Heike Tamm

Austrian Airlines agrees with flight crew and ground staff on crisis contribution

Airlines & Routes, Financial

Austrian Airlines has reached an agreement with its technical and commercial staff. This includes the stations as well as technical and administrative employees, comprising close to 3,000 of the 7,000 people working for Austria’s national carrier. Austrian Airlines anticipates a very slow recovery after the pandemic crisis. In order to retain as many employees as […]

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American carriers ramp-up safety measures as travelers start returning to the skies

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Both JetBlue and United Airlines have announced new safety measures that will be put in place for passengers using their airlines in a bid to restore confidence in air travel. With the re-opening if U.S. states, an increase in domestic travel is anticipated and green shoots of a recovery from a pandemic which has seen

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Universal Avionics restructures executive team

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Universal Avionics (UA) has announced the restructuring of its executive team with Gil Rivnai appointed as Vice President of Engineering and Marc Bouliane’s previous role as Vice President of Business Development expanded to include Marketing and Services. “We are focused on uniting, extracting synergies, and leveraging our competencies throughout the entire organization,” said Dror Yahav,

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Virgin Orbit makes inflight connection with Panasonic Avionics

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Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) has been selected by Virgin Orbit to provide inflight connectivity for its airborne rocket launch platform. Panasonic’s latest-generation high-speed inflight connectivity system has been installed on Cosmic Girl, the modified Boeing 747-400 that serves as the carrier aircraft for Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system. Virgin Orbit is currently undergoing final rehearsals for

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JetBlue and Spirit Airlines have terminated their merger plans

JetBlue continues commitment to blocking middle seats in new ‘Safety from the Ground Up’ program

Airlines & Routes

JetBlue will extend through the July 4 holiday its commitment to seat distancing by blocking middle seats in rows where parties are not traveling together. The policy, part of the airline’s multi-layered “Safety from the Ground Up” program, comes as the airline is also set to roll out temperature monitoring for its flight and inflight

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ACI and IATA outline roadmap for aviation industry restart

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Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have called on governments to ensure any new measures introduced for airports and airlines in the wake of COVID-19 are supported by scientific evidence and are consistent across the world. The aviation sector has been brought to a standstill and a balanced and

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easyJet has opened its new Integrated Control Centre (ICC) in Luton, UK © easyJet

easyJet owns up to massive customer data hack – nine million affected

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easyJet, Europe’s second-largest low-cost carrier has admitted that in January this year the company was the subject of a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack” and that email addresses and travel details of approximately nine million passengers had been compromised. In addition, the credit card details, including the all-important CVV security code number of 2,208 accounts had been

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DC Aviation Group contracted for upgrade of one Global 5000 with Gogo Elite Smart Cabin System

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DC Aviation Group has been contracted for the upgrade of a Global 5000 with a Gogo Elite Smart Cabin System (SCS Elite), an Inmarsat SwiftBroadband High Data Rate Service as well as a new satellite communication system. The SCS Elite package is a highly integrated smart cabin system that allows passengers to control the cabin

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Qatar Airways and American Airlines begin strategic partnership

Airlines & Routes

The first stage of the strategic partnership between Qatar Airways and American Airlines hast started, with Qatar Airways placing its code on American Airlines’ domestic flights, strengthening connectivity and creating hundreds of new travel options for passengers. The codeshare will be rolled out in phases over the next few weeks and once completed, will see

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