Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Lufthansa Group is bringing in a voluntary biometric service for its HON Circle Members and Senators at Berlin Brandenburg and will later offer access via facial recognition to the Lufthansa Lounge at the airport. Passengers under the categories with Lufthansa, SWISS,...
Smiths Detection has been selected to supply fully integrated checkpoints at Birmingham Airport as part of the UK hub's £20m security screening upgrade. The new technology means passengers will be allowed to leave liquids and electronics in hand luggage, which in turn...
Eve Air Mobility has finished wind tunnel testing of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle in Lucerne. The test used a scale model of an Eve eVTOL to "investigate and validate how components including fuselage, rotors, wing, tail and other surfaces...
Archer Aviation, a developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL aircraft), reported a net loss of $113.1 million for the first quarter of the year (Q1 2023) as operating expenses hit $112 million. However, the company said it "continues to maintain a...
Taking a step forward in terms of digitisation and paperless travel, Emirates has replaced the printed paper version of boarding pass with mobile boarding pass. Passengers checking in at Terminal 3, Dubai will receive their mobile boarding pass via email or SMS....
Virgin Australia is all set to become Australia’s first airline to offer baggage tracking for passengers through a smartphone app. The facility will be available on select routes and progressively roll out across the airline’s network. The service is available in the...
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Archer Aviation has completed final assembly of its first Midnight aircraft. The aircraft was shipped from Archer’s Palo Alto facility to its flight test facility in Salinas, California and reassembled...
Air New Zealand is all set to introduce the latest baggage tracking feature after a successful trail run. The airline will offer the service to 25% of its app users for domestic and 5% for international short-haul travel. “The feature will allow passengers to view the...
Etihad Cargo has partnered with Rotate to co-develop a first of its kind sales optimisation tool to identify sales initiatives to add value to customer relations. The Sales Cockpit will analyse data using sophisticated custom-built algorithms and generate...
After a span of decades, Air India has revamped its website, highlighting the legacy of Tatas. The About Us page of the new website displays the history of Tatas, how the airline was started. Its website mentions the chronology of the airline since its launch. JRD...
Air New Zealand has made some latest announcement on its latest standalone structure, the sleep pods for long-haul flights- ‘The Skynest’. The airline had made the Skynest announcement prior to pandemic and revealed some basic features. According to Air New Zealand,...
Swedish investment and aircraft leasing company Rockton is to buy up to 40 of Heart Aerospace’s regional electric airplane, the ES-30. Rockton has agreed firm purchase orders for 20 ES-30s with purchase rights for 20 more of the model, which, when it becomes available...