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American Airlines to enhance airport screening capabilities

American Airlines has announced from its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas that it is entering into a joint venture with Analogic Corporation to expand the use of Computed Tomography (CT) at airports across the globe. It is anticipated that the state-of-the-art CT technology when it successfully completes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) certification and qualification […]

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New smart notes and situational awareness tools enhance Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro for operators

Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, now offers operators dynamic new features and functionality within its industry-leading FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bag (EFB) solution. Available for airlines and large-scale operators, the new version of FliteDeck Pro now provides enhanced navigation and situational awareness capabilities to simplify preparation and in-flight procedures. The latest enhancements to FliteDeck Pro include

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Air transport contributes 3.5% – US$12bn – to South Africa’s GDP

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data which reveals that the South African air transportation sector is responsible for contributing US$12bn to the country’s GDP, while providing employment for approximately 490,000 people if tourism-related jobs are also included. The figures were revealed in a study conducted by Oxford Economics on behalf of IATA

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First CAE-built Bombardier C Series aircraft Full-flight Simulator upgraded to Level D by Transport Canada, FAA, EASA and MOLIT (South Korea)

Transport Canada, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority, the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) have qualified the world’s first C Series aircraft full-flight simulator (FFS) to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators. The Bombardier C Series FFS, located at the

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Concept Laser and Lauak sign Letter of Intent for additive manufacturing collaboration

Concept Laser (a GE Additive company) and LAUAK (a French aeronautical company) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to launch an alliance between the two entities. Lauak will invest in Concept Laser’s additive machines to be a reference customer for Concept Laser technology and Concept Laser will work closely with Lauak to implement additive

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Airbus to fit deployable and fixed data and voice recovery devices on planes

In collaboration with L3 Technologies, Airbus is to implement new deployable and fixed flight recorders on its airline programs. Two versions are to be produced, one which is a crash-protected Cockpit Voice and Data Recorder (CVDR) capable of recording 25 hours of data on one single recorder. The second version is an Automated Deployable Flight

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ATR selects Liebherr-Aerospace for new generation air management system

ATR has selected Liebherr-Aerospace to develop, manufacture and supply a new generation air management system for the ATR 42 and the ATR 72 aircraft programs. The system will be developed and produced by Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Toulouse (France), Liebherr’s center of excellence for air management systems. ATR awarded Liebherr-Aerospace for the design, production and service

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Turkish Airlines signs with Jeppesen to optimize navigation capabilities

Jeppesen has signed a new 10-year service contract with Turkish Airlines, the national carrier of Turkey. The agreement includes both paper and digital Jeppesen charts, FliteDeck Pro, electronic flight bag (EFB) services, NavData digital navigation services, Airport Moving Map capabilities, e-Link digital chart library services and Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) prediction technology. Jeppesen navigational

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PASSUR and GE Partner to advance airline and airport operations

PASSUR Aerospace is partnering with GE Aviation Digital Solutions to leverage GE’s domain expertise in software development, design thinking and FastWorks. The work will take place in GE’s digital collaboration center in Austin, Texas. With iterative input from their customers, PASSUR is in the process of creating the next generation of aviation intelligence solutions, to

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