Airlines undecided about Inmarsat’s free tracking solution
Weeks after Inmarsat proposed a free global airline tracking service to ICAO, Hawaiian Airlines responded with a resolution to participate i... Continue Reading
Safety
Singapore Airlines working with Airbus to ensure safe A380 doors
Singapore Airlines is working closely with Airbus to ensure its A380 doors are in compliance with the airframer’s All Operators Telex (AOT) ... Continue Reading
EASA not ruling out AD to address potential for door cracks on A380
EASA has not ruled out the possibility of issuing an airworthiness directive (AD) to address the potential for micro cracks to form on Airbu... Continue Reading
Airlines brace for Airbus A380 door fix requirement
Airbus A380 operators are bracing for a major modification program to replace the doors on their double-decker aircraft, after Airbus issued... Continue Reading
Streaming data firm Flyht tables plan to IATA, makes gains in China
As IATA surveys vendors on flight tracking options, Flyht – the maker of the real-time flight data streaming system AFIRS – has ... Continue Reading
Industry-wide approach needed for captioning IFE
One of the most hotly anticipated events at the recent APEX Technology Committee meeting in Universal City, California was the session featu... Continue Reading
Should pilots be free to shut off tracking? That is the question
IATA may be “a bit more nimble” than ICAO and therefore best suited to act quickly on proposed changes to aircraft tracking policies in the ... Continue Reading
Airline meeting adjourns with earnest calls for flight tracking
DOHA: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on a flight to Beijing three months ago, but the missing airplane was very much present in co... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins provides a forward view on safety with EVS-3000
While there are a number of significant operational differences between commercial and civil aviation, many parallels exist between them as ... Continue Reading
Inmarsat confident MH370 data correct assuming it wasn’t spoofed
Inmarsat says it is confident the satellite communications data it submitted to Malaysian authorities probing the disappearance of MH370 is ... Continue Reading
Emirates exec sounds alarm about PED battery fire hazards
MADRID: Like many carriers that offer electrically adjustable seats in their premium class cabins Emirates is grappling with the problem of ... Continue Reading
Unruly passengers in the spotlight as airlines see rise in incidents
MADRID: Incidents involving unruly passengers on board aircraft rose in 2013. Preliminary data show that last year saw a spike in such event... Continue Reading
Closed captioning for IFE is coming, though not soon enough
Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) passengers have been calling on airlines to offer closed captioning (CC) of IFE for years. But even though US... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Birds are liquefied by deflection device for aircraft radomes
For the last 18 months US carriers have grappled with delays to their inflight connectivity and live television programs due to the FAA’s he... Continue Reading
Passenger outreach is biggest challenge to battery safety: IATA
IATA is eager to inform the traveling public of ways to properly protect lithium batteries from short circuit in personal electronic devices... Continue Reading
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