For some time Air France, a subsidiary company of Air France-KLM, has struggled over negotiations with pilots in an effort to reduce running costs. One of the major stumbling blocks which directly affects Air France is Air France-KLM’s ‘Perform 2020’ plan which includes an investment of €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) in the low-cost arm of […]
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) a third-country (non EU) operator’s certificate (TCO), which allows commercial air transport (CAT) operations into, within or out of any of the following territories: • the 28 Member States of the European Union • the 4 EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)
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Southwest Airlines has selected GE’s Flight Efficiency Analytics to support its fleet of nearly 700 Boeing 737 aircraft. GE will add analytics for a more comprehensive service with greater operational efficiency where GE already provides Flight Operational Quality Assurance (eFOQA) analytics and crew recovery solutions to tackle airline optimization challenges across the business. In addition
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DVB Bank SE is strengthening its commitment to sustainability and has joined aireg – Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany e.V., as both announced on October 1st. DVB Bank, as the leading specialist for international transport financing, will support the climate efforts of the aviation industry in Germany. aireg has been working on the
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Global Eagle Entertainment has signed an agreement with Turkish Airlines to supply Technical Content Services across its entire fleet of 250+ aircraft. Starting June 2015, GEE will provide Technical Content Services including data management, media encoding and metadata provision to support the airline’s inflight entertainment programming. Technical Content Services are a crucial service to airlines,
With neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate introducing legislation to extend the FAA’s legislation on a long-term basis, despite many discussions over a ‘transformational’ reauthorization bill, the agency’s authority was due to expire today, 30th September. Consequently the Senate and then the House swiftly have passed legislation which will extend the current authorization
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Pan Am International Flight Academy announced has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training (ATP-CTP) on the B-737NG. The company was approved in early August to conduct ATP-CTP training on the Airbus 320. This additional FAA approval makes Pan Am the only aviation training organization authorized to
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Global Eagle Entertainment signed a major agreement with Etihad Airways to provide inflight entertainment (IFE) content aboard six airlines of Etihad Airways Partners. Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines in the Middle East, has spearheaded this innovative IFE initiative, the first of its type in the industry, to provide an enhanced and consistent passenger
Astra Aviation has signed a new Ground Handling Agreement with airport services provider, National Aviation Services (NAS), at Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Under the terms of the agreement (NAS), part of the Agility group, will provide the physical ground handling, whilst Astra, via its local company and offices, will handle and coordinate
Peninsula Airways (PenAir), one of the largest regional airlines in Alaska and the Northeast U.S., has selected Panasonic Avionics’ FlightLink for 18 SAAB SF340 and three SAAB 2000 aircraft. With FlightLink, PenAir adds aircraft operation center (AOC) voice, data, and aircraft positioning and tracking to its fleet of SAAB aircraft.
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