Honeywell and Aerion collaborate on flight deck for new AS2 Supersonic Jet

September 16, 2020

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

BSA adds 737 family to its training portfolio

September 16, 2020

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,

Cebu Pacific Air adds ATR 72-600 training to exclusive agreement with CAE-Cebu joint venture

September 9, 2020

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

EASA and China’s CAAC start new era of cooperation

September 8, 2020

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

Honeywell unveils next-generation avionics lab for Unmanned Aerial Systems and Urban Air Mobility

September 8, 2020

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 to cut workforce as it deals with pandemic and Boeing U-turn

September 4, 2020

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 launches new secure fulfillment solution

September 2, 2020

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

Jet Maintenance Solutions is seeing strong recovery in business aviation

August 28, 2020

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation’s future seemed bleak. While airlines are still not operating at full capacity, European business aviation companies saw a strong rebound in the month of July 2020. In the statistical data released by EBAA, some European airports have reported an increase in departures of business jet aircraft. Palma

Lufthansa Cargo opens pharma facilities in Munich and Chicago

August 21, 2020

After a construction period of only five months, the new “Lufthansa Cargo Pharma Hub Munich” has opened at Munich Airport. It offers space for up to 96 pallets and loose cargo in two different temperature ranges (+2 to +8 °C and +15 to +25 °C) and a freezer (down to -18 °C) on almost 1000

Lufthansa clears way to year end with short-term crisis agreement with Vereinigung Cockpit

August 20, 2020

Lufthansa, Europe’s second-largest commercial airline by passenger numbers, has announced it has come to a short-term agreement with Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), the airline pilots’ union, with regard to crisis measures required to deal with the effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the industry. Those pilots covered by the agreement fly for Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo,

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