SITA helps Singapore Airlines deliver free digital content through mobile App

Passengers using the Singapore Airlines mobile app can now get free digital magazines on their device. Powered by SITA DigitalMedia using Adaptive technology, the new feature is available on the Singapore Airlines app on both iOS and Android devices. Access to the free reading material is available to passengers before, during, and after the flight. […]

Female Lufthansa pilots are taking off

Today, on International Women’s Day, six crews from Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels consisting only of women made their morning flights from the Lufthansa Group hubs to Berlin. The jets that set off from Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Zurich and Brussels were each flown by two female pilots. «We specifically look out for potential […]

Forwarder Crane opens new Amsterdam airport office

Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide has invested in a brand new Netherlands head office facility at Amsterdam airport as it looks to grow in Europe. The US-headquartered firm said the new facility is «key to assisting our clients across the globe». The warehouse facility offers value-added services such as storage, pick and pack operations, labelling and […]

Air Canada Reports 2016 Annual Results

Air Canada today reported record full year 2016 EBITDAR(1) (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft rent), excluding special items, of $2.768 billion, compared to the previous record of $2.542 billion recorded in 2015, an increase of $226 million or 8.9 per cent and surpassing the 6 to 8 per cent increase projected in […]

IAG Cargo enhances network strength across North America

IAG Cargo today announced the launch of two new London Gatwick routes to North America. The addition of these routes will bring the total number of IAG Cargo-operated US gateways to 25 from Summer 2017. The Fort Lauderdale service is due to launch in March 2017 and will operate four times a week, while the […]

AJW Group attracts top industry talent and steps up its culture of service innovation

AJW Group is capturing a new spirit in aviation says President, Christopher Whiteside, as the organisation continues to focus on the development of support services that transform aviation efficiency for operators and lower CASM (Cost per Available Seat Mile). These include: inventory ownership cost reduction, streamlined supply chain, component reliability and customisable solutions. "Our business […]

Lufthansa, SITA develop next – generation baggage tracing service

German airline group Lufthansa will speed up the repatriation of delayed or mishandled bags to passengers after it launches easy-to-use baggage tracing technology jointly developed with global air transport IT specialist SITA. The new-generation WorldTracer® system provides Lufthansa agents access to a new, user-friendly desktop interface that makes it easy to record delayed baggage and […]

EASA Approves Embraer’s Sorocaba Service Center

Embraer"™s business aircraft service center in Sorocaba, Brazil, this week received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency covering maintenance for the airframer"™s entire business jet family. The important approval, which adds to the blessing already conferred by Brazil"™s ANAC agency, came just before the second anniversary of the opening of the 21,500-sq-ft facility at […]

IAG Cargo enhances cargo connector service in US

IAG Cargo has launched its new Cargo Connector delivery service in the US. IAG Cargo customers in the country now benefit from an import delivery service that takes freight direct from the aircraft, delivering it to the forwarders handling facilities. Originally, Cargo Connector was offered as an export collection service, but with the addition of […]