Panasonic Avionics Corporation today announced it is selected as an IFE provider for the Airbus A350 XWB.

Boeing has publicly unveiled the first 787 Dreamliner to feature interior components. The third flight test airplane, ZA003, has a partial interior that provides a glimpse into the new flying experience the airplane will offer. Configured for flight-testing purposes, the interior includes instrumentation racks, flight-test equipment and workstations for engineers.

Aleem Shaikh of UK aircraft equipment specialist Aerolux would be very happy if one of the products he represents was never, ever used in anger. It's the ELTA ADT-406 emergency locator transmitter (ELT) – a satellite homing beacon designed to alert rescue forces in the event of a forced landing.

The green shoots of aviation recovery have started to emerge and many airlines are looking forward to getting back to growth – albeit it cautiously and on a more gradual scale than the growth recorded after previous recessionary periods.

AMAC Aerospace has rolled out of its first Airbus 320 to a Head of the State in the Middle East.

Oman Air becomes the first airline in the world to offer the full mobile phone and wi-fi connectivity suite on its commercial widebody aircraft when it starts to unroll Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir services across its brand new Airbus A330 fleet from the middle of February.

OnAir, is to install its inflight passenger connectivity services on Libya's Afriqiyah Airways' entire Airbus long range and short range fleets. This is the first time an airline has announced a decision to install connectivity in both the long and short range fleets.

The first pictures have been released of Al Jaber Aviation's (AJA) first aircraft, an A318 Elite, which will now undergo cabin outfitting by Lufthansa Technik at its Tulsa, Oklahoma facility.