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SunExpress Airlines selects Honeywell to maximize safety and efficiency of new Boeing 737 fleet

Honeywell Aerospace has signed a contract with Turkish airline SunExpress to supply the company’s latest cockpit technologies for its first delivery of newly purchased Boeing 737-800 airplanes. Honeywell will provide SunExpress with cockpit avionics, including the IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar and the SmartTraffic Traffic Collision Avoidance System. With these technologies, SunExpress will be able to

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GECAS delivers two leased Boeing 737-800s to new customer 9 Air

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced delivery of two leased Boeing 737-800s to new customer 9 Air, a subsidiary of Juneyao Airlines. Established earlier this year, 9 Air launched operations from China’s Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in January. 9 Air currently operates a fleet of five aircraft to three destinations in China, with plans to

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Robinson upgrades R66 Police Helicopter

Robinson Helicopter Company announced its R66 Turbine Police Helicopter with the FLIR Systems Ultra 8000 Infrared Camera and the Spectrolab SX-7 searchlight with 30-million candlepower has been reconfigured to include a multitude of upgrades. This high performance 4-place police helicopter comes standard with a Garmin G500H Primary and Multifunction Display System (PFD/MFD), a Garmin GTN

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Garuda Indonesia chooses LEAP-1B engines for the airline's 737 MAX fleet

Garuda Indonesia and CFM International announced the expansion of their long-term partnership, providing support for the airline’s future fleet revitalization program. At the 2015 Paris Air Show, Garuda Indonesia has committed to purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which will be powered by CFM LEAP-1B engines. Garuda Indonesia is a long-time CFM customer and

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Good news for Boeing as US Senate votes to revive EX-IM Bank

After the federal Export-Import Bank’s charter ran out on the 30th June when Congress chose not to renew it, a rare Sunday meeting of the US Senate has seen a 67-26 majority vote enable the federal credit agency to now operate until September 30th 2019. The vote was to advance the legislation required, though the

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CTC Aviation providing exclusive airline pilot selection services to BA CityFlyer

BA CityFlyer has signed an exclusive agreement with airline pilot training and resourcing company CTC Aviation for Direct Entry Pilot selection services. Significantly, this is the first time that the airline has outsourced their selection of First Officers to an independent service provider. CTC Aviation’s Airline Resourcing team will be providing selection services to support

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Jin Air takes first direct delivery of Next-Generation 737-800

Boeing and Jin Air celebrated the airline’s first direct-delivered Next-Generation 737-800 in Seattle. Jin Air is the low-cost affiliated company of Korean Air. The delivery marks the 13th Boeing 737-800 to join Jin Air’s all-Boeing fleet. The airline currently serves 16 routes in Asia and operates a total of 15 airplanes, including two 777-200ERs.

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WestJet Connect takes flight

WestJet has begun rolling out its new inflight entertainment system featuring wireless Internet connectivity and more than 450 movies and television programs, called WestJet Connect. The system will be activated on all of WestJet’s Boeing 767ER aircraft and more than 30% of WestJet’s Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft by end of 2015, with installations on the

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