Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has reported the establishment of its new representative office in Mexico. The event was marked in an opening ceremony with the participation of the Israeli Ambassador, Mr. Jonathan Peled, and local representatives. Mexico’s security arms imports grew by almost 200% between 2012 and 2016, placing the country as the 2nd largest
Euronews joins EasyJet’s newest Air Time entertainment offer, developed by Immfly, currently deployed on the British carrier’s fleet. Thanks to the onboard wireless network, travelers of the Europe’s second largest airline company (with more than 78 million passengers per year) can now access the free service via their personal devices. Euronews’ inflight offer on board
Sabre Corporation, a leading technology provider to the global travel industry, has reported an expanded three-year partnership with Far Eastern Air Transport, opening a wider variety of travel options within Taiwan and internationally. Established in 1957, Far Eastern Air Transport operates services from Taiwan to Southeast Asia, South Korea and Palau. The company is currently
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 5.9% in October 2017 compared to the year-earlier period. This was a slowdown from the 9.2% annual growth recorded in September 2017 but still exceeded the average annual growth rate of 3.2%
Liebherr-Aerospace officially has opened on November 30th, 2017 its new liaison office in Hamburg’s Center of Applied Aeronautical Research (Zentrum fuer Angewandte Luftfahrtforschung, ZAL). The office of the Liebherr-Aerospace liaison team is now closer to the facilities of Airbus in Hamburg (Germany), and will enable the engineering and R&D teams of Liebherr and the aircraft
Commsoft’s MRO IT system, OASES, has been chosen by new Cypriot airline, Tus Airways (Tus Air). Designed by engineers for engineers, OASES is one of the most successful aviation engineering and maintenance systems. Easy to use whilst being functionally highly sophisticated, it is structured in a modular format to allow for scalability and Tus Air
Sabre Corporation, technology provider to the global travel industry, has entered into a new distribution agreement with Aviation Services Mongolia (ASM) to distribute the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) in Mongolia. In tandem with this, ASM has successfully converted Air Market – Mongolia’s largest travel agency – to the Sabre GDS. With the implementation effective
A research team from the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) has released a report that concludes that drones that collide with large manned aircraft can cause more structural damage than birds of the same weight for a given impact speed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will use the research results
Smiths Detection has reported that Narita International Airport Corporation in Japan has ordered 20 high-speed CTX 9800 DSi™ explosives detection systems (EDS) for hold-baggage screening. Narita is the main international airport in Japan, handling around 50% of the country’s international passenger traffic and 60% of its international air-cargo traffic, and has collaborated with Smiths Detection
AerData, a Boeing subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Montrose Global Aircraft Leasing Limited (MGALL) to support their existing fleet of 45 aircraft and accounting systems with AerData’s Corporate Management System (CMS) hosted solution. “We are looking to grow, and CMS will allow us to do that,” said Nick Brice, Montrose Global Technical director. MGALL
