Southwest Airlines has selected GE’s Flight Efficiency Analytics to support its fleet of nearly 700 Boeing 737 aircraft. GE will add analytics for a more comprehensive service with greater operational efficiency where GE already provides Flight Operational Quality Assurance (eFOQA) analytics and crew recovery solutions to tackle airline optimization challenges across the business. In addition
DVB Bank SE is strengthening its commitment to sustainability and has joined aireg – Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany e.V., as both announced on October 1st. DVB Bank, as the leading specialist for international transport financing, will support the climate efforts of the aviation industry in Germany. aireg has been working on the
Global Eagle Entertainment has signed an agreement with Turkish Airlines to supply Technical Content Services across its entire fleet of 250+ aircraft. Starting June 2015, GEE will provide Technical Content Services including data management, media encoding and metadata provision to support the airline’s inflight entertainment programming. Technical Content Services are a crucial service to airlines,
With neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate introducing legislation to extend the FAA’s legislation on a long-term basis, despite many discussions over a ‘transformational’ reauthorization bill, the agency’s authority was due to expire today, 30th September. Consequently the Senate and then the House swiftly have passed legislation which will extend the current authorization
Pan Am International Flight Academy announced has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training (ATP-CTP) on the B-737NG. The company was approved in early August to conduct ATP-CTP training on the Airbus 320. This additional FAA approval makes Pan Am the only aviation training organization authorized to
Global Eagle Entertainment signed a major agreement with Etihad Airways to provide inflight entertainment (IFE) content aboard six airlines of Etihad Airways Partners. Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines in the Middle East, has spearheaded this innovative IFE initiative, the first of its type in the industry, to provide an enhanced and consistent passenger
Astra Aviation has signed a new Ground Handling Agreement with airport services provider, National Aviation Services (NAS), at Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Under the terms of the agreement (NAS), part of the Agility group, will provide the physical ground handling, whilst Astra, via its local company and offices, will handle and coordinate
Peninsula Airways (PenAir), one of the largest regional airlines in Alaska and the Northeast U.S., has selected Panasonic Avionics’ FlightLink for 18 SAAB SF340 and three SAAB 2000 aircraft. With FlightLink, PenAir adds aircraft operation center (AOC) voice, data, and aircraft positioning and tracking to its fleet of SAAB aircraft.
Launched in 1998 to carry out maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on Rolls-Royce engines operated by American Airlines, the joint venture between American and Rolls-Royce, Texas Aero Engine Services (TAESL), is to come to an end in January 2016. There are approximately 600 employed at the facility in Fort Worth, Texas, of whom 500
The Qantas Group and GE Aviation have signed a comprehensive agreement for GE’s Flight Efficiency Services, which will help Qantas and Jetstar increase operational flexibility and fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions by drawing on GE’s navigation services, data and analytics expertise. The agreement includes flight efficiency and Flight Operations Quality Assurance (eFOQA) analytics, as
