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Global Eagle Entertainment a media and connectivity provider to the travel industry, has been selected by Avianca Holdings to provide the in-flight entertainment service onboard its subsidiaries’ airlines. Through this long-term agreement, GEE will provide a variety of international and regional inflight entertainment (IFE), including movies, TV programming and audio, to Avianca’s fleet of 168+

When Alitalia signed ancillary and joint venture agreements with Air France-KLM back in 2009 and 2010 the airlines strategic and economic situation was very different to what it is today. With Etihad Airways taking a 49% stake in the airline in January this year the situation changed and the agreements with Air France-KLM which are

In what has been seen by many as a potential case of double jeopardy, Judges in the Paris Criminal Court have dropped all charges against a number of individual and corporate defendants in a case of alleged insider trading at Airbus which relates to events that took place in 2006. The trial itself began last

Rockwell Collins reported that pilots flying new Beechcraft King Air 350i, 250 and C90GTx turboprops from Textron Aviation will experience intuitive, eyes-forward flying with its Pro Line Fusion flight deck. The system is expected to certify for all three new-production King Air models in the upcoming months, with aircraft deliveries to begin this summer starting

Many of China’s airline hubs are on the coast, yet it is the newly wealthy living inland who China are looking at to drive the next period of expansion with Chinese airlines. It is known that Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are all adding flights to New York, Paris and Sydney

GMN Aerospace announced that its first delivered M2TYCOAT parts have logged 1,300 hours in the air. In June GMN Aerospace announced its first branded product, M2TYCOAT. The proprietary developed product was specially designed for exterior color graphics and mandatory exterior placards and markers. After the first delivery of parts for the Boeing 737 in November,

After being transferred from state to regional ownership, in 2008 Grabtsevo airport was purchased by Volkswagen Russia, a subsidiary of the Volswagen Group. The region is a mecca for industry, and especially the automotive sector, with major manufacturers including Volkswagen, Citroen, Mitsubishi, Volvo and Peugeot having invested heavily in the area. In 2012 it was

China’s entry into the aviation market with a direct competitor for the latest variants of the Airbus A320 and Boeing’s 737, the Comac C919, has been a project beset with problems since its inception, and news has leaked out that its first flight scheduled for the end of 2015 has now been postponed until the

Eastern Air Lines Group report that its operating subsidiary, Eastern Air Lines, has received an Air Carrier Operating Certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Eastern received its certificate and “Part 121” operations specifications, which authorize passenger charters with large aircraft, in a short ceremony on May 13th, at Eastern’s headquarters in Building 5A at

Finnair is strengthening ties with fellow oneworld alliance members Japan Airlines and Qantas, with new codeshares on the airlines’ respective services to Busan, South Korea and Perth, Australia. Busan is a new addition to Finnair’s extended network, which Finnair passengers can now reach daily via Tokyo Narita on services operated by Japan Airlines. The new