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Five-year EU-China Aviation Partnership Project launched

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and partners are set to manage a €10 million ($11 million) aviation cooperation project between the European Union and China which will link technical cooperation with policy dialogue between the two respective aviation authorities. The five-year EU-China Aviation Partnership Project (APP) will be jointly implemented by EASA and the

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ICAO bans transport of lithium batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft

The 36-state International Civil Aviation Organization Governing Council has adopted a new policy, albeit a temporary one, which bans the transport of all lithium batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft until a better solution can be found for their safe packaging in transport. Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, ICAO Council President, has stressed that “Safety is

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Air Transat adds pre-flight IFE downloads for Boeing 737 services

Passengers flying on Air Transat’s Boeing 737-operated services now have access to an app-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) service, which enables them to download content to their personal device ahead of their flight. The carrier is using a version of Global Eagle Entertainment’s Airtime Content-to-Go product, which it has branded the CinePlus B app. Passengers can

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Swiss and Panasonic raise bar in passenger experience

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), the national airline of Switzerland, is renewing its focus on passenger experience in partnership with Panasonic Avionics by introducing inflight connectivity and a new user interface design. The first of nine SWISS Boeing 777-300s has entered into service providing global inflight Wi-Fi and 3G phone services from Panasonic’s Global Communications

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Tigerair upgrades to Rockwell Collins’ latest Iridium SATCOM system on 34 A320 aircraft

Singapore-based Tigerair will be upgrading 34 Airbus A320 aircraft (21 firm orders and 13 optional) with the latest version of its Iridium satellite communications (SATCOM) system. Deliveries will begin later this year. The Rockwell Collins Iridium SATCOM system provides flight crews with reliable long-range voice and data communications over the global Iridium satellite network and

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Jazz Technical Services division ratifies labour agreement

Jazz Aviation, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation, reported that its Technical Services division, represented by Unifor, have ratified their tentative agreement reached on January 28th, 2016. Unifor represents approximately 820 maintenance and engineering employees at Jazz. The new collective agreement provides long-term labour stability to 2025, productivity enhancements and a transition to competitive labour costs.

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