Taiho, an engineering company based in Shikoku, Japan has signed a pre-order of SkyDrive's SD-05 eVTOL aircraft for commercial use. The Shikoku region where Taiho is headquartered faces a lot of transportation and regional revitalization and Taiho believes that the...
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Emirates launch world’s first portable robotic check-in assistant – Sara
Emirates is all set to launch a new City Check-in and Travel Store, an innovative portable robotic check-in assistant ‘Sara’. It has a 2.5 metre LCD screen showing the latest destination content from Emirates, and more screens showing an interactive touchscreen map....
Volatus to be EVFLY’s eVTOL infrastructure provider
Volatus Infrastructure has signed a letter of intent with EVFLY to be the exclusive eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) infrastructure and charging station provider on its global AAM [advanced air mobility] projects. "Volatus is excited to work with EVFLY...
Air India signs multi-year distribution deal with Sabre
Air India has signed a multi-year deal with Sabre Corporation for global distribution, network planning and consulting. The deal will allow deal travel agents and corporations to access Air India fares and seats through Sabre’s global travel marketplace. As a part of...
Fraport and CGI ink digital deal
CGI and Fraport, which operates Frankfurt Airport, are partnering to speed up the airport's "digitisation". Fraport AG, which has "business activities" at 29 airports on four continents, selected CGI as its digital partner "with the aim of further enhancing Frankfurt...
Flyadeal chooses NAVBLUE for optimising operations
flyadeal has chosen NAVBLUE Operations Control Centre (OCC) suite and Mission+, NAVBLUE’s Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications for its all-Airbus aircraft fleet, to optimize its operations and streamline its operational workflows, creating more added-value for its...
SIA signs up for Satair’s Integrated Material Services solution
Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed a long-term agreement for Satair’s Integrated Material Services (IMS) solution. Under this agreement, Satair will provide a wide range of expendable materials customised for SIA. This service will support SIA’s operations in terms...
GE Aerospace revenue up 25% in Q1 2023
GE Aerospace reported a 14% growth in orders to $8.2bn in the first quarter of 2023 (Q1 2023), with revenue up 25% year-on-year to $7bn. Operating profit was up 46% to over $1.3bn, with commercial services growing on the back of "higher internal shop visits and...
Air India to use ChatGPT driven chatbot to modernize its digital landscape
Air India is planning to use ChatGPT-driven chatbot and various other initiatives as part of modernising its digital systems as a part of second leg of Vihaan.AI transformation programme. The airline has already made an initial investment of $200 million to create an...
MAG introduces new distribution capabilities platform
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has paired with MHPlus, new distribution capability (NDC) platform, to enhance communication capabilities and enable closer cooperation between MAG’s airlines and its trade partners. “The introduction of MHPlus and the airline’s NDC...
Canada Jetlines and Travelport announce tie-up for travel agents
Canada Jetlines said the country's travel agents "will soon be able to view and book Canada Jetlines inventory via the Travelport distribution dystem". "We are looking forward to providing rich content through the Travelport+ platform, placing Jetlines inventory and...
Britten-Norman and Cranfield Aerospace to merge
Islander aircraft maker Britten-Norman and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) are to merge and and to create what they said would be the "world’s first fully integrated, zero-emissions sub regional aircraft". The merger will be finalised by mid-2023, subject to...