Gogo, a leading provider of in-flight connectivity and entertainment solutions to the global aero market, announced that it will bring its next generation ATG-4 air-to-ground connectivity technology to business aviation. ATG-4 will be available for business aircraft via a new equipment package called ATG 8000. First shipments are expected in April 2015. Particularly well-suited for
AerData, the provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software, reported that Titan Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide, has chosen AerData’s CMS and STREAM software. CMS (Corporate Management System) is the leading lease and asset management solution used by the majority of the world’s aircraft, helicopter and engine
Three weeks after Airbus began discussions with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulators over deployment of ejectable flight data recorders, the International Civil Aviation Organization has proposed the implementation of a number of measures to ensure that by the end of 2016, airlines are able to locate all aircraft, even over major expanses of
Rolls-Royce has launched a new strategic approach to customer care with the opening of the first of a network of Customer Service Centres for civil large engines. The first of the centres, officially opened on February 3rd in Singapore, will support all airline customers across the Asia Pacific region. This is part of a strategy
In what was described as “an attempt to buy off local opposition to a third runway”, last May it was announced that London Heathrow Airport had put together a compensation package extending to some £550m (US$825m) for the purchase of property blighted by the new runway, that sum to also include £250 million (US$375m) for
Jazz Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation, released that its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (‘ALPA’) have ratified their tentative agreement reached on January 13th, 2015. The term of this agreement is 11 years expiring on December 31st, 2025. ALPA represents approximately 1380 pilots employed at Jazz. The term of
On March 8th 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared without trace, though believed to have been somewhere over the Indian Ocean. In a pre-recorded statement aired on national TV on Wednesday this week, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director-General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman announced that it was
The Allied Pilots Association (APA), representing 15,000 pilots at American Airlines, announced that its members have approved a new five-year contract which provides immediate pay raises of 23% and subsequent annual raises of 3% for the next five years.
Gogo’s wireless in-flight entertainment product – Gogo Vision – is now installed on more than 1,700 commercial aircraft across six major airlines the company reported and continues to roll out in the business aviation market. Today, more than half of the aircraft flying around the world with wireless in-flight entertainment are equipped with the Gogo
It was on the 29th July 2014 that alarm bells started to ring for the future of Japan’s Skymark Airlines Inc. when it announced it was struggling over negotiations with Airbus SAS over their order for six A380 jets. The order had been signed in 2011 at a cost of 191.6bn Yen (US$1.88bn) and Skymark
