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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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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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, 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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The head of commercial sales at the Canadian plane and train manufacturer Bombardier has admitted to there being a “bit of a pause” in orders being placed for the C-Series jet while waiting for completion of the recent partnership deal with Airbus. It was in October the deal for Bombardier to sell a majority stake
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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
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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The sixth Singapore Airshow will start on Tuesday, February 6 and will run until Sunday, February 11. Originally called the Changi Airshow, the bi-annual Singapore Airshow is now held adjacent to Singapore’s Changi International Airport, at the Changi Exhibition Center which offers approximately 42,500 square meters of indoors space and over 100,000 square meters of
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JORAMCO Academy and AACO Regional Training Center have signed a cooperation agreement to support the growing needs of the civil aviation industry in Jordan and the Middle East. Under this agreement, both parties will offer joint courses in the field of aviation maintenance training for engineers and technicians to be held at AACO Regional Training
Satair Group, a global leader in the material management business and an Airbus services company, is launching an adapted name change at the 2018 Singapore Air Show – Satair– along with a new logo and visual identity. In 2014, Satair Group, a wholly owned Airbus subsidiary, was formed from the merger of the Airbus Material
