Thales and Beijing EasySky Technology (BEST), a joint venture between Thales and the Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Technology & Equipment Development, have been selected by North China Air Traffic Management Bureau of Civil Aviation Administration of China, to automate the terminal maneuvering area, area control airspace and operations at Beijing Capital International Airport and […]
After months of discussion following South African Airlines (SAA) request for a bailout from the standing committee on finance last year, South Africa’s Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan has announced the approval of a R5 billion going concern guarantee. This comes on top of R14 billion in guarantees already provided by the treasury. However, there are
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According to data published on Friday in a report by Montreal-headquartered Airports Council International, or ACI, global airport traffic rose 6.4% to 7.2 billion passengers, its fastest rate of growth since 2010. Despite these promising figures, passenger growth this year will likely be tempered by the threat of militant attacks and geopolitical unrest, together with
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Thales, a global leader in space, avionics, and connected inflight entertainment, has signed two milestone agreements with SES, a leading satellite operator. With these agreements, Thales will offer airlines and their passengers FlytLIVE, the most efficient inflight connectivity experience over the Americas. FlytLIVE by Thales will start operating mid 2017 using in-orbit satellites. To meet
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ForwardKeys, the travel data analysis company which monitors up to 14 million airline booking transactions per day, has revealed in its latest report that as a result of security fears, overall long-haul traveler numbers to Europe over the period June to August dropped 0.9%. This was despite promising numbers attending the European Cup football competition
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Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have all announced that the onboard charging or recharging of the latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, is now banned in light of recent problems discovered with the model. Within just a few weeks of its release, there have been 35 instances reported where the phone has suffered from
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On September 4, 44 member states of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) committed to joining the International Civil Aviation’s (ICAO’s) global market-based measure (MBM) scheme from the very beginning. On the same day, both the U.S. and China jointly announced they anticipated being “early participants” in the global MBM. The MBM is also referred
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Ramco Systems, the global Aviation software provider on Cloud and Mobile, reported the successful go-live of Ramco Aviation Suite at state-owned Vietnamese helicopter operator, Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company (VNHS). This implementation marks Ramco Aviation 5.7’s first live customer in Vietnam. The implementation of a unified platform has enabled VNHS integrate operations including Maintenance, Repair and
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With Airbus having been badly affected by problems with the delivery of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines for the 320neo, Bombardier has also had to revise its expected delivery figures for 2016 as a result of problems with the PW1500G geared turbofan engine. Of the original target delivery figure of 15 CS100s, Bombardier expects to
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Subsequent to Bombardier coming to an agreement with the government of Quebec, which was reported on June 23 this year, to sell a 49.5% stake in a subsidiary company created specifically for the C-Series for US$1 billion, and the first of two US$500 million payments released on the 30th June, the second payment due on
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