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The Weather Company collaborates with Gogo Business Aviation

Each year, turbulence incidents cost airlines approximately US$100m due to crew and passenger injuries, unscheduled maintenance, operational inefficiencies, and revenue lost while planes are out of service. Studies have shown that aircraft encounters with turbulence are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries in the commercial airline industry. Dedicated to improving aviation safety, The Weather Company, […]

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New civil aviation policy approved by Indian government

On Wednesday, June 15, India’s government approved a new civil aviation policy which is aimed at increasing regional connectivity and cargo operations, while making it easier, and hopefully cheaper for passengers to travel by air. According to the Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, the policy will aid India in becoming become the third-biggest civil

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Delta Private Jets, Gogo team up to deliver new generation of connectivity for business aviation

DPJ, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, plans to equip its fleet of more than 70 aircraft with Gogo Biz 4G to provide a superior service to passengers. The new service will enable a reliable 4G experience – including services such as Gogo Vision, providing the latest movies, TV, flight tracker, weather reports,

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Airline passenger rights clarified by European Commission

Since the introduction of passenger rights rules in 2005 there has been a succession of precedents set through legal cases brought before the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU). As a consequence, the resultant inconsistencies the change in scope and content for the legislation has merited a revision to the rules. According to

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Long term labour agreements in place with all Air Canada unions in Canada

Air Canada confirmed the ratification of its 10th and final labour agreement with its Canadian unions. This completes Air Canada’s current cycle of labour negotiations and establishes long term contracts extending in most cases over a ten year duration for all of its approximately 25,000 unionized employees in Canada. “The ratification of new labour contracts

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New Universal Avionics FMS software offers significant savings with ADS-B out failure messaging

Universal Avionics is offering a new software version for the Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)-Flight Management System (FMS) that includes cost-saving messaging to alert crews of a failure of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out system. The FAA has made it very clear that ADS–B Out failure annunciations in the flight deck are required for Part

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BGS to distribute WARTER aviation fuel in 6 European countries

BGS, an international provider of ground handling and aircraft fuelling services, has announced signing a new cooperation agreement with one of the biggest brands in the aviation fuel market – WARTER aviation. In accordance with terms of the partnership, BGS will represent the Polish company in 6 countries across Central and Eastern Europe. Having signed

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FAA evaluating drone detection system at US airports

Three British companies, Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, have developed an anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS) and through their North American manufacturing and integration partner, Liteye Systems, have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the FAA. The technology is capable of identifying and disabling UAVs or drones operating

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