Flight Ops IT
SunExpress’ move to IOCC boosts on-time performance by 6 per cent
At Aerospace Tech Week, Oğuzhan Doğan Albayrak, Performance Analysis and Reporting Senior Specialist, SunExpress discussed how the airline is using smart solutions to support its growth. Albayrak discussed SunExpress' plans to expand from 65 to 166 aircraft over the...
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...
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...
Euramec and GeoSim Team with Vulcan for Aerial Firefighting Simulation Solution for Europe
Euramec, the European flight simulation solution providers team up with Australia’s GeoSim to deliver Vulcan, a unique aerial firefighting simulation solution. “Development of the GeoSim Vulcan Firefighting Simulation solution was already well under way before these...
World Fuel Services Welcomes B. Coleman Aviation
World Fuel Services (World Fuel) announced they will be supplying B. Coleman Aviation (KGYY), the go-to location for safe, quick, and efficient access to the Chicago area. As a business aviation focused facility, B. Coleman Aviation serves as an alternative to the...
Shell Aviation Launches Automated End-to-end Touchless Refueling Process
Shell Aviation has introduced end-to-end digital integration with airline customers through Shell SkyPad, its tablet that connects pilots and apron operators with cloud-based computer systems. The development marks the next step in Shell Aviation’s ambitions for a...
Airbus Skywise Parking Management App Eases Aircraft Logistics/Return to Service
With Airbus’ new Skywise geospatial app, airlines can now tag their grounded aircraft, and virtually park them into airports/stations (hangar, gate, taxiway, etc.) – using the Skywise open data platform. With the app, Airbus says airlines can rapidly extract...
XTRA Airways Selects Vistair to Provide Document Management
Vistair Systems, a provider of aviation Document and Safety Management solutions announced a new partnership with XTRA Airways, a new airline based in Texas, USA. Vistair’s DocuNet platform will enable enterprise-wide Document Management with a single point of...
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...
Collins Aerospace supplies FAA with HUD training device for scientific research
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered a Head-Up Display (HUD) training device from Collins Aerospace Systems, to be used in ongoing scientific research. The research will explore areas such as pilot-HUD interface, and the benefits of utilising HUD for...
SITAONAIR acquires GTD Air Services
SITAONAIR has acquired GTD Air Services - the aviation branch of Spanish software provider GTD System & Software Engineering as part of an overall plan to expand its offering of flight operations-based applications. SITAONAIR initially partnered with in developing...
Etihad Joins EasyJet’s Connections Platform
Etihad Airways has become the latest airline to partner with easyJet via its worldwide connection platform. The agreement means customers can purchase tickets through the easyJet worldwide website, and will therefore help to connect the two airlines’ networks. The...
EHang Completes Trial Flight of Pilotless Air Taxi
EHang has conducted its first-ever U.S. trial flight of its two-seater passenger-grade AAV, the EHang 216, as part of the North Carolina Transportation Summit hosted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The flight took place on January 7th 2020. The...
JetBlue to offset up to 17 billion pounds emissions in 2020
JetBlue has committed to offsetting CO2 from jet fuel for all domestic flights commencing July 2020. The US carrier also announced plans to start flying with sustainable aviation fuel in mid-2020 on flights from San Francisco International Airport. “Air travel...
Genesys Aerosystem EFIS receives STC for Bell helicopters
Genesys AeroSystems has announced that its IDU-680 EFIS display has earned FAA Supplemental Type Certification for Bell 412EP and 412 helicopters. According to the avionics manufacturer, the architecture for these platforms includes four IDU-680s with full avionics...