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Gogo, a leading global aero communications service provider, announced that its commercial aviation operation has earned AS9100 aerospace quality certification. AS9100 is the internationally recognized Quality Management System standard for the aviation, space and defense industries. The certification satisfies a major requirement that must be satisfied in order for Gogo’s technologies to become a line-fit

Back on the 5th December last year we reported on the incident where Heather Cho, the daughter of the Chairman of Korean Air, Cho Yang-ho, created more than just a commotion over the incorrect presentation of some peanuts on board her flight. Rather than simply admonishing the member of the cabin staff for the error,

It has been made public that during the fatal crash of TranAsia’s flight GE235, after the first engine failed the pilots on board shut down and then tried to restart the working engine – a move which is believed to have caused the plane to stall and then crash into the Keelung River in Taipei,

Al Nasriyah Al Kuwaitiyah Co (Al Nasriyah), have been awarded a 45 year contract to build and manage a new airport, NADA, in three phases in the Iraqi city of Al Diwaniyah, capital of the Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate. The city is strategically located on the Baghdad Basra rail corridor and the initial intention for the airport

The German Air Force (GAF) has taken delivery of a Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for the A400M aircraft provided by Airbus Defence and Space. The training device entered service at Wunstorf Air Base, where the GAF A400M fleet will be based, on January 8th and will be used to train about 60 GAF crews in

British Airways received operational approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority for use of Boeing’s Electronic Logbook (ELB) on their 787 Dreamliner fleet. Developed in partnership with Ultramain Systems, ELB enables unprecedented levels of communication between flight crew, cabin crew and ground-based maintenance and engineering staff, which translates into better passenger service and greater airline

Norwegian continues its cooperation with several big tour operators by entering new agreements with TUI, Thomas Cook and Nazar. The agreements mean that Norwegian will fly charter passengers to several destinations in the Mediterranean. The agreements are worth over NOK400m and include almost 2,000 flights. From London Gatwick, Norwegian will fly passengers to destinations in

It is no secret that Lufthansa has some of the highest running costs in the airline business and, consequently, has become vulnerable to low-cost competitors such as Ryanair and easyject. Average yields fell by more than 3% in 2014 and any cost cuts performed recently within the group have been far from sufficient to compensate