Alton Aviation Consultancy, a boutique aviation consulting firm, has further extended its global reach with the opening of a new office in the Shinagawa district of Tokyo. With its existing offices in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Dublin, Alton now has a local presence in the world’s leading aviation and aerospace centres. The Tokyo
Earlier this year, autonomous snowploughs cleared snow from the runway at Fagernes Airport in Norway for the very first time. This project, which goes by the name of Yeti, is now embarking upon the next phase in its implementation and the snowploughs will go into live operation at Oslo Airport this winter. Autonomous snow clearing
Global ONE Media Limited has been selected by AirChinaMedia Co. to license and deliver inflight entertainment IFE content for television, as well as domestic and international movies in multiple languages for its massive global fleet. The contract was signed in September 2018. Global ONE Media Beijing team will lead AirChina’s contract with support by IFE
Panasonic Avionics Corporation and Uzbekistan Airways have announced a new commitment for inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions for three Boeing 787-8 and two Airbus A320neo aircraft. Panasonic’s X-Series IFEC system, along with a suite of connectivity services, will be line-fit installed on the new aircraft, with the first due to enter service in January
Honeywell’s GoDirect Datalink service is now compatible with ForeFlight and RocketRoute flight planning applications. This new access is a standard offering for all GoDirect Datalink customers and allows pilots to upload their ForeFlight and RocketRoute flight plans directly to their aircraft via Honeywell’s datalink network. This capability makes it even easier for pilots to manage
Seabury Solutions, a subsidiary of New York-based Seabury Capital Group and a market leader in providing Information Technology solutions for the aviation industry, has established a partnership with PartDB, the Republic of Korea-based provider of Engineering IT and VR solutions, as part of continued strategy to expand its global client base. The partnership is aimed
London Oxford Airport has welcomed The Children’s Air Ambulance and its Leonardo AW169 intensive care-equipped helicopter as a new tenant. Citing its convenient location, enabling the charity to work with its NHS partners across the south of the country, London Oxford Airport was determined as its ideal southern base. TCAA will from hereon be launching
Fraport Greece has presented the future look of Thessaloniki’s Makedonia Airport (SKG) at a ground-breaking ceremony held September 19 on the site of the new 34,000-m² passenger terminal that will open in the next two years. Fraport Greece, a subsidiary of Fraport AG, is investing some €100 million in creating a “new era” at Greece’s
Airbus has celebrated the topping out of the E-Aircraft Systems Test House at its Taufkirchen/Ottobrunn site near Munich in Germany. The facility will provide the infrastructure to install hybrid-electric propulsion systems with a total power of up to 2×20 MW for Airbus’ E-Aircraft Systems Programme. The project is on schedule for completion in March 2019.
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