Heike Tamm

Frontier Airlines selects Skywise Health Monitoring as future fleet performance tool

Frontier Airlines has become the latest North American operator to adopt Skywise Health Monitoring as its key future fleet performance tool under a five -ar contract covering 111 single-aisle aircraft. Launched in 2019, Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) gathers live diagnostic feeds from the aircraft through its ACARS (Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System) link to

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Pentagon veteran Heidi Grant to lead sales team for Boeing’s defense, space and government services portfolios

Heidi Grant, director of the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), has been selected to lead Boeing’s defense, space and government services sales teams. She will join the company on November 8, as Vice President of Business Development, leading the organization previously known as Global Sales and Marketing (GSM). In her current role she is

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Pro Star Aviation achieves FAA Class IV rating

Pro Star Aviation, an innovative aerospace modification center, has successfully achieved its FAA Class IV rating. The new rating allows Pro Star to perform maintenance on aircraft over 12,500 GTOW. Adding a new classification of aircraft increases Pro Star’s capabilities for on-the-fly maintenance and additional services in-house. For over 20 years, Pro Star has worked extensively on mid-size

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Delta predicts soaring fuel prices will lead to fourth-quarter pre-tax loss

Delta Air lines has predicted that the current surge in fuel prices will result in a substantial fourth-quarter pre-tax loss. In the third quarter fuel costs alone accounted for nearly 20% of Delta’s adjusted operating expenses. However, the North American carrier remains optimistic for the fourth quarter with an anticipated positive demand for both international

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Mixed fleet flying for A380 and A320 approved by Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is set to introduce Mixed Fleet Flying (MFF) for the A380 and A320 families following approval by Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB). The Japanese carrier is the first operator in the world to introduce the MFF between the two types. MFF is unique to Airbus aircraft. As a result of flight

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Lufthansa Technik and Japan Airlines extend Total Component Support (TCS) agreement

Lufthansa Technik and Japan Airlines have further deepened their trusted partnership by extending a long-term agreement on Total Component Support (TCS) services for Japan Airlines’ Boeing 787 fleet. The five-year TCS contract covers multiple components installed on Japan Airlines’ Boeing 787 fleet of 53 aircraft. The services to be rendered include maintenance, reliability monitoring and

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