Singapore Airlines (SIA) will pilot the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass mobile application for digital health verification, starting with passengers travelling from Singapore to London from March 15 to 28, 2021. This marks the second phase of SIA’s digital health verification process trials, which is based on the IATA Travel Pass framework. Passengers
Software and technology provider Sabre Corporation has announced the implementation of Sabre’s Recovery Manager Operations solution for China’s national flag carrier, Air China, as well as China Eastern Airlines, to enhance their operational recovery capability and future growth. Air China and China Eastern are both now using Sabre’s Recovery Manager Operations solution to identify operational issues across
Wizz Air becomes the first customer of the Technical Logbook solution of AVIATAR, the independent platform for digital products and services developed by Lufthansa Technik. Through the newly introduced solution, Wizz Air will replace the manual and paper-based process of capturing technical issues during flight/on ground and implement the seamless digital pilot-to-maintenance collaboration application. AVIATAR’s
With constantly changing entry and departure testing and paperwork requirements, Air New Zealand wants to streamline the health verification process for its customers. The airline will trial the digital Travel Pass app developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on its Auckland-Sydney route starting in April. Air New Zealand Chief Digital Officer Jennifer Sepull says the
Honeywell and Embraer have worked jointly to install Honeywell’s Aircraft Data Gateway 400 (ADG-400) on all of Embraer’s new E2 commercial jets, with an option to retrofit first-generation E1 models. With this solution, operators can wireless transfer critical flight and maintenance data to and from their aircraft more quickly and efficiently than before. The ADG-400
WinAir has announced that MRO, Advance Aerospace, has implemented WinAir Version 7 and is now live with the software. After concluding a seamless product implementation this past January using entirely remote processes and procedures, including completing a data migration, inventory import, and user training, the MRO is now using the software daily to track and
Lufthansa CityLine, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group specialized in European feeder services connecting Lufthansa’s Frankfurt and Munich hubs, has signed a deal with FLYdocs to automate and manage its aircraft records across its fleet of 51 aircraft. The five-year agreement will help the airline adopt a fully paperless approach to its records management. The FLYdocs® platform boasts an enhanced integration with leading M&E software, AMOS, which Lufthansa CityLine already uses as its core
Backed by SITA’s state-of-the-art technology, Bahrain International Airport’s (BIA) newly-opened passenger terminal is better prepared to respond to the changing demands of travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ultra-modern facility positions BIA as the most advanced boutique airport in the Gulf, increasing its capacity to 14 million passengers per year. A key focus for Bahrain
SITA announced the launch of ‘Health Protect’ – an industry solution, to help airlines, airports, governments, and passengers safely and securely share information on health tests or vaccinations needed during travel. Successful trials have already been undertaken with travelers to the United Arab Emirates, and soon to start at Milan Malpensa Airport. For many countries,
Sabre Corporation has announced the enhancement of its long-term SabreSonic passenger solutions suite (PSS) agreement with Rex (Regional Express), providing enhanced IT capabilities to support the carrier’s ambitious domestic and regional expansion plans. Rex already serves 60 destinations across all Australian states and has now bolstered its agreement with Sabre in order to quickly seize opportunities
