Air France uses cooking oil to fly to Canada
The first Air France Airbus A350 prepares to take off after a ceremony at the aircraft builder’s headquarters in Colomiers… Read More »
Comtech wins major IFC contract
Comtech Xicom Technology, the California-based subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., has secured a follow-on order valued at more than US$1… Read More »
ACJ and Latécoère co-develop smart IFE with LiFi comms
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Latécoère Interconnection Systems (LIS) have signed a partnership agreement to develop ‘The ACJ Smart LiFi… Read More »
Finnair ATR fleet to be fitted with HEPA filters
Finnair is to begin installing High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters on the recirculation system of its entire ATR turboprop… Read More »
ACJ and Latécoère to bring LiFi IFE to market
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Latécoère Interconnection Systems have signed a partnership agreement to develop a new and unique In-Flight… Read More »
Gulf Air delays Airbus and Boeing jet deliveries
Gulf Air’s chairman on Sunday said that market conditions remain difficult and that the Bahrain state carrier had reached a… Read More »
U.S. requires inspections for wire failure on Boeing 737 Classic planes
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it was requiring U.S. operators of 143 Boeing Co (BA.N) 737 Classic series airplanes… Read More »
Airbus resumes work on A320 final assembly line in Toulouse
Airbus has resumed work on modernising the industrial capabilities of its A320 Family final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse, France…. Read More »
Boeing gets FAA nod for fix to 737 MAX electrical issue
Boeing receives U.S. regulatory approval for a fix to an electrical grounding issue that had affected its 737 MAX airplanes,… Read More »
Boeing jet deliveries down 41% in April on 737 problems
The 737 MAX jet hurts Boeing again. The aerospace giant delivered just four of them last month as it worked… Read More »
Air Peace trials wireless IFE
Nigeria’s Air Peace is to trial Inflight Dublin’s Wireless IFE solution, Everhub. Inflight Dublin will equip Air Peace’s brand-new Embraer… Read More »
Expliseat’s TiSeat E2 joins A320 BFE product catalogue
TiSeat E2, Expliseat’s economy class seats for short-haul and long-haul flights, now features in the Airbus A320 BFE Product catalogue…. Read More »
Trial ordered for Airbus and airline over Air France 2009 crash
Twelve years after an Air France Airbus plane crashed into the Atlantic killing 228 people, a court has ruled that… Read More »
US consumer prices jumped 4.2% in 2021
US inflation surged in April from a year earlier as the economic recovery picked up. Consumer prices jumped 4.2% in… Read More »
Global Eagle Airconnect Ka Antenna one step nearer to certification
Telesat and Global Eagle have verified Global Eagle’s Airconnect Ka IFC terminal for use with the Telesat Lightspeed low-earth orbit… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines retires A380s, to take 737 MAX in 2024
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) will try and sell all six of its A380-800s as it sees no place… Read More »
Nigeria’s Cally Air takes delivery of first aircraft, a B737
Nigerian startup Cally Air (Calabar) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a B737-300 bought from Magnetic Leasing, to be… Read More »
Texas’s Envoy Air to add E170s
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced it is planning to add its first E170s with at least six units… Read More »
Recaro will provide seats for Alaska’s new 737 Max fleet
Alaska Airlines is extending its partnership with seating supplier Recaro, which will outfit its new 737 Max fleet. “Guests love… Read More »
Recaro Aircraft Seating enters regional market with market leader Embraer
Recaro Aircraft Seating is entering the regional jet market with its first Embraer installation. The BL3710 and SL3710 seats will… Read More »
Recaro Aircraft Seating signs extension contract with Airbus for delivery of SWIFT SFE seats
Recaro Aircraft Seating has signed an extension contract with Airbus for the delivery of SWIFT economy class seats. Since 2016,… Read More »
Boeing delivered 21 737 Max aircraft in January
According to Boeing, January was one of its best months in recent times as it delivered 26 aircraft, including 21… Read More »