To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Oct. 6-7—SpeedNews 20th Annual Business & General Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference, Jonathon Club, Los Angeles, California, www.speednews.com Oct. 19-22—2015 Public Safety & Security Fall Conference, Arlington, Virginia, www.aci-na.org/event/5215
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Norway is beginning to take the wraps off an ambitious plan to replace brick-and-mortar towers with virtual towers at a large number of its airports, and first operations are likely to begin in 2017.
The American Airlines-Rolls Royce joint-venture (JV) engine-overhaul shop tabbed for closure in 2016 is running at about one-third capacity, and demand is sagging enough that the facility could practically handle the entire global RB211 and Trent 800 shop-visit workload, Aviation Week data suggest.
Connectivity providers at the Airline Passenger Experience Association Expo are showing off new tools that use inflight connectivity not just to give passengers Wi-Fi, but also to streamline airline operations.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has rolled out a new cabin design and inflight entertainment (IFE) system and connectivity products to coincide with delivery of its new Airbus A330-300s.
Malaysia’s airport operator has issued an ultimatum to LCC AirAsia regarding a dispute over whether the carrier will transfer terminals at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Sabah.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is lending management expertise to troubled Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines, though details of the pair’s codesharing arrangement have not yet been fleshed out.
BAE Systems announced what it says is an industry first, a system that will allow airline passengers to stream current movies directly to their personal devices while in the air.
Although Frontier Airlines no longer calls Denver International Airport a hub, the carrier is selling cheap connecting fares in some east-west markets as it seeks to undercut legacy carriers that charge high nonstop fares.
The Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet will make its first flight at Nagoya Airport between Oct. 26-30, a year after the prototype was rolled out, the company says.
Alaska Airlines will receive its first Boeing 737-900ER with new, bigger overhead bins in October, Alaska Airlines Managing Director-Customer Research and Development Sandy Stelling said at the Airline Passenger Experience Expo (APEX) in Portland, Oregon. These taller Boeing “Space Bins” are expected to increase overhead space by about 30% and ease the boarding process, Stelling says. In addition to equipping new aircraft with the larger bins, all of the carrier’s Boeing Sky Interior aircraft will be retrofitted as well.
