Natilus, Inc., the U.S. company working to democratize global freight transport by making air cargo more competitive, announced major milestones in the design and development of its fleet of autonomous aircraft and an important new contract with Collins Aerospace to provide specialized cargo loading systems. Natilus is offering a family of autonomous cargo aircraft with greater efficiency and c...
Thales will provide SEA with a digital platform for its Airport Operations Centres in Milano Linate and Milano Malpensa. With a combined 35 million passengers pre-pandemic, and a total of 173 global destinations, SEA is taking steps to optimise its operations by centralising a complete picture of airport operations. Today’s international airports are complex systems that need to be monito...
J&C Aero, an international aviation center for innovation in cabin transformation and CAMO, has received a 2.2 mln euro loan for the construction of its new aircraft cabin interior production line in Vilnius. The loan was provided by Swedbank. The new 3500 sq. m. facility will house state-of-the-art production lines of some of the most demanded aircraft cabin elements like windscreens...
Lufthansa LEOS, the ground handling specialist of the Lufthansa Group, is the launch customer of the all-electric towbarless aircraft tractor Phoenix E from German manufacturer Goldhofer. The purely battery-electric vehicle operates at Frankfurt Airport. It can move aircraft with a take-off weight of up to 352 tons over short and long distances between parking areas, maintenance hangars, and depar...
Deutsche Aircraft has obtained three certifications according to international standards. These confirm the commitment of Deutsche Aircraft of adhering to the highest international quality and environmental standards to ensure constant and sustainable growth. Recent audit results in accordance with EN 9100:2018 (former AS 9100D), including the requirements of EN ISO 9001:2015, enhances D...
Textron has entered into an agreement to purchase Pipistrel. With Textron, Pipistrel will have access to greater resources, technical and regulatory expertise and a global aircraft sales and support network, enabling it to accelerate its development and certification of electric and hybrid electric aircraft. Upon closing of the transaction, Textron plans to form a new business...
TAG Global Training has relocated to its new offices in Farnborough Airport. This move is designed to bring the training centre and TAG Aviation’s UK Headquarters closer together within the same building and to create a space that will facilitate the prospect of future expansion. It took a year of planning, designing and construction to bring to life the vision of TAG Global Training’s...
Bluetail had been selected by Jet It to digitize all operational and maintenance logs for the hybrid fractional ownership provider's growing fleet. Stuart Illian, Bluetail co-founder, said: "Jet It has already established itself as an extremely forward-looking company that's being built on providing efficient and cost-effective private jet transportation to a growing list of comp...
Traveling with new-borns may be challenging as it is, but it gets even more stressful when it comes to flights: many existing bassinet solutions are complicated and time-consuming for the attendants to install and come with additional inconvenience for parents during the flight. J&C Aero engineers and flight experience designers decided to address the issue and developed a new concept of cabin...
flyExclusive has selected SmartSky inflight connectivity service for its growing fleet. flyExclusive plans to upgrade its Gogo equipped aircraft to SmartSky, making it the first major fleet to bring passengers, crew, and flight operations access to dependable, responsive, and secure inflight connectivity. Tommy Sowers, flyExclusive’s President, notes: “In 2021, we invest...
Pratt & Whitney has successfully tested the GTF Advantage engine configuration with 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The test took place at the company’s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA starting on March 1 and marks a key step on the road toward 100 percent SAF operation of GTF-powered aircraft. The test is also a key element of an extensive development program...
A new Breeze Training Academy in Salt Lake City was unveiled, designated for initial and recurrent training for its pilots, flight attendants and technical operations teams. The center has offices, training classrooms and briefing rooms and, for pilot training, an Embraer 190 flight simulator. Breeze will add an Airbus A220 flight simulator this summer. The facility is large enough...
