In response to last week’s highly publicised incident where a passenger on a United Airlines jet was forcibly removed to make way for a United crew member, the carrier has announced a change to its policy relating to ‘must-ride’ crew members. From now on, such crew members must make a seat booking at least one […]
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Horizon Air and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) have reached a tentative agreement to amend their existing eight-year contract for the carrier’s 620 pilots. The proposed agreement gives Horizon Air the ability to attract and retain the best pilots in the regional industry through enhanced salary and bonus provisions. Horizon Air and IBT ratified
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Universal Avionics has a new, certified Bombardier Q400 solution for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out and Localizer Performance with Vertical Navigation (LPV) capability. Supplemental Type Certification (STC) ST02780CH was issued by FAA and EASA and awarded to Canard Aerospace Corporation. The solution includes Universal Avionics UNS-1Ew Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)-Flight Management System (FMS). The launch
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Pentagon 2000 Software and the ePlane Online Marketplace are joining forces to create a complete ecommerce solution. Pentagon customers will now be able to effortlessly sync their inventory with the ePlane marketplace. Once synced with ePlane, Pentagon customers will enjoy exposure for their selected inventory to potential buyers from around the world. Pentagon 2000 Software
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Shareholders of Airbus have approved all resolutions proposed at its 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM), including the appointment of a new independent director, renewal of the Chairman’s Board mandate and adoption of the Company’s new legal name. Following the AGM’s approval, Lord Drayson joins the Airbus Board of Directors as a nonexecutive member for a
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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, would seem to have put an end to the possible lifting of a current ban on in-flight cell phone calls. Proceedings had begun back in 2013 to lift the ban which had been in place since 1991 due to the then concerns of cell phones having
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Bluebox Aviation Systems and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the delivery of the Bluebox wIFE fitted wireless In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) solution to the aviation market. The companies will support each other in the customisation of the system to meet customer requirements, installation engineering and the certification process.
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Cronos Airlines International’s AMO (CAI Aerospace) has become the latest member of the worldwide OASES community and is the company’s first active customer in South Africa. The Cronos family was founded in 2007 with scheduled passenger carrier Cronos Airlines, based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Since then, it has transported more than two million passengers throughout
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a safety bulletin reminding aircraft operators and airlines of the critical principles with regard to safety over transportation of portable electronic devices (PEDs) containing lithium batteries when performing all safety risk assessments. The preference is for any PEDs owned by passengers to be carried in the passenger
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Delta’s operation continues to recover as airline teams work around the clock to return the flight schedule to normal following the disruption from severe storms in the Southeastern U.S. and East Coast last week. Approximately 275 flights have been canceled Saturday morning, with some additional cancellations possible. In a note to customers, Delta apologized for
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