Reading Time: 2 minutes Air France is continuing to upgrade its long-haul cabins and will start to equip its Airbus A330 with its new travel cabins as from the end of 2017. These cabins have been developed in partnership with Zodiac Aerospace and currently equip 31 Boeing 777 in the Air France fleet. They are highly acclaimed by Air France […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing and Ryanair marked a milestone today with the delivery of the airline’s 400th Next-Generation 737-800. The Irish low-cost carrier operates the largest fleet of Next-Generation 737-800s in the world. “The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with its industry leading technical reliability and seating capacity, has been the foundation upon which our successful and safe growth has been […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa will restart some flights to Brussels airport this week, after the airport’s partial reopening on Sunday following the suicide bomb attack that badly damaged its departure hall and killed 16 people last month Lufthansa said two flights each from Frankfurt and Munich would operate today, increasing to four departures from each of its hubs […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A company called Boom Technology Inc. has unveiled plans for a supersonic airplane of the same name, which is being developed as a replacement for Concorde. Boom airplanes are predicted to fly 2.6 times faster than any other aircraft (and faster than Concorde Mach 2.0), and hit speeds of Mach 2.2 or 1,451 miles per […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels Airport reopened on Sunday for three “symbolic” flights by Brussels Airlines following days of negotiations between airport authorities and police over new security measures. A Brussels Airlines departure to Faro, Portugal, marked the first flight operation since March 22, when a pair of bombs that detonated in the airport’s departure area killed 16 people […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the FBI’s fight with Apple over unlocking the iPhone belonging to suspected terrorists dies down, a new battle has broken out: the FBI has now ordered drone manufacturer DJI to unlock a Phantom 3 drone downed at 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s private headquarters in Florida. DJI has refused to unlock the drone for […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Engineers at Lufthansa Technik have now refined their emergency floor path marking system to be only visible when actually needed. “GuideU CustomFit” can be fully integrated in any carpet and flooring design. It will be introduced to the business community for the first time at the Aircraft Interiors Expo from April 5 – 7 in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The helicopter training centre run by CAE in Norway has been awarded as an Airbus Helicopters approved simulation centre for H225 recurrent training. To maintain this approval going forward, CAE must adhere to a schedule of audits and regular monitoring. CAE is the first independent simulation training provider to receive this distinction. Nick Leontidis, group […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Turkish Cargo has served as a ‘Super Hero’ for the first time transporting the Batmobile around the globe as part of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie. Turkish Airlines added Metropolis and Gotham City to its flight line, moving the Batmobile from the US to London on an intercontinental cargo flight. Turkish Cargo […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa Technik AG has been awarded a Total Technical Support TTS contract for Surinam Airways’ Airbus A340-300 based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The four-year contract with the flag carrier of the Republic of Suriname marks a further success in Lufthansa Technik’s efforts to strengthen its market presence in the Americas. Lufthansa Technik will provide maintenance services […]