SITA announced today that within minutes of the new IATA resolution regarding automated baggage rules coming into effect on April 1st, the air transport IT specialist went live with its automated baggage fees pricing solution.
UPS announced yesterday that it will equip its air fleet with the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), becoming the first international air carrier to take such a step. Installation of the enhanced safety equipment comes at the recommendation of the Joint UPS-Independent Pilots Association (IPA) Safety Task Force.
Qatar Airways began operations to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday, marking the carrier's historic 100th destination. Flight QR430 arrived from Doha to a water salute and airport ceremony.
Aviation Services (Airline and Corporate provider)seeks a Maintenance planning and production control manager, to be responsible for all maintenance planning related to aircraft.
Jazeera Airways Group has announced that it will receive four brand new Airbus A320s between 2012 and end of 2014 as part of the airline's fleet modernisation programme.
GECAS, the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, has signed a sale-leaseback agreement with Istanbul-based Pegasus Airlines for the delivery of four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Deliveries are all scheduled for this month.
Boeing has delivered the first Next-Generation 737-800 to Algeria's Tassili Airlines, a fully owned subsidiary of Sonatrach – the state owned Algerian oil company.
Boeing reached a major milestone with long-time customer Air Algerie this week when it delivered the 50th Boeing jetliner – a Next-Generation 737-800 – to the North African carrier.
Air Arabia has selected Sharklets for 28 out of 44 A320 aircraft ordered by the airline. Deliveries of these Sharklet-equipped Airbus aircraft will begin from the second quarter of 2013.
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.
The world's defence sector must act now to preserve its innovation, specialist skill-set and research and development work, according to a new report out today.
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
Qatar Airways is expanding its operations in Eastern Europe by increasing capacity on its recently-introduced Doha – Budapest route to daily non-stop scheduled services.
There was something a bit fishy about Etihad Crystal Cargo's latest shipment of precious goods – that's because the Abu Dhabi-based airline was transporting live reared sturgeon for the world's biggest caviar factory which is being built in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Gulf Air has reached a major milestone in its aircraft safety and airworthiness control by getting the coveted Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) approval from Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA).
International Launch Services (ILS) and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) of Tokyo, Japan, announced a new contract today for the launch of Turksat 4A and Turksat 4B on ILS Proton. Turksat 4A is scheduled to launch in late 2013 and Turksat 4B in early 2014.
Gulf Air has been awarded the coveted Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) approval from Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) for its aircraft safety and airworthiness control.
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.
