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Boeing and Microsoft have signed an agreement to build a cloud-based platform for Boeing’s portfolio of commercial aviation analytics tools. The two companies intend to work together to transition many of Boeing’s commercial aviation applications into the Microsoft Azure cloud. Boeing – and its subsidiaries AerData and Jeppesen – offer a wide portfolio of advanced

SK AeroSafety, which specializes in the repair and overhaul of aircraft safety components, has selected Quantum Control MRO and Logistics software for worldwide rollout to its five locations. Implementation across all facilities is expected by end of the third quarter 2016. SK AeroSafety, the aviation business unit of the SK FireSafety Group based in the

The SmartSky 4G network is taking off with another partner onboard. Pro Star Aviation will serve as an authorized dealer for hardware sales and installation of SmartSky’s innovative technology. Pro Star will sell and install SmartSky equipment across many business jet models using STC licenses obtained from SmartSky’s earliest distribution partners.

STG Aerospace announced that its emergency floorpath marking system, saf-Tglo, has been installed on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. Orbis, a non-profit organization that fights blindness around the world and based in New York, operates the Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only mobile ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft, taking the very latest

China Eastern Airlines has increased its commitment to Panasonic Avionics’ (Panasonic) for global broadband connectivity services to 84 total aircraft. The leading Chinese carrier, which, in partnership with China Telecom Satellite, was the first to offer broadband Wi-Fi connectivity on flights over Chinese airspace, and this agreement strengthens its long-term relationship with Panasonic. The extended

Lufthansa Technik AG has modified the first VIP aircraft, an Airbus A340, with the fastest internet connection currently available on the market, the so-called Ka-band satellite communication technology. Lufthansa Technik is the first MRO company in Europe to receive the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from EASA to install Ka-band antenna systems on an Airbus A340

Satair Group’s “Integrated Material Services” (IMS) has won their first A350XWB customer, Cathay Pacific Airways, and has started their new service offering for the airline’s fleet of 48 Airbus A350XWB aircraft. Working in conjunction with the recently announced long-term agreement with Airbus to provide Flight Hour Services (FHS), Satair Group will operate the IMS, which

Sabre Corporation has expanded its long-term technology agreement with LATAM Airlines Group, with the implementation of Sabre´s Flight Plan Manager and broadening the adoption of Software-as-a-Service solutions from the Sabre AirCentre operational suite. Sabre´s AirCentre Flight Plan Manager, which provides fully-automated flight planning capabilities and significant productivity savings, will help the group unify flight operations