Air Canada announces establishment of Airframe Maintenance Centres of Excellence with AAR in Trois-Rivières and Avianor in Mirabel
Air Canada has entered into letters of intent with each of AAR Aircraft Services Trois-Rivières ULC («AAR») and Avianor Inc («Avianor») regarding long-term agreements for airframe maintenance, subject to completion of its planned merger with Transat, A.T. These long-term agreements would enable each of AAR and Avianor to develop Airframe Maintenance Centres of Excellence in […]
Swiss International Air Lines takes delivery of its first A320neo
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has taken delivery of its first A320neo aircraft at a delivery ceremony in Hamburg, Germany. It is the first of 25 A320neo Family aircraft ordered by Swiss International Air Lines. The A320neo Family incorporates the very latest technologies including new generation engines, Sharklets and cabin efficiency enablers, which together deliver […]
SITA and key industry partners launch MRO blockchain alliance
Key industry partners announced today the launch of the MRO Blockchain Alliance, the air transport’s first industry-wide investigation into the use of blockchain to track, trace and record aircraft parts. The new alliance comprises leading organizations covering every aspect of the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) chain, from part manufacture and repairs to logistics and […]
Airbus to hike maximum zero-fuel weight on A220
Airbus is planning a further performance tweak to the A220 family by increasing the maximum zero-fuel weight and maximum landing weight of the twinjet. A220 programme manager Florent Massou tells FlightGlobal that the change will be introduced as an option on both variants of the aircraft – the -100 and -300 – in 2022, subject […]
LATAM Cargo: Maintaining the balance
The challenge of ensuring aircraft are full of cargo is not an easy one to meet at the best of times, but when the market is in a downturn the task becomes even more difficult. One person meeting this challenge head on is LATAM Cargo chief executive Andrés Bianchi, who was appointed to the top […]
Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off
Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight test engineers and a test flight engineer took off initially at around 10:15 am on 18 December and conducted a total of 8 take-offs over a period […]
Sir Tim Clark, one of the airline industry’s greatest visionaries
The airline industry this year will lose its greatest visionary of the past 30 years with the retirement of Sir Tim Clark as president of Emirates in June. In an era when airline chief executives come and go with regularity, Sir Tim has been part of Emirates from the very start of its spectacular history […]
Sun Country to fly cargo for Amazon
Amazon has hired Sun Country Airlines to deliver its packages in Amazon Air-branded aircraft, a huge expansion for the Minnesota-based ultra-low cost carrier and promising to represent up to 20% of the airline’s business. The six-year deal is a “first-of-its-kind for a scheduled service passenger airline”, Sun Country says on 17 December, adding that it […]
Will This New Airplane Seat Design Make It Easier to Sleep in Economy Class?
During this past week’s Aircraft Cabin Innovation Summit 2019, held in London December 3 – 5, 2019, and attended by airlines, aircraft manufacturers and designers, a potentially game-changing prototype caught the media’s attention. CNN Travel reported on an innovative new seat design that would allow passengers flying in constricting coach seats a little extra comfort […]
Boost for Efforts to Tackle Unruly Passengers as MP14 Set to Come into Force
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) looks forward to the entry into force of Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14) on 1 January 2020. MP14 enhances the capacity of states to curb the escalation in the severity and frequency of unruly behavior on board aircraft. This follows the 26 November 2019 ratification of MP14 by Nigeria, the […]
