Qantas customers can look forward to inflight wi-fi from next year, under a partnership with global broadband services provider ViaSat, that will tap into the nbn network. The new service will feature speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional on-board wi-fi, giving customers the ability to stream movies, TV shows, the latest news bulletins […]
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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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Air Transat and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement on renewal of the collective agreement that expired last April. The agreement, whose approval will be recommended by the union executive, will be submitted to the pilots in the coming days. “We have reached a reasonable agreement that is satisfactory to both parties and we
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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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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 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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EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has won an order with a leading US airline to manufacture an A350 Extended Door Trainer. EDM will design and manufacture the training equipment at its UK facility before shipping and installing it at the airline’s flight academy in the
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With economic sanctions having been lifted, Iran has become a prime target for aircraft manufacturers who have identified that the country has an ageing fleet of aircraft. Based on Airglobal figures, it is understood that the current Iranian fleet consists of 94 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft and 96 Airbus planes. A good number of
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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 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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