The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the launch of the iFlex programme which will allow airlines to reduce carbon emissions and fuel burn by up to 2% on certain long-haul flights.
Products that are predominately lighter, stronger, safer and greener are dominating the exhibits at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Long Beach, California this week.
With many of the carriers in the MENA region flying multi-daily services into Europe, news from Geneva today on the latest progress of flying environmental approaches to European airports could lead to fuel savings for operators as well as reducing noise pollution too/
Captain Tim Watts, Manager of Gama Aviation's Learjet fleet, is swapping the flightdeck for terrafirma after 21 years of flying with the Farnborough and Sharjah -based business aviation company.
A new aircraft “standing seat” model aimed at filling the aircraft with more passengers on to budget flights was this week unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas conference in Long Beach, California.
More information has been given today on the successful flight test of Sikorsky Aircraft's X2 Technology demonstrator which achieved a speed of 250 knots true air speed in level flight at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center, accomplishing the programme's ultimate speed milestone
Light helicopters could become a new platform for military forces in North Africa if tests being carried out by Europcopter and a South African systems integrator are successful.
The next generation in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) platforms is likely to be driven by Google's Android mobile operating system according to the two major industry players. And Qatar Airways could be among the first to use the new technology.
SITA has announced that Emirates has successfully migrated to the new SITA Airfare Insight platform in a strong endorsement of the industry's leading market-based pricing software tool.
Sikorsky Aircraft's X2 Technology demonstrator successfully achieved a speed of 250 knots true air speed today in level flight at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center, accomplishing the program's ultimate speed milestone.
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) has installed and certified the Lufthansa Technik niceview moving map system on a customer's Learjet 60 XR aircraft.
ARINC Incorporated today announced it has developed and tested a software solution to allow live credit card authorization for passenger transactions on airline flights.
UAE airlines Etihad and Emirates were among the winners in the first ever Passenger Choice Awards organised by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX)
Royal Jet has added an Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft owned by the UAE-based business conglomerate, Al Habtoor group, to its fast-growing managed fleet.
Boeing has begun fatigue testing on the structural airframe of the 787 Dreamliner. Fatigue testing involves placing the 787 test airframe into a test rig that simulates multiple lifecycles to test how the airplane responds over time.
The US Congress is about to consider giving the go-ahead to the biggest arms deal in US history when it will be asked to sign off a weapons sales agreement to Saudi Arabia worth an estimated $60bn – a deal which is set to worry Israel and cause outrage in Iran.
