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Constant Aviation Rotable Exchange offers Beechjet step solution

Constant Aviation Rotable Exchange (CARE), a parts sourcing and distribution company, announced they have a PMA’d kit for the Beechjet 400A/XP steps providing a reinforced solution. “Beechjet owners have experienced “step drooping” for years. The current design does not provide a stable surface for passengers. Often times the step cables will break or the bottom […]

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Multiple theories still surround crash of Russia’s Kogalymavia flight KGL9268

In what has been described as Russia’s worst ever plane crash, at 04:17 GMT Saturday Kogalymavia flight KGL 9268 flying from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St Petersburg, Russia, suffered a catastrophic failure at high altitude and disintegrated above the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board, most of who were Russian.

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2% flight tax in India aims to make air travel more affordable to the masses

Currently around 70 million flight tickets are sold in India annually. However the country is struggling to make air travel affordable within the country to a wider proportion of the population. As a result a proposal has been put forward in the form of a draft government aviation policy where both current regional and national

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Aeroxchange & Pentagon 2000 Software align to improve MRO business-to-business transaction flows

Aeroxchange, the leading business process network focused on aviation, and Pentagon 2000 Software, developer of the Pentagon 2000SQL system, have partnered to offer MRO suppliers the ability to seamlessly conduct transactions across the Aeroxchange network and support direct ERP electronic collaboration with over 40 global airlines. The system-to-system connection enables efficient and error free collaboration

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Quebec government to put US$1bn in new Bombardier CSeries partnership

After announcing earlier this month that talks with Airbus to take a controlling stake in the Bombardier CSeries had failed, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer has announced that the Quebec government intends to inject US$1bn into a new partnership involving a subsidiary of Bombardier, aimed at seeing the new C Series through certification and into full

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Small Planet Airlines enters into partnership with Thomas Cook

Leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines has signed an agreement with Thomas Cook, one of the world’s leading travel companies. In the summer of 2016 the aircraft of Small Planet Airlines will carry Thomas Cook passengers from its Paderborn base in Germany to Mediterranean resorts. Under the agreement Small Planet Airlines will operate 460 flights from

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Satcom Direct first in business aviation to enable Inmarsat High Data Rate Service

Satcom Direct is the first Inmarsat SwiftBroadband (SBB) distribution partner to provision and enable the new SwiftBroadband high data rate (HDR) service with Honeywell avionics, nearly doubling in-flight data speeds available to business aviation. Satcom Direct has made HDR service available to SwiftBroadband customers, providing a faster and more efficient broadband connection. HDR enhances passengers’

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Global Eagle Entertainment receives STC approval of connectivity system on Airbus A320 aircraft

Global Eagle Entertainment, a worldwide provider of aircraft connectivity systems, operations solutions and media to the travel industry, has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to install its Ku-band satellite connectivity system on Airbus A320 aircraft.

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