Flight attendants at America’s United Airlines are not taking the news lying down that the carrier intends to reduce the number of flight attendants by one in the high-margin Polaris international business cabin. The consequence of United’s announcement earlier this month has seen those who are members of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) plan
Turkish Airlines has signed an agreement with the Turkish systems and software company, HAVELSAN, to buy 5 Full-Flight simulators and 6 Flight Training Devices. HAVELSAN will produce full-flight simulators with international D-level certification for the Boeing 737MAX and Airbus A320ceo/neo type aircraft. The agreement means Turkish Airlines will reduce its foreign dependency for technology and
China Post and Lufthansa Cargo have entered into a “Joint Freight Operation” agreement, under which China’s National Post will leverage capacity on Lufthansa Cargo flights to improve e-commerce-driven air mail transportation between China and Europe. Initially, Lufthansa Cargo will provide the Post with cargo capacity between Shanghai and Frankfurt that is “equivalent” to a weekly
The Air Law Firm is marking its third anniversary this month with the opening of an office in Shannon, Ireland. It is also strengthening its family of specialist aviation lawyers with the appointment of new senior associate, David Chamberlain. Chamberlain joins from law firm Watson Farley and Williams, where since 2015 he has been specialising
Oriens Aviation, the exclusive UK Pilatus Service Centre and sales distributor of the PC-12, is widening its expertise at its London Biggin Hill facilities to start offering EASA Pilatus PC-12 SET class rating pilot training from January 2019. In a newly-ratified partnership with Jonathan Shooter’s Oysterair, who are a specialist Approved Training Organisation in high
ELTA Systems, a division and subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has unveiled a new and enhanced configuration of its Drone Guard system which detects, identifies and disrupts the operation of UAS and small drones. With hundreds of units already operational across the world, the new modular configuration has added a Communication Intelligence (COMINT) system
Luxair has selected Turbonycoil® 600, a synthetic standard turbine oil, to be used on its fleet of Boeing 737 New Generation and Bombardier Q400. Luxair serves more than 60 destinations, mainly in Europe and North Africa. The Luxair airline’s current fleet includes 6 Boeing 737 NG (8 from 2019) aircraft powered by CFM56-7B engines and
Boeing and SparkCognition have announced plans to launch SkyGrid, a new company that will enable the future of urban aerial mobility. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid will develop a software platform to ensure the safe, secure integration of autonomous cargo and passenger air vehicles in the global airspace. Using blockchain technology, AI-enabled dynamic traffic routing,
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and XpressSAR, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to purchase from IAI a constellation of up to four TecSAR synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites along with associated support services for launch, in-orbit testing, commissioning and establishing ground operations to control the constellation. XpressSAR, an American owned and operated company will
Delta has reported that a portion of the oil refined by Monroe Energy will come from synthetic feedstock converted from waste plastic, under an agreement announced last week with Agilyx, an environmental technology and development company. Under the agreement, Agilyx will supply about 2,500 barrels per day of the synthetic feedstock by 2020. “The Agilyx
