Finnair is started employee consultations with its personnel. The consultations concern employees working in administrative and support functions as well as cabin attendants. The measures are part of the savings program started in 2011, which aims at breaking Finnair’s loss-making cycle. The company still hopes that by achieving cost reductions in ongoing negotiations the redundancies
Japan Airlines (JAL) has selected Panasonic Avionics for a major expansion of in-flight Wi-Fi for its international fleet which includes Boeing 787s, Boeing 777-200ERs and Boeing 767-300ERs. The commitment comes after a successful introduction of Panasonic’s broadband Wi-Fi service on 13 of Japan Airlines’ 777s that have been flying international routes since July 2012. The
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Gogo released that its business aviation group, Aircell, has received Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for installation of in-flight connectivity and entertainment systems aboard Bombardier Challenger 300 business jets. The certifications cover the AVIATOR 300 and UCS 5000 systems.
Japan Airlines and fellow oneworld alliance members British Airways and Finnair will start their planned joint business between Europe and Japan starting on April 1st, 2014. The joint business means that the three airlines will share revenue and cooperate on scheduling and pricing between Japan and Europe, providing customers with more flexible routing options and
A joint team from ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has certified the first AW189 full-flight simulator (FFS) to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators. The new CAE 3000 Series AW189 FFS is installed in the new simulation building at AgustaWestland’s A. Marchetti Training Academy in
Gogo, leading provider of in-flight communications services to the global aviation industry, reported that the first aircraft of Delta’s long-haul international fleet has gone live with Gogo’s connectivity service. Passengers flying on Delta’s 747-400 aircraft fom Los Angeles to Tokyo and from Atlanta to Tokyo, on March 25th, were the first to experience the service.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has entrusted its entire spare parts logistics to Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services GmbH (LTLS) as part of a three-year agreement in effect since the beginning of February. Under the agreement, LTLS will take over all transport services for SWISS everywhere in the world, including standard transports and special services such
Thales, a leader in Air Traffic Management, will supply the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with an initial five Instrument Landing Systems model 420 (ILS420s) for deployment throughout the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). This order is the first procurement in a five-year contract. The ILS420 will provide precise vertical and horizontal navigation guidance to
During the second quarter of 2014, Lufthansa Technik AG will commission a new complex of buildings in Hamburg representing a construction investment of some €20m. This project is yet another milestone in the company’s ongoing investment program at its home base. In addition to offices and workshops, the Central Materials Technology department – one of
