Emerging Technologies

By Vincent Chappard
Air Mauritius was voted Indian Ocean's Leading Airline 2014 by the World Travel Awards. Amédée Maingard Lounge, the airline's lounge at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Mauritius, was also voted Indian Ocean's Leading Airline Lounge.
Air Transport

The Flight Safety Foundation has announced to its strong support for the use of deployable flight data recorders or triggered flight data transmission in all transport aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

Panasonic has announced the introduction of Panasonic HD-AUDIO, a revolutionary audio solution for in-flight entertainment developed in collaboration with Soundchip SA, a leading supplier of wearable sound solutions.
Emerging Technologies

Saudia, through Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) has selected the Thales TopCare service agreement for the maintenance of all its Thales IFE systems.
Emerging Technologies

UK air traffic services provider NATS signed an MoU in Abu Dhabi this week with Airbus ProSky, with the aim of providing new market propositions that can increase capacity and improve the efficiency of the air traffic system.
Airports & Networks

A new chapter has been opened in the quest to make commercial air transport more environmentally and economically sustainable, with the agreement by Airbus and South Africa's National Aerospace Centre to jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners.
Emerging Technologies

As part of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) operation the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) is helping to save the lives of refugees fleeing countries such as Libya and other North African routes.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), have entered into an agreement in which Etihad Airways will acquire Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies LLC (ADAT) from Mubadala.
Emerging Technologies

Air transport IT specialist SITA is providing passenger processing and baggage reconciliation technology at Turkey's newest domestic airport terminal at Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport.
Emerging Technologies

South African Airways (SAA) is adding to its already extensive African flight schedule to offer customers more travel options on the continent.
Airports & Networks

Rockwell Collins and Inmarsat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to make Rockwell Collins a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of GX Aviation Ka-broadband service.
Emerging Technologies

By Vincent Chappard
Air Mauritius held its Annual Meeting of shareholders on the 24th of July 2014.
Air Transport

Kenya Airways will continue using the NetLine products NetLine/Plan and NetLine/Sched from Lufthansa Systems for its flight planning. Both companies recently extended the existing contract for three more years.
Emerging Technologies

eppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, now offers operators an enhanced version of its industry-leading FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bag (EFB) solution for iPad.
Emerging Technologies

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has announced that it has signed a contract with the national carrier of an African airline for the sale and delivery of the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (“AFIRSTM”) for its fleet of eleven planes.
Emerging Technologies

Algerian carrier, Air Algérie, has selected a comprehensive Rockwell Collins avionics suite for 13 new aircraft, including three Airbus A330s and ten Boeing 737s.
Emerging Technologies

By Vincent Chappard
Air Mauritius, the leading airline in the Indian Ocean, was today awarded the prestigious 4-Star professional quality rating by SKYTRAX.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has announced a partnership with Google to make it more convenient for travellers to view the airline's flight schedules and fares on the search engine's flight search tool.
Emerging Technologies

Flynas – the Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier has seen a dramatic improvement in computer errors since adopting an analytical IT system from Swiss company Nexthink.
Emerging Technologies

Imdaad has won a major FM contract with Emirates– the largest airline in the Middle East.
MRO

flydubai has won two awards for its IFE system at the Inflight Regional Awards 2014.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Nichols / Brussels. SITA, the global IT business solutions provider for the air transport industry, has responded to recent criticism of its structure.
Emerging Technologies

Airlines are investing in smart technologies to manage flight disruptions better, according to the 2014 Airline IT Trends Survey.
Emerging Technologies

NATS, the UK air traffic management company has today announced some new technology into its training facilities which it believes will help develop a new low-cost and flexible training concept for developing markets.
Airports & Networks

By Vincent Chappard
Air Mauritius posted a profit of EUR 7,3 million for the financial year ending 2013-2014 (April to March), with a turnover of EUR 459 million, which represents an increase of 2% compared to the same period last year.
Air Transport