Royal Jordanian Airlines is now using Rockwell Collins’ ARINC GLOBALink to provide primary communications for its fleet of aircraft. The airline, based in Amman, provides service to Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and throughout the Middle East. Royal Jordanian is using Rockwell Collins’ entire suite of ARINC GLOBALink services, including Very High Frequency (VHF), SATCOM,
Russia’s airline regulator, the Interstate Regulatory Committee, has issued a statement suspending all flying certificates for Boeing 737s that are operational in Russia. The suspension of these flight certificates has not, however, seen flights themselves suspended as a spokesman for Russia’s aviation watchdog, Rosaviatsya, which is obliged to comply with IAC safety recommendations, said it
Cabot Aviation, the global aircraft remarketing division of Air Partner PLC, reported the strategic expansion of its operations into the Private Jet sector with the appointment of Tim Barber as Senior Vice President – Private Jets to lead the team. Cabot Aviation is a well-established and successful aircraft remarketing broker which primarily operates in the
Having averted one strike at the end of June, it would seem that negotiations between Lufthansa and the cabin crew union UFO, which represents approximately 19,000 members, have reached an impasse and a strike is now unavoidable, scheduled to start November 6th and lasting for 7 days. Lufthansa have struggled to put together a deal
The Minister of Investments and Development (MID) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Asset Issekeshev has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CAA International (CAAi), the State-to-State advisory arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA). The MoU supports future collaboration between the UK and Kazakhstan to strengthen the safety oversight of Kazakhstan’s Aviation
As a result of Air Canada’s attempts to move the majority of its heavy-maintenance operations out of Canada in 2012 by awarding a five-year contract to an American firm, Avos Fleet Performance (Avos) filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a decline in the level of business done with Air Canada. The Quebec Liberal government at that
Airline Services Interiors, the dedicated interiors division of Airline Services Ltd has completed the design and integration of Panasonic’s next generation eX3 In-Flight Entertainment system into the first of 18 British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft. The upgrade, which took nine months to complete, features on all classes of passenger seating from World Traveller (economy) through
Approximately 4,000 people, including many senior Communist party leaders, engineers and journalists, assembled at a hangar near Shanghai’s Pudong international airport to witness the unveiling of the awaited 158-seat C919. The plane, which is a direct challenge to Boeing’s 737 and the Airbus A320, was wheeled out from behind a red curtain which said “China
Constant Aviation Rotable Exchange (CARE), a parts sourcing and distribution company, announced they have a PMA’d kit for the Beechjet 400A/XP steps providing a reinforced solution. “Beechjet owners have experienced “step drooping” for years. The current design does not provide a stable surface for passengers. Often times the step cables will break or the bottom
In what has been described as Russia’s worst ever plane crash, at 04:17 GMT Saturday Kogalymavia flight KGL 9268 flying from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St Petersburg, Russia, suffered a catastrophic failure at high altitude and disintegrated above the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board, most of who were Russian.
