...
SmartSky Networks announced the completion of an STC for the installation of SmartSky hardware on the Cessna Citation X series business jets. With more than 300 aircraft in operation, the Citation X series joins a growing list of aircraft types that have already been granted STCs for SmartSky’s patented air-to-ground connectivity service. FlyExclusive, the fourth largest priva...
An advanced new terminal for Inmarsat GX Aviation inflight broadband is now ready for deployment, following the successful conclusion of a flight trial campaign, where its performance was tested across more than 320 simultaneous online user sessions and sustained throughput of over 200Mbps. The lightweight, low-drag Falcon 300 terminal, developed with Stellar Blu (...
A brand new $8 million dollar facility in Brisbane will provide a jobs boost, extra skills training, and deliver Queensland significant business as it maintains aircraft systems from across the globe. The expanded GE Aviation Systems Australia (GEASA) facility at Brisbane Airport is its largest in the Asia Pacific Region. The company maintains propellers, flight management systems,...
As Hillsboro Aviation accepted its first load of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM this month, the FBO—in collaboration with Avfuel Corporation and Neste— secured the first business aviation foothold for SAF in the state of Oregon. Ryan McCartney, vice president and chief operating officer of Hillsboro Aviation, commented: “The Pacific Northwest is more than...
AirAsia India and CAE announced their collaboration to integrate the CAE Rise Training System into the airline's simulator training program. AirAsia India is the first airline in India to adopt a data-driven training program using CAE Rise. CAE Rise leverages analytics to deliver a higher quality of training, providing real-time data during training sessions w...