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In a move that will provide Rockwell Collins’ customers and prospects with more aviation connectivity options, the company announced that it has been licensed to sell satellite services in Brazil. The global license, authorized by Anatel, gives Rockwell Collins the ability to sign distribution and service agreements with any satellite entities and customers operating in

At the 438th meeting of the BACA Council it was reported that an increasing number of European brokers and operators have been the victims of cyber attacks. It appears that a very sophisticated criminal community is targeting the business aviation sector and hacked into broker and operator internal communications systems for access to bank accounts

Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a new contract for its Pilots. The Negotiating Committees will work this week to draft final language. Once complete, the agreement will go through the normal union ratification process. Dates and details on a ratification vote will be announced in the days ahead. The

Deutsche Lufthansa AG welcomed the approval by the members of the Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation (UFO), the union of the company’s cabin crew staff, of the terms and conditions of the proposed new collective labor agreements (CLAs) for Lufthansa’s cabin personnel. The approval promises longer-term industrial peace on the CLA front. The various changes under the

Finnair Cargo has selected HUB logistics as its terminal operator as of December 2016. Finnair Cargo is scheduled to open its new, state-of-the-art, 37 000 square meters COOL Nordic Cargo hub at Helsinki Airport in May 2017, and will work with HUB logistics to ensure a smooth transition and optimised usage of the new automated

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of AerSale’s new AerSafe system on the Boeing 737 Classic series aircraft in compliance with the Fuel Tank Flammability Reduction (FTFR). This new STC is in addition to the STC for the Boeing 737 NG series, approved by the FAA earlier