Predicting a jump in demand by airlines for support services as the world’s fleets expand over the next 20 years, Airbus has created dedicated business units for maintenance, training, operations and upgrades.

Farnborough Airshow Briefs-July 11, 2016

UK-based manufacturer GKN Aerospace has signed a long-term agreement with Wichita, Kansas-based fuselage and cockpit manufacturer Spirit Aerosystems to supply windows for the cabins of Boeing next-generation 737 and 737 MAX aircraft through 2025.

Finland flag carrier Finnair will begin installing Panasonic Avionics Corp. (PAC Panasonic) Wi-Fi on its eight Airbus A330-300s in October. Installation is estimated to be completed in May 2017.

LOT Polish Airlines, which recently completed a cabin upgrade in its Boeing 737-400s, placed the first of three newly modernized aircraft into service on its Warsaw-London Heathrow route June 27.

The airlines of the world have tried very hard to keep passengers occupied while flying long distances.

Bombardier delivered the first CSeries aircraft to Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines at ceremonies in Montreal June 29.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Hamburg-based MRO provider Lufthansa Technik to install Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Ka-band antenna on Lufthansa’s Airbus A320 family aircraft.