Gulf Air has announced the successful roll out of its new generation iPad Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), utilizing Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro as its EFB solution, to all the airline's pilots in a move that provides them with fully digitized, real-time access to all operational information inflight, enhancing efficiency while reducing paper usage and delivering cost savings. Jeppesen, a part of...
Textron Aviation is to debuts its Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet at the Dubai Airshow next month. The Citation Latitude features the most spacious cabin of the Cessna aircraft at 77 inches wide and six feet tall, and carries up to nine passengers. At the show, Textron Aviation will also be showcasing its defence and special missions products.
A Jetstar Airbus A320 has been given a makeover in the lead up to the Australian summer. The narrowbody, VH-VFV, operated its first commercial service on Wednesday afternoon featuring the “Elevate Your Summer” livery, departing Melbourne Tullamarine at 2015 as JQ780 bound for Adelaide. Jetstar is no stranger to having aircraft with special liveries. Over the years Jetstar has unv...
The peak bodies representing the aviation sector in Australia say they are concerned with the slow pace of change at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and cost of compliance with new regulations. The Australian Aviation Associations’ Forum (TAAAF), which comprise the peak representative bodies in the local industry, says although there is some good work being done at CASA, the or...
Hainan Airlines' subsidiary Capital Airlines has opened two international routes - Zhanjiang-Bangkok on Oct. 26 and Beijing-Male on Oct. 27. The Beijing-based carrier has accelerated its international expansion pace as the Chinese economy grows, which has increased outbound travel for China's citizens. Capital Airlines operates 54 aircraft, comprising 22 Airbus A319s, 31 A320s and...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's VIP jet landed at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) on Thursday morning. It is Merkel's eighth visit to China in her decade as chancellor. At Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's invitation, Merkel is making an official visit to China from Thursday to Friday. As Merkel exited her exclusive jet, she was greeted by a military honor guard at...
China and Germany signed a deal on Thursday for purchase of 30 Airbus A330 aircraft. The deal for 30 A330s, valued at about EUR17 billion at list prices, was announced during during a meeting in Beijing between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel's VIP jet touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) on Thursday mornin...
When two Allegiant Airlines pilots couldn't control their plane and scrubbed a takeoff from Las Vegas in August, the carrier discovered that a critical piece of equipment in the tail had come loose. Allegiant ordered inspections of its other Boeing Co. MD-80s to ensure that all similar connections were secured. Eight days later, Allegiant said in response to questions from Bloomberg th...
A UN aviation panel Wednesday rejected a ban on rechargeable battery shipments on passenger airliners, despite evidence they can cause explosions and unstoppable, in-flight fires, aviation officials told The Associated Press. The International Civil Aviation Organization panel on dangerous goods voted 10 to 7 against a ban, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren&#...
An American Airlines plane landed safely after it was hit with a laser beam on approach to San Diego International Airport, airline officials said Wednesday. The pilot of Airbus A321 from Phoenix reported the laser in the cockpit shortly after 9:00 p.m. Tuesday before it landed about 10 minutes later without incident. The plane had 168 passengers and a crew of six aboard. No injuries we...
A woman passenger was not allowed to board an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to New Delhi on Monday morning as staff members of the private airline found her "inappropriately dressed". According to co-passengers, the woman, who was wearing a dress, missed her flight, though she was accommodated on a later flight after she reportedly changed into trousers. While IndiGo confirmed t...
A woman who claims her family was escorted off a JetBlue flight on Tuesday says a flight attendant "antagonized" her family prior to the confrontations that she says led all nine family members to being detained. Keren Kimchy and her family -- a total of five adults and four children -- had boarded the flight at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and were headed to t...
