Innovative Technologies Enhance The Customer Experience At Orlando International Airport’s Newest Terminal
Orlando International Airport’s South Terminal Complex (STC) creates an unforgettable travel experience. Through a combination of passenger-centred designs and state-of-the-art technology systems and enhancements, the STC is built to improve travel efficiency, uphold passenger safety, and excite the imagination. The first LEED®v4 airport campus, the complex will make MCO — already a world-class, global gateway […]
Galileo 2nd generation satellites ready to navigate into the future
Airbus satellite design passes important project milestone Preparing for the industrialised manufacturing concept Friedrichshafen – Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second-generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus’ proposed preliminary design and the customer’s system requirements have been fully reviewed and agreed upon. This paves the way for further verification, […]
Gatwick – transforming aircraft turns with an innovative digital platform that updates air traffic controllers quickly, in real-time
Aircraft turnarounds are being transformed at Gatwick with a new handheld digital platform that allows ground handlers to update air traffic controllers about changes to the turn process – in real time, direct from the apron – optimising efficiency, reducing delays and unnecessary fuel burn on the ground. The new AirTurn platform means that information […]
SWISS to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuel
SWISS to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuelSWISS and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with the Synhelion company to bring its solar aviation fuel to market. This will make SWISS the first airline in the world to use ‘sun-to-liquid’ fuel. The process devised by Synhelion uses concentrated sunlight […]
Boeing is Building Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ Satellite Using Advanced Techniques to Deliver Unrivaled Capability at “Record-Breaking Speed”
3D printing, rapid prototyping, agile development enabling high-paced production while enhancing system performance With more than double the capability of its predecessors, increased flexibility and resilience, as well as improved anti-jamming, WGS-11+’s mission utility is unrivaled EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Boeing has begun building the latest version of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite system, WGS-11+, […]
Airbus and OCCAR sign Eurodrone contract
Manching – Airbus and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) have signed the Eurodrone global contract, which includes the development and manufacturing of 20 systems and 5 years of initial in-service support. Industry prime Airbus Defence and Space GmbH signed in the representation of the three Major Sub-Contractors (MSC) Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U in […]
SWISS adopts new AeroSHARK riblet film technology to further reduce its flights’ carbon emissions
SWISS is to become the first passenger airline in the world to take advantage of the new AeroSHARK aircraft skin technology to further reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and the fuel consumption of its flight operations. All twelve of the airline’s Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will successively have the innovative riblet film, which has been co-developed […]
Airbus and CFM International to pioneer hydrogen combustion technology
Toulouse/Washington, 22 February 2022 – Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstration programme that will take flight around the middle of this decade. The programme’s objective is to ground and flight test a direct combustion engine fueled […]
Airbus Asia Training Centre inaugurates fourth full flight A350 simulator
Singapore – The Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) has inaugurated its fourth A350 Full Flight Simulator (FFS). This sees AATC offer more A350 simulator capacity than any other training centre in the world. The addition also consolidates AATC’s position as the largest Airbus-operated flight crew training centre in the company’s global network, with two A320, two […]
IndiGo takes a giant leap with NAVBLUE selecting its most advanced navigation technology
India’s largest airline to upgrade part of its fleet with RNP AR NAVBLUE to support IndiGo and train its crew N-RAIM, NAVBLUE’s Prediction Services to support RNP AR Operations India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has chosen NAVBLUE to upgrade some of its latest A320 aircraft to the most advanced navigation technology, RNP AR (Required Navigation Performance […]
