Flight simulator and training service provider sold 50 full flight simulators (FFS) during its 2017 fiscal year, the Canadian company reported in its annual and fourth-quarter results released May 31.

JetBlue Airways is partnering with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and global air transport IT specialist SITA to trial facial recognition technology to identify passengers boarding aircraft.

Ryanair said it has been approached by 10 airlines since the Irish low-cost carrier began selling flights for Spanish leisure carrier Air Europa, but plans for wider connectivity with Norwegian are progressing at a “glacial” pace.

FAA has proposed a $435,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly operating a Boeing 787-8 “that was not in an airworthy condition” 23 times in 2014.

The European Commission has said talks are still ongoing with US authorities over a possible extension of the large personal electronic device (PED) ban.

British Airways (BA) said May 30 it had fully recovered its schedules after the major weekend IT crash that grounded the airline’s fleet across the world.

British Airways (BA) has promised “an exhaustive investigation” into what caused the collapse of its IT systems over the weekend, causing widespread cancellations and chaos.

A global IT outage across British Airways (BA) May 27 that severely disrupted the airline’s operations and led to widespread cancelations appears to have been caused by a power supply issue, BA CEO Alex Cruz said.