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Airline Services Interiors has won a significant contract from IAG member airline, Aer Lingus for a major enhancement on three of its Boeing 757-200 aircraft. Modifications cover work on integrating a new cabin arrangement with the installation of new lie-flat Thompson Aero Vantage business class seating, monuments, the fitting of Zodiac Inflight Innovations IFE and […]

Panasonic Avionics has been selected to supply the Cabin Services System (CSS) on the new family of Boeing 777X aircraft. Panasonic is currently the supplier of CSS on all Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft. Panasonic’s CSS is a scalable, database driven, Ethernet-based network that provides core cabin functions such as passenger address, cabin

Four days after the arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the known IS terrorist believed to have been heavily involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Belgian capital has been rocked by three explosions. Two of these took place early in the day at the city’s Zaventem Airport where 11 people are believed to

Unisys Corporation released that its subsidiary in the Netherlands has won a new five-year contract with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, to provide service desk and onsite services for the company’s key locations at Schiphol airport and Amstelveen. The implementation is designed to reduce the airline’s IT service-delivery costs while improving end-user satisfaction, raising productivity by

Gogo has expanded its connectivity partnership with Air Canada to include its international fleet, including the Boeing 787. Under the new agreement, Gogo’s 2Ku connectivity technology will be installed on Air Canada’s wide-body international aircraft, starting with the Boeing 777 this fall.

Avianor has received Transport Canada STC’s for its modification to Airbus A330 passenger seating. These modifications were designed by Avianor to allow easy removal of the previously installed (legacy) IFE system, replacing it with the state of the art “RAVE” system from Zodiac Inflight Innovations (Zii). As part of a larger project, the Y class

Spirit Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA (AFA), providing the airlines more than 2,200 Flight Attendants with a five-year contract. The agreement contains wage increases, healthcare and other benefits. The AFA Negotiating Committee will be sharing complete details of the agreement with Spirit’s Flight Attendant Leadership, and

Airbus is establishing a world-class pilot and maintenance training centre in the National Capital Region of Delhi, to support the county’s need for new Airbus pilots. According to Airbus’ latest global market forecast, India requires over 1,600 passenger and freighter aircraft in the next 20 years to 2034, with an accompanying demand for new pilots