Avinor Air Navigation Services has gone live with Airways International’s TotalControl simulator at Oslo Airport in Norway, after successfully completing remote site acceptance testing (SAT). With border restrictions still in place due to COVID-19, travel to Norway wasn’t possible for Airways International (AIL). The key challenge was to meet an October 1, go-live-date for the
US congressional investigators have released a 239-page report on the 737-MAX crashes where it identifies both Boeing Co (Boeing) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for “repeated and serious failures”, together with a culture of “concealment” instigated by Boeing to withhold important information from the FAA. The report identified Boeing’s sense of urgency to launch
EasyJet’s Chief Executive, Johan Lundgren, has demanded European governments focus on developing coherent air travel policies as opposed to shielding national carriers as carriers struggle to deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lundgren was quite blunt in his criticism of varying restrictions and quarantine measures which he felt had contributed to the slump
Supersonic aircraft company Aerion and Honeywell Aerospace are progressing through the joint definition phase for the Avionics and Connectivity suite of the new AS2 Supersonic Business Jet. “Honeywell Aerospace is the definitive leader in cutting-edge avionics technology, and we are delighted to continue our long-standing collaboration,” says Aerion’s CEO, Chairman & President, Tom Vice. “We
EASA Part-147 approved training organization, British School of Aviation (BSA), has secured approval from the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to deliver face-to-face and online synchronous engineer type rating training for the Boeing 737 Classic, NG and MAX aircraft. Delivered by Boeing trained instructors from its facility at London Luton Airport, as well as online,
CAE has released that Cebu Pacific Air (Cebu) has added pilot training for the ATR 72-600 to an exclusive 15-year training agreement with its joint venture, Philippine Academy for Aviation Training (PAAT). Under the terms of the agreement, CAE instructors will deliver initial and recurrent training to Cebu’s pilots on a brand-new CAE-built ATR 72-600
The EU-China Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) went into effect last week, giving a boost to the regions’ aviation manufacturers by simplifying the process of gaining product approvals from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), while also ensuring high safety and environment standards will continue to
A new research and development lab built byHoneywell is demonstrating the company’s technological capabilities in both hardware and software for the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) markets. The lab, which resembles a conceptual UAM vehicle flight deck with real hardware, is the first of its kind to demonstrate actual fly-by-wire controls
Embraer has announced it is to shed approximately 900 jobs, approximately 4.5% of its current workforce in a restructuring move. The Brazilian planemaker is struggling to deal with the dual setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic and Boeing’s cancellation of its deal with the commercial aviation arm of the company. Deliveries of commercial jets have fallen
ePlane has successfully launched a new way to source and pay for materials online. ePlane Fulfillment is a service in which ePlane can facilitate the purchase of an item for companies through a secured payment process anywhere in the world. From sourcing to payment, the ePlane Fulfillment gateway leverages intelligent technologies to pay and get
