Lack of originality may mar MRJ experience more than delays
Yet another round of delays for the Mitsubishi MRJ, this time on the ferry flight of test aircraft to the United States, leaves the company ... Continue Reading
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Press Release: 171 new trainees join Lufthansa Technik
171 young people are now starting either traditional or dual-study training programs with the Lufthansa Technik Group, fourteen more than in... Continue Reading
Overlooked and Underloved: An ode to airline salt & pepper shakers
Google “airline salt and pepper shakers for sale.” Go ahead. I’ll wait. Typing that exact search into Google yields over 6.3 million results... Continue Reading
Aircraft interiors marketplace sees rising demand from LCCs
Buying and selling aircraft interiors has never been easier, boasts aviationgate.com, an online marketplace launched at the 2014 Aircraft In... Continue Reading
Does Hawaiian’s Maxima “courtesy aisle access” seat work?
When Italian seatmaker Optimares showcased its Maxima fully flat seat platform at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, it coined ... Continue Reading
‘Women Soar You Soar’ camp eager to improve diversity
A group of girls stood out during the recent Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA’s) AirVenture fly-in, and attracted curios... Continue Reading
Ten abreast on 777 looms as Cathay tests new, narrower seats
Cathay Pacific has been rumoured to be planning a more dense, 3-4-3 layout on its Boeing 777 aircraft for some time. The airline is one of t... Continue Reading
Press Release: Boeing 747 voted greatest civil aircraft in poll
Arconics recently asked the question: “What is the greatest civil aircraft of all time?” We now have an answer. With over a thou... Continue Reading
Flip-up economy seat to undergo 16g certification tests this fall
Having completed 9g static tests of its innovative new “s:two” economy-class seat, start-up aircraft seating company Rebel.Aero ... Continue Reading
Big business, premium changes on NZ’s 787, 777-300ER
Air New Zealand is replacing its unique premium economy Spaceseat product with the much more standard seats found on the rest of its longhau... Continue Reading
Press Release: Intelsat 33e successfully launched into orbit
Intelsat S.A. operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, today announced that Intelsat 33e... Continue Reading
Press Release: GEE names Tom Severson CFO
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:ENT) (“GEE”), the leading provider of global satellite-based connectivity and media to r... Continue Reading
How Gilat Satellite Networks is broadening its footprint in IFEC
Gogo recently partnered with Gilat Satellite Networks to develop a next generation modem that it says will ultimately be capable of deliveri... Continue Reading
Aviation safety record is ‘inspiration’ to other transport modes: FSF
The fact that three-quarters of all fatalities in commercial-aviation crashes in 2015 arose from two intentional events rather than accident... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gogo #bizav now enabling open router environment
Gogo Business Aviation (NASDAQ: GOGO), a leader in connected airplanes, has embarked on an initiative to enable operators, dealers and insta... Continue Reading
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