The Airbus A380 is a bit of a paradox as it is loved by passengers for its space and comfort, but despite being able to carry appreciably more passengers, it is disliked by airlines who, up until the recent drop in the price of aviation fuel, have leant more towards the smaller twin-engine jets which […]
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ATR, the turboprop manufacturer, opened a Representative Office in Beijing, a new milestone in its long history of cooperation with China. For nearly 20 years China has been a strategic partner and supplier for ATR. Key airframe sections and some components of the wings of ATR aircraft are produced by Xian Aircraft Company (XAC), a
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JetBlue has become the launch customer for Airbus’ “Maintenance Mobility” offering, following a contract signed with Airbus. Maintenance Mobility allows the airline mechanics to have all the technical information they need on iPads. Maintenance Mobility is one of several services in the Smarter Fleet cloud-based services platform developed by Airbus in partnership with IBM. The
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Plans put forward for a new four-runway airport at Lebak, in Banten Province, which is near Jakarta, have been rejected by the Indonesian Ministry of Transport (MOT) after a year-long consultation. The plans had been submitted by the Lion Group and property developer PT Maja Raya Semestra (MRIS) for the development of a 4,000 hectare
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CTT SYSTEMS, a market leader of aircraft humidity control systems, announces Cair System VIP humidification order for one Boeing BBJ 787 aircraft to be installed with an undisclosed customer during autumn 2016. With this order, CTT celebrates its 81th Cair VIP order in total for the Airbus ACJ/Boeing Business Jet VIP Programs.
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Commsoft has launched a new corporate identity designed to emphasise its flagship OASES (Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System) product. Created by, and for, engineers, OASES is one of the most successful aviation engineering and maintenance systems in the world combining ease of use with highly sophisticated functionality. As part of a strategy to ensure a
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Only two days after two bomb threats were responsible for the diversion of two Air France planes bound for France from the US, a plane belonging to Polish airline LOT was forced to divert and land at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria while en route to Hurghada in Egypt from Warsaw in Poland. “The plane landed
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L-3 Aviation Products and Thomas Global Systems announced at NBAA that they have signed an alliance agreement to cooperate in the development of certain CRT-to-LCD display upgrade products that eliminate CRT-related maintenance costs, downtime and obsolescence issues, while providing a cost-effective growth path for cockpit upgrades. “L-3 is delighted to be working with Thomas Global,
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Those responsible for instigating laws in the European Union (EU) are demanding new measures in order to protect and enhance the position of the EU transportation economy. As a consequence the European Parliament, which is based in Brussels, has just passed a resolution by 428-149 votes which wants to see all airlines playing on a
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing approximately 6,500 flight attendants at Air Canada and 700 at Air Canada rouge, confirmed that its members have ratified an agreement on collective agreement terms for ten years. The agreement is subject to certain openers over the ten year period and has been approved by the Air
