General Electric (GE) has announced its intention to create three independent industry-leading, global, public companies in the aviation, healthcare and energy sectors. It will achieve this through pursuing a tax-free spin-off of GE Healthcare, creating a pure-play company at the centre of precision health in early 2023, in which GE expects to retain a stake
Austrian Airlines and Vienna International Airport will jointly introduce the biometric recognition system for contactless travel on November 9. Star Alliance Biometrics facilitates boarding without presenting the boarding pass and passing through security access both quickly and contactlessly. This feature is exclusive for Miles & More members. After a one-time registration via the Miles &
MTU Aero Engines (MTU) has purchased a 20% share of MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V. (MLS) from Sumitomo Corporation, making the Amsterdam-based company a 100% subsidiary of MTU. MTU has also sold its 10% share in SMBC Aero Engine Lease B.V. to Sumitomo Corporation. Both companies will continue to maintain their close collaboration. The move
Savback Helicopters AB is opening a UK home at Nottingham Heliport in the East Midlands, as it furthers its expansion in Europe. The premier dedicated helicopter facility, owned and operated by Central Helicopters, is set in 11 acres of private grounds, offering VIP facilities for crew and passengers and a substantial 520 m² hangar, and
BAA Training, one of the top-three leading aviation training academies in Europe, and École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC), the only aviation-oriented university in France, have signed an agreement and developed a BAA Training – ENAC mutual training programme, covering Ab Initio and advanced training. With a proven track record of two-year collaboration, the companies
Rolls-Royce and Qatar Foundation announced they will enter into a long-term partnership to create a global centre for climate technology innovation. As partners, Rolls-Royce and Qatar Foundation will develop two world-class campuses dedicated to launching, investing in and growing businesses that can accelerate the global energy transition. The centre will help entrepreneurs create and grow
Having lost an estimated US$50 billion a year in revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Thailand is readying itself for the rebooting of its previously strangled tourist industry now the country is once again open, albeit for vaccinated travellers. Not so much a lack of demand but tight restrictions for those wishing to visit Thailand
Towards a greener future, DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo will extend their weekly CO2-free freighter flights between Frankfurt and Shanghai. The joint mission will be continued throughout the entire winter flight schedule until March 2022. Now Nokia has signed up to the initiative. Every week, the global telecommunication network provider will avoid greenhouse gas emissions
Italy’s Rome, Venice and Bologna airports have teamed up with France’s Aeroports de la Côte d’Azur in Nice to create Urban Blue, a company which will be dedicated to building and managing infrastructures for eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) flying taxis in the four Italian and French cities according to REUTERS news agency. Atlantia’s
In August 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the Oceanic Data Link (ODL) contract to SITA, a leading IT provider to the air transport industry, to provide its Future Air Navigation System (FANS-1/A)-based datalink solutions for the management of air traffic across the United States’ vast oceanic airspace. SITA’s proven solution will be vital in
