AirDat, a private US-based weather forecaster, and Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, have announced a partnership to provide real-time meteorological data for Europe directly from Flybe’s 83-strong fleet of aircraft. Flybe aircraft will be the […]
easyGroup, controlled by EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has tied up with Rubicon, a UK investment firm, to explore launching a low-cost carrier for Africa. The plan is to hire a team of five aviation […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing allowing commercial pilots to personally update their nav-systems rather than relying on a mechanic to load simple database updates. The FAA said it was proposing to amend the […]
Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines said it will make efforts to improve the English of its pilots after one of its aircraft took off without clearance from controllers at a Japanese airport. Flight MU516, with 245 […]
Evergreen Airlines has confirmed that it is to begin equipping the first of six Boeing 747 freighters with a Universal Avionics flight management system to boost GPS accuracy using a variety of global satellite-based augmentation […]
WheelTug has developed technology that temporarily turns aircraft into electric hybrids, helping to save fuel, cut emissions and help keep arrivals and departures on time. And it might soon be found in El Al Israel […]
Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, will pioneer cutting-edge navigation technology to improve service reliability when it introduces the Airbus A319 to its fleet next year. The airline chose Quovadis, the Airbus […]
French air accident investigators at the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) have launched the Human Factors Working Group that was trailed following the publication of the latest report into the Air France AF447 crash. This […]
Minor, inexpensive modifications could make a significant difference in flight tracking in oceanic and remote low density airspace. The European ‘OPTIMI’ study – undertaken by the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) following the loss of Air […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has confirmed that all 224 of its member airlines, comprising 93 per cent of all scheduled international air traffic, are now listed on the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) […]
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