Delta is introducing four self-service bag drop machines at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this summer, a US$600,000 investment that allows customers to quickly, securely and easily check their own bags. One machine will be equipped to test facial recognition technology to match customers with their passport photos through identification verification, a first for U.S. carriers.
A busy Easter helped Heathrow Airport to break records as over six million passengers were welcomed during the month, an 11% raise compared to April 2016. Middle-East traffic rose 20% in light of an increase in the number of operational A380s and the new service to Tehran, whilst North American traffic rose 10% on higher
Spirit Airlines has reached an agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) to extend indefinitely the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida), directing the pilots to restore the status quo while the company and union remain in mediated contract negotiations. The TRO will remain in
On May 12, Regional Express (Rex) will celebrate the graduation of the first group of Vietnamese cadets trained at its pilot academy, the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA) in Wagga Wagga, NSW. After 10 months of intensive training, the cadets are graduating with a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) with Instrument Rating – Multi Engine Aeroplane
BAA Training, one of the biggest aviation training centres in Northern Europe, now has more aviation training locations than ever before. It is able to provide training solutions for 18 types of aircraft on 54 Full Flight Simulators located in 27 places over Europe, North and South Americas, Africa and Asia. The IATA 20-year Air
During the course of three years, a team of more than 1,500 people from both Southwest and Amadeus collaborated to bring together multiple reservation system capabilities onto one common platform under the Altéa Suite of products. The new reservation system brings an array of features designed to allow Southwest to: optimize its flight schedule, including
Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) has selected Rockwell Collins’ ARINC vMUSE common use passenger processing solution (CUPPS) for 14 South Korean airports nationwide. In 2016, KAC airports handled 62 million passengers traveling on approximately 380 thousand domestic flights. The South Korean aviation industry is experiencing significant growth, with average annual increases of 6.7% for flights and
Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 9, for a strategic operational partnership in air cargo transportation. This unique and ground breaking agreement, the first of its kind in the air cargo industry between a mainline airline and a specialised freighter operator, will allow cooperation between two carriers
An ongoing labor dispute between Spirit Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) which is representing Spirit Airlines’ pilots, has resulted in the cancelation of over 300 flights since the beginning of May, with 81 alone cancelled last Sunday. Security had to wrestle with unruly passengers at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after flight
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia has chosen Honeywell’s GoDirect Fuel Efficiency software to boost fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The Honeywell GoDirect solution, one of more than 50 flight support, connectivity and maintenance services offered by the company – provides a full range of data analysis, reporting and monitoring tools to help the Copenhagen-based charter airline
