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Global Eagle Entertainment, a worldwide leading provider of content, connectivity and digital media solutions to airlines, has been selected by WestJet to manage its inflight content services. WestJet is currently overhauling its existing inflight entertainment (IFE) system and replacing it with a wireless IFE solution. Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) will provide a broad array of

All flights in and out of London were cancelled for nearly two hours on Friday afternoon owing to what has been confirmed as a major computer glitch at the NATS Swanwick air traffic control centre. Transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, stated that: “Disruption on this scale is simply unacceptable and I have asked NATS for a

As a part of its US$2bn investment to give customers a world-class travel experience, American Airlines will upgrade its regional fleet by adding Gogo inflight wireless services to all two-class regional jets. Nearly 250 of American’s regional aircraft will have inflight wireless Internet service installed by 2016. “We’re investing in a more competitive and consistent

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, introduced in Congress last night, includes important language that paves the way for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approval of Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) foreign air carrier permit application, which has been pending for nearly a year. Congress included significant new language that the Secretary of Transportation

The total disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH70 in March saw many people asking how, in this day and age of high technology and the ability to track virtually anything, an airplane of such magnitude could disappear without trace. The clear public discomfort at such an event saw the re-emergence of ideas proposed but postponed

Eastern Air Lines has signed a letter of intent with CAE, the world’s premier flight simulator manufacturer, under which CAE will provide Eastern with flight training solutions as it grows its fleet of Boeing 737-NG and MAX aircraft and eventually the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.  “CAE is proud to have been chosen as the training partner

It was back in July that UTair began its cost-cutting program, Impulse, through which it was aiming to reduce annual running costs by 5bn roubles per annum (US$140m). The airline had intended to cut management staff by 30%, optimize route networks, reduce airport handling time between flights and automate MRO plans. The Russian airline had

Embraer and FlightSafety International completed the training of the first class of pilots for the new Legacy 500 executive jet. These pilots, trained to operate customer jets, benefited from the complete customer support and services structure with advanced training technology. The simulator was qualified as Level C by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and by

It may leave you scratching your head as to how an airline can go from making a loss of AU$2.8bn one year to making a first-half profit of AU$300m the following year. Curiously the announcement of the Qantas loss saw shares rise by 4% (7 cents) at one point, while this latest announcement has seen