Collaboration needed to stem unruly passenger incidents
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released figures showing that reports of unruly passenger incidents onboard aircraft increased in 2015. Some 10,854 unruly passenger incidents were reported to IATA by airlines worldwide last year. This equates to one incident for every 1,205 flights, an increase from the 9,316 incidents reported in 2014 (or one incident […]
Unruly passengers must be tackled
Captain Paul D. McCarthy is an Attorney and former representative of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations at ICAO. For him, unruly passengers present a significant challenge to airlines with several different types that have to be dealt with. An unstable passenger presents a problem that may require a more nuanced approach from […]
IBS Software firma un contrato de 10 años con Lufthansa
IBS Software, un proveedor líder de soluciones de TI para el sector de la aviación global, ha firmado un acuerdo con Lufthansa para el reemplazo de sus aplicaciones heredadas para gestión de tripulaciones basadas en Unisys por la avanzada solución de gestión de tripulaciones de IBS. IBS fue seleccionada después de un riguroso proceso de […]
AIX 2016: SITAONAIR takes on-board digital transformation to next level
SITAONAIR is set to showcase how digital interactions can transform the passenger experience at AIX 2016. The company will demonstrate how through connected apps, an airline delivers improved and more personal interactions between its passengers, its cabin crew and its pilots by pushing relevant contextualized information to their mobile device during their journey. SITAONAIR has […]
‘Worst ever’ air rage passenger jailed for drunken rampage
An air rage passenger branded one of the worst ever has been jailed after drunkenly abusing cabin crew on a flight from Dubai to Birmingham. Jasbir Singh Bharaj, 46, was labelled by a flight attendant as the «worst passenger he had ever encountered» after he went on a rampage which included: Threatening to punch a […]
Aeroflot Group to recruit 6,000+ ex-Transaero staff
Aeroflot Group is to proceed with plans to recruit up to 6,060 ex-Transaero Airlines (UN, Moscow Vnukovo) employees following a Group Board of Directors meeting last week. Broken down, the Group says it is looking at recruiting around 700 pilots; around 1,000 engineering and technical personnel; around 2,800 flight attendants; around 1,200 ground service crew; […]
