Opinion: Boeing must give maximum assurance on 737 MAX airworthiness
With the global grounding of the 737 MAX fleet Boeing faces what is possibly the greatest crisis of confidence in the company’s history. The... Continue Reading
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Press Release: HAECO Americas plans Composites Services Business
HAECO Group announced today that it is expanding its Composite Services business from Jinjiang, P. R. China, to North America. Located withi... Continue Reading
MAX pain could see some suppliers gain, but nobody is celebrating
The preliminary report published last week by Ethiopian investigators that Flight 302 crew followed the MCAS fault recovery procedures table... Continue Reading
Press Release: Astronics introduces new Emergency Locator Transmitter
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace, defense, and other mission-critical industries,... Continue Reading
Press Release: SmartSky launches IFC system with Gore cables
Today’s passengers and flight crew require secure, real-time connections through texting, phone calls, social media, email, transferring inf... Continue Reading
Press Release: StandardAero swarded STC for SmartSky IFC on ERJs
Embraer jet operators now have access to SmartSky Networks’ best-in-class inflight connectivity. StandardAero, via its Organization Designat... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Max Flight and Mary Kirby on why no-MAX flight
Welcome to Episode 65 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world.... Continue Reading
Canada, US ban 737 MAX flights citing new data
Declaring that safety “has to be paramount in our considerations” and “caution has to dominate”, Canada’s Minister o... Continue Reading
Inmarsat expects Iris air traffic management to have global reach
Having recently concluded the research phase of the Iris air traffic management programme, Inmarsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) are ... Continue Reading
Opinion: Passengers scheduled on MAX forced into impossible decision
Following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 after takeoff from Addis Ababa this weekend, as an aviation journalist who writes reg... Continue Reading
North American carriers express confidence in MAX; union wants probe
Updated on 12 March The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) is calling on the FAA to temporarily ground the Boeing 737 MAX fleet in t... Continue Reading
Press Release: Avionica works with Cathay to upgrade 777 comms
The FAA has granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Amendment to Avionica for its satLINK MAX Iridium SATCOM system on Boeing 777 model ... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: A220 stretch considerations and IFE ad deliberations
Welcome to Episode 64 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world.... Continue Reading
NTSB calls for FAA to fill the safety gap on Part 135 operations
Flight safety improvements for Part 135 operators feature prominently in the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Most Wanted List ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Astronics AeroSat bolsters IFC certs with EASA STC
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries, announce... Continue Reading
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