Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) took to the skies on September 17, completing a maiden flight from the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France to the Airbus site in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft is now being prepared for cabin installation and...
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with CellPoint Mobile, which provides sales and payment-side technology solutions for the worldwide travel sector, to accept payments via Alipay – China's alternative payment method (APM), in the mobile app of Ethiopian Airlines. This...
Delta Air Lines` first Airbus A220-100 was introduced this week after rolling out of the painting hangar at the A220 final assembly line in Mirabel, Québec. Delta will be the first US airline to take delivery of the A220. Now that the aircraft is decked out in Delta’s...
UK software firm, Ideagen, has announced it is to work with a prominent US-based aviation organisation in a project that will ease first article inspections and 3D model conversions. Summit Aviation, founded in 1960, will implement Ideagen’s Q-Pulse FAIR software to...
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on September 12, 2018, joined Airbus executives, city and county leaders from Mobile, and industry and educational partners in breaking ground for Flight Works Alabama, the new aviation experience centre to be built in Mobile. In May 2017,...
Seabury Solutions, a subsidiary of New York-based Seabury Capital Group, which provided Information Technology solutions for the aviation industry, has announced that Ravn Air Group had selected the company’s Alkym Management and Control System for Aircraft...
HAITE Aviation Training Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sichuan Haite High-Tech of Chengdu, China (HAITE Group), has signed a training agreement with China Eastern Airlines (CEA). PEH Teng Keng, General Manager & Director of Training of HAITE Singapore...
Pacelab Flight Profile Optimizer (FPO) will utilise live aircraft performance and weather data to improve on-time performance and reduce fuel costs and emissions Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, today announced Pacelab...
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...
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...
Indian Ocean-based airline Air Mauritius has chosen APG, the network for airline services, to be its General Representative (GSA) in United States of America and in Canada. “APG extensive coverage in North America is a perfect match with Air Mauritius’ development...
Because aircraft engine noise contributes to environmental noise around airports and populated cities, the aerospace industry has been working on new aircraft designs that will emit less noise so they can meet the ever-increasing requirements imposed on the industry...