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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will advance discussions with JatAirways about an equity investment in the Serbian national carrier. An Initial Memorandum of Understanding (IMU) between Etihad Airways and the Government of Serbia was signed in Belgrade on Monday, June 17th. An investment decision would depend on the successful completion

Private air charter operator, SaxonAir Charter has chosen AeroTrac Aviation MRO Process Control software from TracWare, to complement their continuing airworthiness management functions and future Part-145 maintenance activities. Saxon Air’s primary criteria for choosing AeroTrac was the savings to be made in both cost and time by streamlining the technical, logistical, commercial and financial business

BAE Systems and Sagem/Safran Electronics mark a 10-year milestone this year for their joint venture, FADEC International. FADEC International is aimed at developing, manufacturing, and servicing full authority digital engine controls (FADEC) with cutting-edge technology for commercial jet engine applications. The FADEC solution is a redundant, multi-channel digital computer which governs engine fuel flow, controls

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, Toulouse (France) and Lufthansa Technik have entered into a long-term cooperation. The agreement stipulates the bilateral exchange of know-how and process and repair documentation of a wide range of components for air management systems, flight control and actuation systems as well as landing gears developed and manufactured by Liebherr-Aerospace. The cooperation

Horizon Air and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) announced today they have reached tentative agreement on a new five-year contract for the carrier’s nearly 500 flight attendants. The proposed contract includes pay raises, quality of life improvements and more flexible scheduling. It still must be presented to union members for review and a ratification

IFE Services is supplying the Dutch leisure airline, ArkeFly, with a selection of Hollywood and local movies as well as popular TV shows, radio channels and music albums. The content is accessible to passengers via the airline’s seat-back, overhead and portable in-flight entertainment systems across its fleet of B737s and B767s. IFE Services will also

Eclipse Aerospace released that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the extension of the service life of the Eclipse 500 & 550 aircraft to 20,000 hours / 20,000 cycles with unlimited calendar life. This provides the typical Eclipse Jet owner with over 50 years of safe operation and improved airframe residual value.

The pilots of Alaska Airlines, represented by the Airline Pilots Association Int’l, have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with Alaska’s Management for a new, five-year contract. The pilots’ elected leadership voted unanimously to send the TA to a vote of the membership after determining the agreement met the bargaining goals of improving wages, job security