Paris curiosities: MAX name omission and global certification
The Boeing 737 MAX, and the company’s response to its worldwide ban on safety grounds, was expected to dominate the 53rd Paris Air Show, and... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: A320
Airbus confirms A321XLR, trails A330neo orders in new market segments
2019 is a transitional year for Airbus as the A220 beds into the airframer’s product line, the A380 heads into the sunset and further evolut... Continue Reading
Gore seals its position as supplier on two big nextgen IFC programs
With SmartSky Networks “laser focused” on launching 4G LTE air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity with 5G features this year in the United States,... Continue Reading
Press Release: Royal Jordanian taps Bluebox for portable wireless IFE
Royal Jordanian, the national flag carrier of Jordan, has selected Bluebox Aviation Systems to provide a wireless in-flight entertainment (I... Continue Reading
After engines, cabin supply chain is Airbus’ biggest A320neo blocker
Supply chain problems with engines are still causing headaches for raising the rate of production of the Airbus A320neo family, but the pass... Continue Reading
Press Release: Award-winning Recaro seats headed to Volaris
Volaris is equipping 23 Airbus A320 and A321neo aircraft with SL3510 short-haul economy class seats from Recaro Aircraft Seating. In total, ... Continue Reading
United’s elevated service on shuttle-like route worthy of praise
While United Airlines is the odd man out in offering an East Coast “shuttle” service, it operates the New York LaGuardia to Chicago O’... Continue Reading
Press Release: Inmarsat SB-S approved by FAA for ops and safety comms
Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Fede... Continue Reading
Etihad Airways goes green with new customizable short-haul economy
Etihad Airways’ goals for environmentally sound operations have grown from a special Earth-day flight to a firm commitment embodied in the c... Continue Reading
Airbus looks for new approaches to premium seat availability problems
Earlier this month the production and capacity squeeze on premium seatmakers took a particularly unusual turn. When Airbus revealed its new ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Airbus launches Skywise Health Monitoring with Allegiant
Airbus has launched the first operations of a new Skywise service – Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) – with Allegiant Air on its A320s. Dynam... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa Aviation Training extends simulator fleet
Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is investing a total of EUR 89 million in pilot training equipment and in the infrastructure of its own tr... Continue Reading
Honeywell readies to support Inmarsat GX service for airlines
Honeywell Aerospace, a long-time partner to Inmarsat, is feeling “really good” about last week’s announcement that a priva... Continue Reading
Press Release: Expliseat to become an Airbus qualified supplier
Expliseat is glad to announce the start of the Airbus Supplier Qualification process for the TiSeat E2, targeting to become a linefit suppli... Continue Reading
Airbus expands Hamburg A350 Customer Definition Centre
Inside a heritage pre-WWI hangar at Airbus’ German factory headquarters now sits the extended and rebranded Airspace Customer Definition Cen... Continue Reading
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