Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have all announced that the onboard charging or recharging of the latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, is now banned in light of recent problems discovered with the model. Within just a few weeks of its release, there have been 35 instances reported where the phone has suffered from
On September 4, 44 member states of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) committed to joining the International Civil Aviation’s (ICAO’s) global market-based measure (MBM) scheme from the very beginning. On the same day, both the U.S. and China jointly announced they anticipated being “early participants” in the global MBM. The MBM is also referred
Ramco Systems, the global Aviation software provider on Cloud and Mobile, reported the successful go-live of Ramco Aviation Suite at state-owned Vietnamese helicopter operator, Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company (VNHS). This implementation marks Ramco Aviation 5.7’s first live customer in Vietnam. The implementation of a unified platform has enabled VNHS integrate operations including Maintenance, Repair and
With Airbus having been badly affected by problems with the delivery of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines for the 320neo, Bombardier has also had to revise its expected delivery figures for 2016 as a result of problems with the PW1500G geared turbofan engine. Of the original target delivery figure of 15 CS100s, Bombardier expects to
Subsequent to Bombardier coming to an agreement with the government of Quebec, which was reported on June 23 this year, to sell a 49.5% stake in a subsidiary company created specifically for the C-Series for US$1 billion, and the first of two US$500 million payments released on the 30th June, the second payment due on
Republic Airways has reached an agreement with American Airlines that secures a long-term relationship between the two airlines and on September 5 has filed a motion for its approval in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The amended agreement provides for: – a single capacity purchase agreement that prescribes
On August 29t, new rules came into effect which now allow commercial drone pilots to operate without a full pilot’s license and case-by-case permission. Instead they now just need to pass a certification test, while agreeing to abide by certain regulations. The change in legislation is known as the Small UAS Rule and was first
On September 16 last year, the leadership for the certification departments of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) signed a charter to create the Certification Management Team (CMT). Their goal was straightforward: through collaboration to improve
Commsoft’s MRO IT system, OASES, has been chosen by Pionair, the Australian air charter and air freight specialists, to support the three BAe 146-200 regional airliners it will be using for its new airline freight operations. Pionair will be Commsoft’s second active customer in Australia and this new contract represents the eighth deal won for
Finnair has signed an agreement with ViaSat, a global broadband services and technology company, to install a high-speed wireless internet network on its entire Airbus A320 series short-haul fleet flying in Europe. The installation of the Wi-Fi equipment will begin in May 2017, and will be completed by June 2018. With a connection speed of
