Air France is to deploy Boeing’s Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system software on its 747-400 fleet in Q2 2013. The EFB is the first Boeing software solution designed to work on third-party class 2 hardware, already extensively in use at Air...
Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has launched its new Split Scimitar winglet programme with an order from United Airlines. This will involve retrofitting existing 737NG Blended Winglets by replacing the aluminium winglet tip cap with the new...
Jetstar Japan has announced three new domestic destinations. It will start flying from Tokyo to Oita, Fukuoka to Nagoya and Sapporo to Nagoya from March 31 with return flights to Kagoshima from Tokyo and Nagoya starting on May 31. Jayne Hrdlicka...
GE Aviation has secured a $145m engine order from Syphax Airlines. The carrier has selected the CFM International’s LEAP-1A and CFM56-5B engines to power three A320neos and three A319/A320ceo aircraft, respectively. On Monday, AFM reported...
Air China is to introduce a new non-stop service between Houston and Beijing. The Chinese flag carrier plans to fly 777-300ER on the route, which will open on July 11, 2013, subject to government approvals. In addition, Air China is to increase...
Europe’s passenger traffic fell to its lowest point in five years during December 2012, Eurocontrol has announced. Traffic dropped by 5.6 per cent compared with the same period in 2011. Europe’s total air traffic flow management (ATFM)...
Enhanced-definition IFE systems have been installed on Cyprus Airways’ A321 fleet. Airline Services have replaced the aircraft’s tape player with AeroStream XP1, ASL’s newly manufactured digital video player. Encrypted content...
Burma’s Golden Myanmar Airlines will be using navigation charts provided by Lufthansa Systems’ Lido/RouteManual solution. A five-year contract has been signed by the two companies. Olivier Krüger, SVP regional management Asia...
Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT), the aircraft MRO division of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr, has successfully started A-check aircraft maintenance services for the A320 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport with Czech Airlines as its first customer. In...
