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Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology, an AVIC subsidiary, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement towards establishing a joint venture that will design, manufacture and market commercial aviation flight simulators. The venture will initially focus on airlines and aircraft manufacturers in China, with future plans to address the global commercial simulation and training market

United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels for cost-competitive, sustainable, advanced biofuels at commercial scale, representing a historic milestone for aviation. With United’s strategic partnership, AltAir Fuels will retrofit part of an existing petroleum refinery to become a 30 million gallon, advanced biofuel refinery near Los Angeles, Calif. AltAir will produce low-carbon,

WheelTug reported the execution of a Slot Purchase Agreement with Air Berlin. With 110 new reservations the order book of WheelTug aircraft drive systems grows to 549 delivery slots reserved by ten airlines from Europe, America, the Middle East and the Far East. The WheelTug electric drive system uses high-performance electric motors, installed in the

Volartec welcomes EasyFly as the first operator based in Colombia. It takes the number of Latin American countries where Alkym has been implemented to ten. EasyFly has signed contracts to implement ALKYM aircraft maintenance control and management software. EasyFly will undertake the implementation Project beginning in July when they will get underway with the 10

Making sure that in-flight entertainment systems are working properly at every seat on every plane, cabin systems supplier Thales, chose MAINtag to provide a complete RFID package for their latest generation of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems onboard all their contracted Airbus A350 XWB and A380 aircraft as well as various Boeing planes. All new video

SFS intec, a global development partner, manufacturer and supplier of precision cold formed components, special fasteners and mechanical fastening elements, has appointed Avio-Diepen as one of their full-line authorized global distributors of SFS intec’s commercial aircraft products. “In representing SFS intec, we are taking another valuable step forward in supplying high quality safety products and

Nordisk Aviation Products reported its agreement with LATAM Airlines to supply 3,517 UltraLite Unit Load Devices (ULDs) to replace the airline’s entire stock of cargo containers. The deal, valued at $9.3m, supports LATAM’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions and will save the airline an estimated 1 million gallons in fuel, or as much as $3.2m

Finnair has licensed the AirVault Maintenance Records Management Solution to provide Finnair with a new, centralized web-based aircraft record-management system. AirVault is a leading web-based solution that enables aviation industry companies to manage fleet maintenance records across their entire community of business and regulatory partners.