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Boeing, Aeromexico and Mexico’s Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) will collaborate with a biojet program supported by Mexico’s Sector Fund for Energy Sustainability (SENER-CONACYT) to advance research and development of sustainable aviation biofuel in Mexico. The initiative, announced on February 24th and coordinated through the Mexican Bioenergy Innovation Center, will support Mexico’s aviation sector as

Qantas customers can look forward to inflight wi-fi from next year, under a partnership with global broadband services provider ViaSat, that will tap into the nbn network. The new service will feature speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional on-board wi-fi, giving customers the ability to stream movies, TV shows, the latest news bulletins

Air Transat and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement on renewal of the collective agreement that expired last April. The agreement, whose approval will be recommended by the union executive, will be submitted to the pilots in the coming days. “We have reached a reasonable agreement that is satisfactory to both parties and we

Passengers flying on Air Transat’s Boeing 737-operated services now have access to an app-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) service, which enables them to download content to their personal device ahead of their flight. The carrier is using a version of Global Eagle Entertainment’s Airtime Content-to-Go product, which it has branded the CinePlus B app. Passengers can

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), the national airline of Switzerland, is renewing its focus on passenger experience in partnership with Panasonic Avionics by introducing inflight connectivity and a new user interface design. The first of nine SWISS Boeing 777-300s has entered into service providing global inflight Wi-Fi and 3G phone services from Panasonic’s Global Communications

EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has won an order with a leading US airline to manufacture an A350 Extended Door Trainer. EDM will design and manufacture the training equipment at its UK facility before shipping and installing it at the airline’s flight academy in the

Singapore-based Tigerair will be upgrading 34 Airbus A320 aircraft (21 firm orders and 13 optional) with the latest version of its Iridium satellite communications (SATCOM) system. Deliveries will begin later this year. The Rockwell Collins Iridium SATCOM system provides flight crews with reliable long-range voice and data communications over the global Iridium satellite network and