Qantas Airways’ fleet of 747-400 airplanes will be monitored by Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM), a software system that helps airlines improve the management of unscheduled maintenance events. In addition, Qantas will use Airplane Health Management for future 787 Dreamliner deliveries. Qantas has 65 Boeing 787s on order. Qantas’ 30 747-400s will use Airplane Health
Andreas Kramvis has been named President and CEO of its $4.9 billion Specialty Materials business, effective March 31, 2008. Kramvis succeeds Nance Dicciani who will retire from the company on April 14, 2008. He will report to Honeywell
Dr. Andreas Jahnke has been appointed the new head of the Lufthansa Cargo Center in Frankfurt. Dr. Jahnke, a logistics expert is taking up his post in charge of the cargo carrier
Qantas announced it would roll out new technology on its domestic aircraft from late 2008 to allow customers to send and receive email and SMS via mobile phone or personal electronic device. Qantas has partnered with AeroMobile, which has developed the technology which allows mobile phones and portable devices to be used safely inflight without
PPG Industries
PAS Technologies has named Philip D. Jones as director of human resources reporting to Dennis Hercules, vice president of human resources. Phil is responsible for managing the human resources function for the Kansas City facility as well as serving as the deputy general manager for the site and directing the benefits function for PAS Technologies
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Iberia has signed a handling contract with the airline First Choice and, starting in April, will assist its aircraft and passengers in Spanish airports. Iberia Handling will provide handling services for the 4,000 flights to Spain that are programmed by the British airline for the summer and winter seasons. The contract covers all Spanish airports,
Iberia and American Airlines have substantially broadened the scope of their code-sharing arrangement. Starting in mid-April, U.S.-bound Iberia passengers can choose among 16 new destinations in addition to the 22 Iberia now offers, five of them direct from Spain and 17 under code sharing. Iberia passengers can already fly under the Iberia code on American
Avcom Avionics & Instruments, Inc. – Miami. announced its new subsidiary B.P.I.P. LLC this company specializes in developing test solutions for end users/ operators utilizing modern automatic test platforms.
