Air India vows PaxEx transformation as it orders nearly 500 jets
Air India is vowing to offer a “new, world-class onboard product” after the Tata Sons-owned airline inked letters of intent with... Continue Reading
Safety
JFK joins growing list of airports turning to the sun to cut emissions
New York JFK’s New Terminal One will be powered by a solar microgrid aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and increasing resilie... Continue Reading
Singapore expands automated gates with wheelchair and family lanes
Industry’s adoption of an automated self-service passenger experience across touchpoints in the airport journey was accelerated by the... Continue Reading
Boeing delivers final 747: the incredible jumbo that changed the world
EVERETT — Boeing on 31 January delivered its last-ever 747 to Atlas Air in Everett, Washington, with nearly 9,000 employees, customers and d... Continue Reading
Jetcraft eyes carbon neutrality with offsetting experts Azzera
Internationally respected for its annual Business Jet Market Forecast, leading aircraft broker Jetcraft has been involved in business aviati... Continue Reading
End of an era as Horizon Air retires the last of its Q400 turboprops
The Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 fleet, once a ubiquitous sight in the Pacific Northwest, is no more. The airplanes retired from the commuter... Continue Reading
Etihad inks pact to prevent planet-warming aircraft contrails
Etihad Airways has taken steps to address the non-CO2 climate impact of its operations by signing a contrail-management agreement with UK-ba... Continue Reading
Air Charter Association raises awareness of illegal charters
World soccer was shocked on 21 January 2019 by news that a Piper Malibu carrying Argentine football star Emiliano Sala had disappeared over ... Continue Reading
Air India urination cases put spotlight on unruly flyer problem
Incidents involving men flashing their private parts and inappropriately touching and harassing female flight crew and fellow passengers are... Continue Reading
Iridium satellite-to-smartphone deal expected to expand pilot take-up
Many business aviation and general aviation pilots carry Iridium satellite-powered phones in their flight bag in order to avail of global vo... Continue Reading
Airbus outpaces Boeing in 1,200-delivery year
Aircraft numbers for last year are out, and nearly 1,200 commercial aircraft were delivered by Airbus and Boeing in the turbulent and unpred... Continue Reading
How CarlisleIT manages supply constraints, readies for nextgen IFC
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies’ wires and cables support everything from aircraft engines to inflight entertainment and connectivity ins... Continue Reading
IATA criticizes pre-flight Covid testing requirements for China
As a growing number of western nations impose new pre-flight Covid testing mandates on travellers from China, airline trade group IATA is ca... Continue Reading
Cabin air quality in spotlight again as pressure mounts for standards
As pressure mounts in Europe for EASA to issue new cabin air quality standards, a consortium led by German research organization Fraunhofer-... Continue Reading
Verijet going for gold with a plan for carbon zero private flying
After his company Coastal Technologies helped to transform the US telecommunications market with call routing software, Richard Kane realize... Continue Reading