Flight Ops IT
Airbus project saves up to 5% in fuel on Transatlantic flights
European aerospace giant Airbus, in collaboration with Delta, Air France and Virgin Atlantic, has successfully completed a critical phase of flight testing for its innovative ‘fello’fly’ project. This uses wake energy retrieval (WER) to significantly cut fuel burn on...
Murray Skelton on data, connectivity, and the future of flight planning
Optimising flight operations is an increasingly popular topic as the aviation industry tries to reduce emissions and make processes as efficient as possible. But how can data be used to effect meaningful change? With disruption costing the industry as much as 8% of...
Korean Air and Boeing partner on predictive fleet maintenance
Korean Air and Boeing will partner on predictive analytics for proactive fleet maintenance, they announced at the MRO Asia-Pacific 2025 conference in Singapore. The South Korean national carrier has established an early lead in predictive maintenance, setting up a...
Air India adopts SITA technology for sustainable flight ops
Air India has adopted SITA OptiFlight's advanced climb optimisation solution, OptiClimb, and SITA eWAS for improved operational sustainability. The data-driven insights provided will reduce the airline's carbon emissions by 35,000 tons each year. The Indian national...
Air Peace and Embraer partner on new Nigerian MRO centre
Air Peace and Embraer are collaborating on a new maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The project was initially proposed two years ago, but is now ready for take off. Air Peace and the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer will start...
Cybersecurity investment grows amid rising digital attacks
A recent article by Reuters has drawn attention to a surge in digital attacks known as GPS spoofing. These attacks have the potential to "send commercial airliners off course," but typically can be resolved with the assistance of air traffic control (ATC). The article...
Leveraging AI to optimise flight paths
Last year, Alaska Airlines saved 1.2 million gallons of fuel (11,958 metric tons of CO2 emissions) by leveraging AI to optimise its flight paths. After renewing their partnership with Air Space Intelligence (ASI), the airline has offered some insight into how it is...
Head of ATM Transformation, EUROCONTROL on building a scalable and efficient system
At Aerospace Tech Week, Marouan Chida, Head of ATM Transformation, EUROCONTROL joined to discuss the changing air traffic management (ATM) landscape, looking at key challenges and opportunities. Summarising the responsibility of ATM, Chida explained: "ATM is...
Transitioning away from “an analogue airspace in a digital age”: The UK CAA’s airspace modernisation plan
"We have an analogue airspace in a digital age designed nearer a time Yuri Gagarin reached for the stars. The moment for change is now." The UK airspace infrastructure, originally developed in the 1950s, has become outdated as the industry's challenges, technological...
Digitalisation and SAF: Director of Sustainability on striving for net-zero at Vueling
At Aerospace Tech Week, Franc Sanmartí, Director of Sustainability & Aeropolitical Affairs, Vueling Airlines joined to share his insights on the industry's progress towards the net-zero by 2050 target. This five-minute conversation looked at key targets within the...
NATS’ digital twin tech to reduce 30,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions at Heathrow
From 2025, Heathrow will use digital twin technology developed by NATS to tackle emissions at the airport. The Demand Capacity Balancer (DCB), 'digital twin' already predicts and models operational performance in near real-time at the airport but will soon be used to...
Honeywell accelerates “third set of eyes” software to enhance runway safety
2023 was the highest year in a decade for serious runway incursion events per one million airport operations. With runway incursions on the rise, Honeywell has accelerated development of its Surface Alert software. The alert system leverages GPS data, automatic...
Austrian Airlines and AVIATAR Partner for the Technical Logbook
Austrian Airlines will become the first Lufthansa Group airline to introduce the innovative and user-friendly AVIATAR Technical Logbook in its operations. The modern design of the digital solution installed on a tablet device will allow Austrian Airlines’ Technical...
NAVBLUE Continues to Hire as it Celebrates First Anniversary of its Office in Gdansk
As part of its global expansion, NAVBLUE, Airbus's flight operations services subsidiary, opened an office in Poland in October 2022 and is celebrating its first anniversary. The city of Gdansk was chosen because of its recognized position as an aerospace and software...
Smartwings Group Selects Conduce eTechLog8
Czechia-based airline Smartwings Group has selected the Conduce eTechLog8 solution for deployment across the fleet. The selection of Conduce was taken after fully evaluating the ELB market over a period of time. The evaluation process was both lengthy and detailed,...
Safety Expert Jeff Guzzetti Adds Perspective to Recent NYT Article About Aviation Safety
In late August, The New York Times published an exposé called “Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known” by Sydney Ember and Emily Steel. The story purports that near-catastrophic events in commercial aviation are increasing. The article says...
Turkish Airlines Extends Partnership With Accelya for Data Analytics Solutions
Istanbul-based flag carrier Turkish Airlines has renewed its existing agreement with Accelya. Through the agreement, Turkish Airlines will use Accelya’s data and analytics capabilities to obtain market intelligence across its main markets, helping the carrier identify...
FAA Invests Another $121M to Reduce Chance of Close Calls at Airports
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded more than $121 million to airports across the country to reduce the risk of runway incursions. Projects will reconfigure taxiways that may cause confusion, install new lighting systems and provide more flexibility on the...
UK NATS Shuts Down Due to Technical Problem
The National Air Traffic Service (NATS) of Britain shut down Monday, August 28 due to technical issues. The shutdown caused major problems for travelers on flights. The issue was resolved but the ramifications continued to reverberate throughout the system in Europe...
Digitization of Flight Operations Manuals
Tom Samuel, CEO of Comply365, says that the move to a single platform for authoring and distribution of operations manuals is a recent trend. The overall business need for airlines is the need to streamline their operational content management processes — and they...