Flight Ops IT
iTEC Alliance launches build phase for next-gen ATM system
This week, iTEC Alliance members announced the start of build phase for the iTEC SkyNex Air Traffic Control system. The system builds on the SESAR and CEF funded development projects to support the creation of the Digital European Sky. The global iTEC Alliance is...
Pegasus Airlines Moves to Comply365’s Authoring and Compliance Management Platform
Pegasus Airlines is moving its document authoring process and compliance management with Comply365’s end-to-end authoring and distribution platform, including its mobile app. Comply365 announced that Pegasus will use ProAuthor to author and manage its Airbus, Boeing...
GE Digital and FlightSafety International Extend Partnership
GE Digital, a leading provider of aviation software, has extended its partnership with FlightSafety International (FSI), a global leader in aviation training and simulation. As part of this collaboration, FSI will use GE Digital’s Flight Analytics platform to analyze...
Raytheon Technologies Helping Power Data-Driven Decision-Making at American Airlines
Raytheon Technologies' Collins Aerospace business is partnering with American Airlines to bring the latest in aircraft data management technology to improve the airline's safety, reliability and analytics. American is installing the Collins InteliSight Aircraft...
Reliable Robotics and NASA Complete First-of-its-Kind Flight Tests to Advance Aviation Safety
Data collected will serve to validate the use of existing surveillance radars to detect and avoid aircraft Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft automation systems and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), today announced the...
Shell Introduces First Industry Solution to Meet SAP-Free Refueling Deadline
Shell Aviation, working with filtration experts FAUDI Aviation, has launched Shell Jet Protection, the only Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP)-free refuelling system available to the aviation industry today. The technology is also the first SAP-free system capable...
FlightSmart, FlightSafety’s Integrated Pilot Performance Evaluation and Training Tool, Completed Acceptance Testing at Columbus AFB
FlightSafety International's FlightSmart, a new integrated pilot performance evaluation and training tool, has successfully completed acceptance testing at the Columbus Air Force Base. FlightSafety developed FlightSmart in conjunction with IBM, a world leader in...
SD Reaches Major Milestone with Install of 2,000th FlightDeck Freedom
Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, has achieved a significant milestone for its FlightDeck Freedom datalink service by activating its 2,000th aircraft. The head-of-state customer signed for the service to take advantage of its unique...
Breeze Airways Selects Vistair to Provide Safety Compliance
Vistair Systems announced a partnership with new start up airline, Breeze Airways, to support their enterprise-wide safety management approach. Based in Utah, Breeze Airways is the latest airline of JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman, which plans to begin...
Cathay Pacific and GE Aviation Expand Digital Partnership
GE Aviation and Cathay Pacific Group have signed a five-year agreement to implement GE’s Event Measurement System (EMS) for flight analytics and the FlightPulse pilot app. The digital technologies will be deployed across various fleet types in Cathay Pacific Group in...
Ideagen Launches First Cloud Version of Industry Leading Q-Pulse Software
International provider of governance, risk and compliance software, Ideagen, has announced the first cloud version of its quality, health & safety and environmental (QHSE) product, Q-Pulse. Q-Pulse is already used by more than 2,000 companies around the world to...
Lufthansa Systems Launches New Demand Indicators Dashboard
Lufthansa Systems has launched their New Demand Indicators (NDI) Dashboard, a web-based solution that displays schedule insights, weekly market size updates and current travel restrictions through an intuitive and user-friendly interface. The newly developed NDI...
NAVBLUE acquires Aviolinx, completes N-Operations Control Centre Suite
NAVBLUE has acquired Aviolinx, a Stockholm-based airlines software and services provider. The sales means it can add Operations Control and Crew Management solutions to the existing N-OCC suite. Aviolinx provisions include N-RAIDO Ops & Crew Management, hich is...
Boeing announces digital agreements with Asia-Pacific airlines
Boeing has disclosed numerous agreements with Asia-Pacific airlines that will allow the implementation of digital solutions to increase operational efficiencies and safety. The orders and agreements include: - Vistara, an Indian operator, has signed an agreement to...
Inzpire Limited to Support UK Maritime Coastguard Agency Flight Trials
Inzpire Limited will be providing planning and operational management to the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) during its UK flight trials of unmanned aerial systems. The trials will demonstrate the advantages of using long-range unmanned capabilities in civilian...
Rolls-Royce launches new digital platform
Rolls-Royce's R2 Data Labs (launched 2017) has announced the launch of Yocova – an aviation-centric data exchange platform. The platform is engineered for secure data sharing in addition to providing an information exchange for software applications. Yocova is part of...
Etihad Aviation Training Nabs 1st Mid-East Approval to Train 777/787 Pilots
Etihad Aviation Training, the specialist training division of Etihad Aviation Group, has become the first aviation company in the Middle East to gain approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to train Boeing 777 and 787 pilots for European operators and...
CAE Appoints Probert as Group President, Defence & Security
CAE has appointed Todd Probert as group president, Defence & Security, effective January 27, 2020. He will be based in Washington, D. C. and is succeeding Gene Colabatistto, who retired from CAE in December 2019. "I am very pleased to welcome Todd Probert to CAE's...
L3Harris Technologies Sells its Airport Security Business to Leidos for $1 Billion
L3Harris Technologies announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Leidos will acquire L3Harris’ airport security and automation business for $1 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2020 and is conditioned on customary closing...
Titan Airways selects Conduce eTechLog8
Conduce Group has announced that Titan Airways has chosen its eTechLog8 mobile software solution in its bid to enhance digitalisation of processes and procedures. The software provider has disclosed that eTechLog8 will completely replace the current paper-based...