The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, would seem to have put an end to the possible lifting of a current ban on in-flight cell phone calls. Proceedings had begun back in 2013 to lift the ban which had been in place since 1991 due to the then concerns of cell phones having […]
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Intrepid Aviation marked the delivery of its fifth A330-300 aircraft on long-term lease to Turkish Airlines on April 6th. Two Rolls-Royce powered A330s remain to be delivered to the Istanbul based flag carrier.
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Jeppesen has recently signed a multiple-year agreement with AirAsia, one of Asia’s largest low-cost carriers, to provide digital charting and electronic flight bag (EFB) services for all AirAsia Group affiliates. The agreement covers a total of six airlines within the AirAsia Group, which are based in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The
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Jet Aviation has appointed David Best as head of its Global Business Development department. Best is based in Palm Beach, FL, reporting directly to Johannes Turzer, Senior Vice President of Strategic Global Growth. The Global Business Development department falls within the company’s newly established Strategic Global Growth division, led by Johannes Turner. As head of
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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved Lufthansa Technik as maintenance station for Airbus A319 aircraft. This new approval enables the company to perform line and heavy maintenance services as well as cabin refurbishments on Chinese B-registered Airbus A319 aircraft. The approval has been obtained in line with the first A319ACJ base maintenance
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has reported financial results for full year 2016. Total revenue amounted to US$417.8m (AED 1,534m) for full year 2016, an increase of 22% from US$341.7m (AED 1,255m) for full year 2015. Net income from Continuing Operations amounted to US$124.9m (AED 459m) for full year 2016, an increase of 323% from US$29.5m
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Ameco’s business jets service is growing at a brisk pace. The Air China and Lufthansa’s MRO joint venture gained more workload in the first quarter of this year to that of last year and it also completed China’s first heavy maintenance on an A319 business jet. Ameco has been providing maintenance and modifications on large-scale
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Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, signed a codeshare agreement with Air Europa, taking effect as of April 11, 2017. The new partnership is a free sale codeshare agreement, thereby allowing the partner airlines access to each other’s network by creating smooth connection at their respective hubs. Imanol Pérez, Comercial Deputy Director of Air Europa,
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WestJet announced that Craig Maccubbin has been named Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Maccubbin joins WestJet from Southwest Airlines, where he was most recently the Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he was responsible for leading Technology Operations, including all infrastructure and mobile platforms for the airline, while leading a team of 500
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HAECO Private Jet Solutions has invested in three dimensional (3D) printing capability, enabling the company to provide customers with miniature 3D models of their unique cabin industrial designs to scale. HAECO PJS’ introduction of the new 3D printing capability builds on the existing comprehensive portfolio of cabin services for private and business jet owners including
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