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Boeing to provide airport and airspace modeling services to assist Turkish authorities

Boeing has signed a new Technical Assistance Agreement with iGA Havalimani Isletmesi A.S. (IGA), the developer and operator of Istanbul New Airport. Through the agreement, Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen will provide its Total Airport and Airspace Modeler (TAAM) solution to assist IGA and DHMI, Turkey’s General Directorate of State Airports Authority. This group will support the […]

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Allegiant and IBT reach tentative pilot contract agreement

Allegiant, the Company and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing Allegiant Air pilots, have worked together to reach a tentative contract agreement. The tentative agreement must be voted on and ratified by Allegiant Air pilots. Ratification results are expected in late July. Allegiant Air pilots elected the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) to represent

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Russian government investing 530 million rubles in new L-410 assembly facilities

Eight weeks after it was announced that Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA) announced that it had received preliminary orders for 30 L-410 aircraft with delivery by 2020, it has been revealed that the Russian government intends to invest 530 million rubles in creating facilities to allow for the assembly of the aircraft in the

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Universal provides upgrade for Sultan of Johor's S-76Bs

Universal Avionics is providing advanced avionics for two Sikorsky S-76B helicopters operated by His Majesty the Sultan of Johor’s Royal Flight. The upgraded, modern glass cockpit includes the installation of three EFI-890H Advanced Flight Displays (PFD-MFD-PFD) with Vision-1 Synthetic Vision System (SVS) and a UNS-1Fw Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)-Flight Management System (FMS). The Universal Avionics

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EU Airlines keep close eye on Brexit referendum

With a referendum taking place on Thursday 23rd June, the implications of Britain leaving the European Union could have far-reaching consequences for many airlines, both British and European. Currently, the creation of the single aviation market in the 1990s has allowed all member states access to each other’s skies. Additionally, it means that such carriers

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AOT extends budget to THB194 billion (US$5.5bn) for 15-year expansion plan

In a revision to the previously announced expansion plans by Airports of Thailand, the country’s main airport operator, a further BHT54 billion is to be spent on expansion plans for the country’s six principal airports. This takes the overall budget to BHT194 billion to be spent on Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang in Bangkok, Hat Yai,

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Court approves amended Republic Airways – United Airlines agreement

Republic Airways Holdings reported that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued its ruling approving the Company’s comprehensive amendment to its agreement with United Airlines. The amended agreement provides substantial and interrelated operational and economic benefits, and provides for the uninterrupted flying of all fifty-four E170 and E175 aircraft

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EgyptAir flight MS804 cockpit voice recorder recovered

Only a day after it had been announced that the deep search vessel John Lethbridge had found fuselage wreckage of EgyptAir’s flight MS804 in “several main locations”, investigators have confirmed that not only has the ‘black box’ cockpit voice recorder been recovered, but that despite extensive damage, the memory unit remained intact – “The vessel’s

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