Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) saw its first scheduled landing of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Aug. 1 as a British Airways nonstop from London Heathrow made its inaugural flight to Baltimore, Maryland.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) signed a wet-lease agreement with SriLankan Airlines for three A330s, PIA CEO Bernd Hildenbrand confirmed to ATW.
Carlsbad, California-based broadband services company ViaSat was awarded a contract to provide internet and connectivity services to Air Force One and other senior US government aircraft, the company announced July 25.
European aviation regulator EASA has warned that operators could be exceeding lithium battery limits in their portable inflight entertainment systems, or by storing too many backup batteries for cockpit portable electronic devices (PEDs).
Bahraini national carrier Gulf Air has disclosed details of some of the cabin facilities it plans to install in its future fleet at the Farnborough Airshow.
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.
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 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.
