Lufthansa Technik has signed a completion contract for a Boeing 747-8 with an undisclosed customer although it is speculated to be the Kuwaiti Royal flight aircraft.

Oman Air has been awarded an official four-star quality and service ranking following its Skytrax Airline Quality Audit. At the same time Skytrax named Oman Air's Business Class seat as one of the top three business class airline seats in the world.

Qatar Airways received a commemorative plaque from Airbus following a comprehensive retrofit project, which saw the cabins of five Airbus aircraft being upgraded to include new features.

Gulf Air has become the first airline in the world to incorporate hand held IFE equipment into a fixed seatback.

Airbus and Driessen-Zodiac Aerospace have signed an agreement on progressively introducing galleys as Seller Furnished Equipment on the A320 Family, with Driessen-Zodiac Aerospace as the selected vendor.

Air transport IT specialist SITA today announced a programme to build a community cloud dedicated to the air transport industry (ATI) that will improve efficiencies and reduce costs

TriaGnoSys has announced the launch of GSMConneX, its new end-to-end solution to provide GSM services to aircraft passenger. The technology is being displayed at Aircraft Interiors 2011 in Hamburg this week.

Changes to the design of the lavatory and galley areas on Airbus A320 aircraft could free the way for more revenue seats according to manufacturer Airbus