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Universal Avionics Software Version SCN 31.1 for the UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management Unit (CMU) has received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO). The software upgrade provides an optional configuration for Aeronautical Telecommunications Network Baseline 1 (ATN B1) Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) and Context Management functions required for the European mandate, formerly known as Link 2000+.

Alaska Airlines has selected Gogo to provide next-generation satellite-based inflight Wi-Fi service across its entire Boeing and Airbus fleet. Gogo’s broadband 2Ku service provides the significantly faster connection speed needed to stream content from services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO GO while in the air. Utilizing this advanced technology, guests can use their devices in

The independent airline Germania is responding to current market changes and is modifying its flight program accordingly for the summer season 2018. For travellers seeking to sidestep the ongoing changes within the German aviation industry, Germania is expanding its existing range of travel options, as well as its presence at a number of busy airports.

FL Technics, a global provider of one-stop-shop aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced having signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Flitetec, an aircraft interior plastics manufacturer. As per contract, FL Technics shall represent the UK-based company in 21 countries across Central, Eastern Europe and the CIS. As the sole representative of Flitetec in

Work has begun on the construction of an extension to the South-East Pier of Edinburgh Airport which should be completed by the summer of next year. The extension will see the creation of new boarding gates and seating areas between gates 13 and 14. Passenger growth is anticipated to grow to 16.5 million passengers in

ExxonMobil has relesed that Mobil Jet Oil 387, a synthetic High Performance Capability turbine engine oil, has been approved by Pratt & Whitney for use in its PurePower PW1100G-JM and PW1400G-JM Geared Turbofan engines. PurePower PW1100G-JM engines power the A320neo aircraft, while the PW1400G-JM is used on the Irkut MC-21 mid-range airliner. “With its exceptional

Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, is now offering commercial jet biofuel (biojet) to customers at Bergen airport in Norway (BGO/ENBR). The first batch was delivered to the airport on August 16. This follows Air BP’s successful introduction of biojet at Halmstad airport in Sweden in June 2017 and at Oslo

It has been announced by a senior union official that despite interest being shown by other carriers, only Lufthansa will hold a first round of talks with its rival airline, Air Berlin, which has filed for insolvency protection. Lufthansa’s deputy chair Christine Behle, who represents labour union Verdi on the company’s supervisory board, has said