With the Thai civil aviation authority failing to tackle a number of major flaws in its commercial aviation standards, the FAA has been left with no option but to downgrade Thailand’s Department of Civil Aviation from Category 1 to Category 2. As a consequence, Thai airlines are now prohibited from either launching or expanding networks […]
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The proven ability of the BAE Systems BAe 146/Avro RJ regional jetliner to operate from unpaved runways has given Cobham Aviation Services in Australia an important competitive edge in the fiercely contested market to supply airline services to the mining resource industry. Cobham is a leading provider of high capacity air transport services supporting fly-in;
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Aviation and defense electronics group, Thomas Global Systems (Thomas Global) has signed an agreement with Saab AB (Saab) in relation to Thomas Global’s TFD-8601 LCD cockpit display, a pioneering plug-and-play LCD replacement for aging CRT displays in corporate and regional aircraft including the Saab 340. Under the agreement, Saab will issue a Service Bulletin providing
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Alaska Airlines has named 20-year airline maintenance and operations veteran Greg Mays vice president of labor relations. In his new role Mays will be responsible for all labor matters at Alaska Airlines and lead the collective bargaining process for the airline. He will officially transition to the position on Jan. 15, 2016.
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Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. Canada, which has extensive sustainably certified forests, has long used mill and forest residues to make wood pellets that are used to
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Delta reported that system traffic for November increased 4.6%, while system capacity increased 0.3% when compared to the previous year. System load factor for November increased 3.4 points to 84.1%.
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Finnair and Singapore-based Jetstar Asia launched a codeshare cooperation on December 2nd, that will provide Finnair customers with a wider choice of destinations and departure times across Asia and Australia. From December 15th, 2015, Finnair customers will be able to travel on codeshare services operated by Jetstar Asia to and from its Singapore hub.
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Aviator Airport Alliance sites in Norway have gone live with Rockwell Collins’ ARINC AviNet Enterprise Hub (eHub) messaging service. Aviator is using ARINC eHub to send and receive critical aviation operational messages—such as passenger and cargo data—for its airline customers in Norway. Aviator has been working with Rockwell Collins to implement the company’s AviNet suite
Alaska reported a 12.9% increase in traffic on a 13.8% increase in capacity compared to November 2014. Load factor decreased 0.7 points to 82.1%. Horizon reported a 1.2% increase in traffic on a 0.9% increase in capacity compared to November 2014. Load factor increased 0.2 points to 76.3%.
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Boeing has completed detailed design for the 787-10 Dreamliner, achieving another major milestone in the development of the newest and longest member of the 787 family. Boeing engineers reached the key milestone nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The milestone is critical to every development program because it means the information needed to build parts
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