by Dino D'Amore | Sep 11, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
BAE Systems has been awarded a four-year £42 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the support of the Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) fleet of four BAe 146 jetliners operated by 32 (The Royal) Squadron from RAF Northolt in West London. The contract...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 11, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Sabena Technics has signed an agreement with Cebu Pacific Air, the Philippines-based airline, and IPR Conversions, the Large Cargo Door modification STC holder, to convert ATR 72-500 passenger aircraft into freighter aircraft. The growth of e-commerce business...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 11, 2018 | Airline, Technology, Zone: Europe
Small Planet Airlines will begin offering virtual reality (VR) inflight entertainment on board some of its aircraft. The European leisure carrier has selected the Inflight VR solution, in a partnership with service provider Newrest’ TRE³ and connectivity provider...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 11, 2018 | Editorial Comment, People, Zone: Americas
HAECO Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HAECO Group, has announced that Bill Collins will join the company’s leadership team as president of airframe services. In this role, he will oversee the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) business segment of HAECO...
by Dino D'Amore | Sep 11, 2018 | Technology, Zone: Europe
ECR Retail Systems (ECR), the UK-based MPoS specialist, has been selected by Air Serbia to provide an electronic point of sale system. The new technology, underpinned by ECR’s AirPos software, will allow the airline to manage at-seat food and beverage sales and card...
