The Boeing Company announced that its Anaheim-Huntington Beach site in California has earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification, a global benchmark of an organization’s commitment to understand and continuously improve its environmental performance.
Embraer has finalized the delivery of the protocol it developed for the datalink system called Link-BR2 to Brazil
SR Technics and Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates, have signed their first technical training agreement. The contract covers over 1000 instructor days of theoretical and practical training on Airbus A320, A330 and A340, as well as difference training, run-up in simulators, health and safety, and aviation/ technical English. The contract
easyJet reported that a new
The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance, of which SAS Scandinavian Airlines is a founding member, has accepted the membership application of Aegean Airlines, the largest airline in Greece. This means SAS soon can offer its customers 28 new destinations in Greece. SAS currently operates 10 flights a week from both Copenhagen and Stockholm, which
TAG Aviation Asia Ltd, a subsidiary of TAG Aviation Holding S.A. from Switzerland, officially announced the business expansion of its aircraft charter, aircraft management, aircraft completion monitoring and aircraft brokerage services in Hong Kong. The company has hired additional staff and moved into larger offices in Wanchai in a response to growing demand for their
GE Aviation is to develop wireless data gathering and transmission technology for aircraft applications in support of the WiTNESSS (WIreless Technologies for Novel Enhancement of Systems and Structures Serviceability) initiative. Data transfer is essential for many aircraft health monitoring and test instrumentation applications on fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and engine test beds. The potential advantages of
Russia’s leading domestic airline, S7 Airlines, is to join oneworld. After being unanimously elected on board by the grouping’s existing ten member airlines, which include some of the best and biggest names in the industry, S7 will become part of oneworld, offering the alliance’s full range of services, benefits and fares, during 2010. As a
Fiji-based Air Pacific and Alaska Airlines announced they have entered into a new codeshare agreement and expanded frequent-flier partnership. The new partnership allows members to earn and redeem miles on Air Pacific flights to the South Pacific and beyond. The airlines also announced they have established a codeshare agreement for service between Fiji and Vancouver,
Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced an agreement with long-time customer American Airlines to install the Panasonic Digital Overhead Audio/Video System on multiple aircraft in its fleet. New installations of the Panasonic Digital Overhead Audio/Video System are already in service on 58 Boeing 767-300, 10 Boeing 767-200, and four Boeing 737-800 aircraft in the American Airlines fleet.
