Europe Airpost, the pan-European charter operator, has chosen AD Aerospace, an AD Group company, to supply CabinVu-123 to improve safety and security on board its aircraft. CabinVu-123 increases cockpit security by giving the pilots
Talking to industry leaders over the past few weeks, Bertrand Grabowski, member of the Board of Managing Directors of DVB Bank SE, and responsible for Aviation, said:
Eurocopter UK is to build a major new helicopter service centre at Kirkhill Commercial Park in Dyce, Aberdeen. The centre will bring the most up to date helicopter support technology to one of the busiest off shore oil and gas helicopter maintenance hubs in the world. The facility will be ideally placed to offer state
Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced that Hawaiian Airlines will install the Panasonic Avionics eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on ten A330 aircraft. The first eX2 equipped aircraft is expected to enter service in 2010. The Panasonic eX2 IFE system will provide an enhanced IFE experience on Hawaiian Airlines
British Airways unveiled a radical new environmental target of halving net CO2 emissions by 2050. The target means that British Airways will reduce its net carbon output from 16 million tonnes in 2005 to eight million by mid-century. Willie Walsh, the airline’s chief executive, announced the new objective in Hyderabad, to which British Airways has
Volvo Aero will initiate negotiations with the Trade Unions regarding redundancy of 250 blue-collar employees. At the same time, the company plans to reduce the number of white-collar positions by around 100 through planned retirement and a reduced number of consultants.
Delta Air Lines was notified by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) that pre-merger Northwest technicians voted to approve an agreement on seniority integration. In mid-December, the Delta TechOps Seniority Integration Committee and the Northwest Committee partnered to reach a tentative agreement on a combined seniority list covering technicians and other TechOps employees. The integrated
Volvo Aero released that it will play a vital role in Clean Sky, the largest EU project to date in the aerospace field. Volvo Aero has received a role in the subprojects regarding open-rotor engines, which could reduce fuel consumption by 15 to 20%. The agreement was signed on January 14th and Volvo Aero has
Air Berlin released that it will be carrying out CAT III-B approaches with its Boeing 737NG aircraft. This means that from now on landings will be possible when visibility in fog is down to just 75 metres. Where aircraft previously had to be diverted to other airports, the Boeings operated by Air Berlin will now
IBM in Korea announced that it has renewed a ten-year outsourcing agreement with Korean Air, one of the leading airlines in Asia Pacific. Under the agreement, signed in December 2008, IBM will manage the data center for Korean Air for the next ten years. Since 1998, IBM has been providing IT management services to Korean
