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Spirit AeroSystems announces job cuts amid financial challenges

In response to mounting financial difficulties and a decline in deliveries to Boeing Co., Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. intends to trim its workforce by approximately 450 employees at its Wichita, Kansas headquarters. The reduced production of 737 Max airframes and other components has necessitated a downsizing, according to a spokesperson representing the company. Affected staff

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Break-up Heathrow monopoly to cut costs, says IAG

Heathrow’s monopoly should be broken-up with the ability for terminals to be run by third parties, creating competition and lower costs for customers, says International Airlines Group (IAG). In a submission to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), IAG says that Heathrow’s expansion provides a great opportunity for independent companies to design, build and run commercial

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IATA and CAAS to launch global Safety Predictive Analytics Research Center

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) to establish a Global Safety Predictive Analytics Research Center (SPARC) in Singapore. The MoC was signed by Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, and Kevin Shum, Director-General of CAAS. SPARC

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GE Aviation and AirAsia sign agreement for digital solutions

AirAsia and GE Aviation have signed a four-year agreement for GE to provide the electronic Flight Operations Quality Assurance (eFOQA) and the FlightPulse pilot application for AirAsia’s fleet of about 355 A320 and A330 aircraft and 4,000 pilots. GE Aviation’s eFOQA service uses flight data generated by the aircraft and its systems and applies proprietary

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Smiths Detection awarded US$50m contract by Airports Authority of India

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and screening technologies for aviation, ports and borders, urban security and military markets, has released that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has placed an order for multiple CTX 9800 DSiTM systems at a combined value of over US$50m. Through a global competitive tender process conducted by

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SR Technics, ZbW and SITECO provide advanced training for Indonesian Polytechnic instructors

In November and December 2017, MRO service provider SR Technics jointly with ZbW St. Gallen, a leading Swiss institution in higher vocational education and training (hVET), held a six-week advanced training program for 15 Indonesian polytechnic instructors. The training marked the start of a major “lecturer retooling” program launched last year by the Indonesian Ministry

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Panasonic Avionics announces 24 aircraft deal with Kenya Airways

Panasonic Avionics and Kenya Airways have signed an agreement to provide inflight entertainment (IFE) services and passenger technical solutions for 24 of the carrier’s narrowbody and widebody aircraft. The agreement includes ten Embraer 190 aircraft line-fitted with Panasonic Avionics’ eFX IFE system, five Boeing 737-800 aircraft fitted with eX1 and nine Boeing 787-8 aircraft equipped

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