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Five lessons learned as a student pilot

As student pilots, we enter flight training with eager minds and a thirst for knowledge, ready to soar through the clouds. However, the jour... Continue Reading

Pilots often use satcom powered by Inmarsat when flying over oceans. This image shows a captain flying a large transport aircraft. The four stripes on his uniform are in clear view, whilst avionics and displays are seen in front of him.

Inmarsat satcom safety services return for Asia-Pacific after outage

Inmarsat’s aircraft safety and other L-band satcom services for the Asia-Pacific region are operable again, following an outage of the... Continue Reading

JSX female first officer stands in front of a JSX ERJ

Soul powers JSX as it climbs to new heights in diversity and inclusion

JSX, the ‘semi-private’ operator which sees every employee — including its C-suite — as a crew member, has embraced a corporate culture that... Continue Reading

Rows of small, general aviation aircraft, lined up at Henderson Executive Airport in Nevada

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

A Southwest Airlines 737 in-flight. The wingtip of the aircraft is seen in this photo.

Southwest vows to update tech due to massive disruption

Southwest Airlines is vowing to strengthen its commitment to upgrading internal systems, as its employee unions blame antiquated crew schedu... Continue Reading

Air France A320 cabin from behind, with seatbacks in view

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

Pam Almand is sitting in a Stearman aircraft.

The 747 Captain who gives voice to Amelia Earhart

It took just one flying lesson for Pamela Almand to abandon her art degree in favor of becoming an airline pilot. She did this nearly fifty ... Continue Reading

Debbie Elliott, TAG Global Training Manager (left) and Joanne Goodall, CEO TAG Aviation Europe symbolically cutting a large red ribbon.

TAG honors its past, readies for future with new Farnborough offices

Farnborough Airport has a proud legacy as a UK military and trials base, later including a business aviation enclave, operated by Farnboroug... Continue Reading

View of a Boeing 737 flightdeck while flying through rain. The airplane's lights are turned on which illuminates the raindrops

EASA warns of GPS jamming around conflict zone

Europe’s aviation safety agency EASA is warning aviation authorities, air navigation service providers and aircraft operators that jamming o... Continue Reading

Aircraft on takeoff with a beautiful sky and fluffy clouds

Fifty US airports to have buffers when telcos turn on new 5G services

In a bid to support the safe coexistence of flight operations and major telcos’ deployment of 5G services in the C-band, fifty US airports w... Continue Reading

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Lufthansa Systems helps airlines go green with cadre of digital tools

As a leading airline IT provider that recognizes industry is undergoing a huge transformation towards a more sustainable future, Lufthansa S... Continue Reading

Flying United? Charge up your devices and bring wired headphones

While United Airlines continues to take delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with its new United Next interior, retrofits of the carrie... Continue Reading

Davinci Jets first officer Caroline Colombo smiling in the Citation jet

First officer Caroline Colombo goes full throttle in aviation

You might say she felt the need, the need for speed. Cessna Citation 560XL first officer Caroline Colombo’s love affair with aviation began ... Continue Reading

Airplane take off over airport control tower

Press Release: FAA selects SITA’s FANS-1/A based datalink solution

In August 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of the Oceanic Data Link (ODL) contract to SITA, the leading I... Continue Reading

Airbus control room. Two employees sit in front of a series of monitors.

Airbus Services highlights recovery opportunity, digitalisation

Aircraft services is big business: in 2019 during its last Global Markets Forecast, Airbus predicted a services market of some US$4.9t over ... Continue Reading