It has been confirmed by Bell Helicopter that the first 525 Relentless test aircraft has crashed at Chamber’s Creek, 120km south east of Fort Worth, Texas and south of Bell Helicopter’s Xworx facility in Arlington, killing both pilots. As yet the cause of the accident is unknown, with Bell releasing the following statement: “This is
Last year Finnair announced it would launch a wireless network connection for the majority of its wide and narrow-body aircraft. The first wireless services were taken into use on Finnair aircraft at the end of last year onboard the new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. Finnair will begin the installation of Wi-Fi on its long-haul Airbus
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a US$344m contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and deploy the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system. This key NextGen system will provide electronic flight strips as well as improved surface management tools that will allow streamlined operations in the air traffic control towers for busy airports.
In January it was officially announced that the US would be lifting most of its economic sanctions against Iran after 37 years of existence. The sanctions were lifted as a result of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirming that Tehran has met its commitments to roll back its nuclear programme, under an agreement with
Lufthansa and the independent flight attendants’ organisation UFO have announced that they are accepting the mediator’s recommendation by former Brandenburg Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck. The parties had previously spent approximately half a year negotiating all open collective bargaining agreements and a wide range of other issues. “Reaching a comprehensive agreement and ensuring that there is
easyJet, Europe’s second-largest low-cost airline, has decided to seek a third air operator’s certificate and its second outside the UK in a move to protect itself against the potential problems created by the UK’s referendum result and vote to leave the European Union. easyJet Switzerland, a subsidiary of easyJet, currently holds the company’s second AOC.
Rockwell Collins has been selected by China-based Shenzhen Airlines to provide its full suite of advanced avionics and PAVES Broadcast overhead In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) on 44 new airplanes, including 37 Boeing 737 MAX and seven Next-Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in July 2017. Avionics highlights of Shenzhen’s selection include Rockwell Collins’
Triumph Group reported that its workforce in Spokane, Wash., returned to work following ratification of a new contract with members of the Local IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) District 751. The four-year collective bargaining agreement covers approximately 400 production workers at the company’s Precision Components composites facility in Spokane. This is the
With a current worldwide shortage of type-trained pilots, Austrian Airlines has become the latest airline to succumb to shortages, this time as a result of a shortage of Embraer E-195-trained pilots. However, with these planes being used more for regional flights, the 300 proposed flight cancellations throughout July and August will not affect the airline’s
Commsoft reported that its MRO IT system, OASES, has been selected by new Cyprus-based Orion Airways to support a fleet of Boeing 737-300 and -800 aircraft. Orion is Commsoft’s first customer in Cyprus and brings the total number of countries in which OASES is being used to 43. OASES offers a high level of technical
