West Star Aviation have teamed up with Careerwise in Colorado to establish a long-term apprenticeship for upcoming talent. West Star will begin to host their apprentices in August of 2018. Colorado launched a statewide initiative called Careerwise due to the workforce needs and lack of competencies needed for skilled/trade positions. West Star has agreed to
Honeywell has launched a new option called consigned inventory management for its maintenance protection program, the Honeywell Avionics Protection Plan (HAPP). This feature lets Business and General Aviation aircraft operators store the avionics they need at the repair facilities closest to them, ensuring parts are more readily available. The program’s focus on 24/7 asset availability
Swiss AviationSoftware (Swiss-AS) has announced its involvement with Boeing regarding the deployment of AMOS for Boeing’s Global Fleet Care services. Low-cost-carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle is the first airline to rely on Boeing’s lifecycle solution in combination with AMOS. In June 2017, Norwegian’s newly arrived Boeing 737 MAX fleet went live in AMOS and the Boeing
German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) is looking to Lufthansa offshoot, Eurowings, to provide better conditions after the union had rejected a labor agreement which would have allowed the low-cost carrier to employ staff from the now defunct Air Berlin on German contracts. Lufthansa is looking to grow Eurowings by taking on 1,700 staff from
The Maldives’ two main international airports, Velana (MLE) and Gan (GAN), operated by Maldives Airports Company Ltd (MACL), are now using Rockwell Collins’ ARINC vMUSE™ Common Use Passenger Processing System to improve airport processes while expediting the check-in process for passengers. MLE recently renewed its existing contract with Rockwell Collins while GAN signed a new
Sabre Corporation has signed a multi-year agreement to provide Sabre MIDT Network Plus data to Hong Kong Airlines. The purchase is expected to be central in providing the airline with much-needed intelligence as they chart their expansion plans into North America. Following this first destination in continental United States, the airline hopes to further expand
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), a world leader in Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC), and Singapore Airlines, today introduced a series of eight new innovations in personalization with the launch of myKrisWorld – the airline’s newest inflight entertainment offering. myKrisWorld embraces Panasonic’s vision for IFEC, which centers around the concept of “the Internet of Me,” taking
Munich Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport are forging closer ties: At a special ceremony, the top managers of the two hubs, Dr. Dmitriy Kamenshchik, Chairman of the Board Moscow Domodedovo Airport Group and Dr. Michael Kerkloh, the President and CEO of Munich Airport, signed a cooperation agreement. The aim of the partnership is a systematic
Boeing subsidiary AerData is growing its leasing software presence in China under a new agreement with Everbright Financial Leasing Co., headquartered in Beijing, that will consolidate data from multiple sources using a single Corporate Management System (CMS) platform. The platform will reduce risk for lessors by giving them full control and oversight of asset values,
Cabin crew working for British Airways’ mixed fleet have voted to accept a pay deal that brings their long running dispute to an end Britain’s largest union, Unite has reported on Tuesday 31 October. 84% backed the deal which was hammered out in talks between British Airways and their union Unite. As a result of
