In a strategic effort to considerably reduce its carbon footprint, one of Europe’s leading airlines, easyJet, has revealed its plans to trial technology for a zero-emissions hydrogen fuel system for its planes. It is anticipated that this could dramatically reduce CO2 emissions as well as save the airline over 50,000 tonnes of fuel on an […]
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Southwest Airlines reported its January preliminary traffic statistics. Traffic in January 2016 increased 11.1%, while capacity increased 7.8% compared to Januar 2015. The load factor for the month was 77.5%, compared with 75.2% the previous year.
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The new LEAP engine from CFM International, the 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE, has passed the milestone of 10,000 orders and commitments. The LEAP engine has already been selected by the world’s leading planemakers for their new-generation single-aisle commercial jets: the LEAP-1A for the Airbus A320neo, the LEAP-1B for the Boeing 737
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Boeing reported the full integration of its Electronic Logbook (ELB) within Air New Zealand‘s 787 Dreamliner fleet, replacing paper logbooks with electronic records that improve operational efficiency and reliability. Air New Zealand is among the initial airlines that have gained operational approval for use of the Electronic Logbook application with the 787 Dreamliner. The airline
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Gogo, a leader in providing broadband connectivity solutions and wireless entertainment to the aviation industry, added nearly 1,100 commercial and business aircraft with broadband connectivity technologies to its installed fleet in 2015. In addition to a record number of installs in 2015, Gogo has also grown its awarded backlog of 2Ku aircraft to more than
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TAT Technologies, a leading provider of services and products for the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, has signed an agreement with Engineering Holding of Moscow, Russia, to establish a new maintenance facility for heat exchangers. The new company, TAT-Engineering, will be based in Novosibirsk’s Tolmachevo airport.
Constant Aviation added the Legacy 650 aircraft and Satcom Direct Router (SDR) to their Legacy Wi-Fi STC. “The SDR allows customers to manage several cabin communication systems while using satellite or air to ground connections. This router also offers enhanced features and capabilities such as a terrestrial modem for connectivity to 3G and 4G networks
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Lufthansa Technik AG is to provide comprehensive technical support for the new Eurowings long-haul fleet. The agreement was reached with SunExpress Germany, which operates intercontinental flights from Germany for the Lufthansa Group under the Eurowings brand. In the framework of a Total Technical Support TTS, Lufthansa Technik will among other aspects handle component supply, aircraft
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Just like pilots or cabin crew personnel must go through the theoretical and practical training so does Flight Dispatchers. The job that is performed by them on the ground is highly stressful and needs special preparation. In order to provide Flight Dispatchers the same ATO quality training as aircraft pilots get, BAA Training has advanced
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In January, Finnair’s overall capacity grew by 4.4% and traffic grew by 6.3% year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor rose by 1.4 % points to 77.9%.
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