IFE Services is supplying the Dutch leisure airline, ArkeFly, with a selection of Hollywood and local movies as well as popular TV shows, radio channels and music albums. The content is accessible to passengers via the airline’s seat-back, overhead and portable in-flight entertainment systems across its fleet of B737s and B767s. IFE Services will also
WheelTug reported the execution of a Slot Purchase Agreement with Icelandair. With the new reservations the order book of WheelTug aircraft drive systems grows to 573 delivery slots reserved by eleven airlines from Europe, America, the Middle East and the Far East. Icelandair becomes the first carrier to reserve WheelTug Delivery Slots for 737MAX aircraft.
Eclipse Aerospace released that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the extension of the service life of the Eclipse 500 & 550 aircraft to 20,000 hours / 20,000 cycles with unlimited calendar life. This provides the typical Eclipse Jet owner with over 50 years of safe operation and improved airframe residual value.
The pilots of Alaska Airlines, represented by the Airline Pilots Association Int’l, have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with Alaska’s Management for a new, five-year contract. The pilots’ elected leadership voted unanimously to send the TA to a vote of the membership after determining the agreement met the bargaining goals of improving wages, job security
Norwegian will operate its brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner on several European routes this summer, including London – Oslo. Norwegian’s passengers will also have the opportunity to experience the state-of-the-art 787 Dreamliner on selected routes from Oslo to Alicante, Malaga, Nice and Barcelona. Norwegian is scheduled to take delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner at
Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology, an AVIC subsidiary, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement towards establishing a joint venture that will design, manufacture and market commercial aviation flight simulators. The venture will initially focus on airlines and aircraft manufacturers in China, with future plans to address the global commercial simulation and training market
United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels for cost-competitive, sustainable, advanced biofuels at commercial scale, representing a historic milestone for aviation. With United’s strategic partnership, AltAir Fuels will retrofit part of an existing petroleum refinery to become a 30 million gallon, advanced biofuel refinery near Los Angeles, Calif. AltAir will produce low-carbon,
WheelTug reported the execution of a Slot Purchase Agreement with Air Berlin. With 110 new reservations the order book of WheelTug aircraft drive systems grows to 549 delivery slots reserved by ten airlines from Europe, America, the Middle East and the Far East. The WheelTug electric drive system uses high-performance electric motors, installed in the
Baltic Ground Services (BGS), an international provider of ground handling and into-plane fuelling services, has announced the successful certification of a new glycerine-based Type I de-icing fluid Defrosol ADF. The utilized materials allow to offer the market a lower-priced eco-friendly alternative. Baltic Ground Services will become the first ground handling provider to develop, certificate and
Volartec welcomes EasyFly as the first operator based in Colombia. It takes the number of Latin American countries where Alkym has been implemented to ten. EasyFly has signed contracts to implement ALKYM aircraft maintenance control and management software. EasyFly will undertake the implementation Project beginning in July when they will get underway with the 10
