Air France Selects Boeing’s Jeppesen Crew Management Solution
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom — Air France has selected Boeing’s Jeppesen Crew Rostering solution to optimize crew schedules for the nearly 13,000 cabin crew at the airline, as part of a five-year contract signed at the Farnborough Airshow. Jeppesen Crew Rostering leverages an industry-leading optimization engine to construct productive and balanced crew rosters by considering complex factors […]
Virgin Atlantic, Corendon Dutch Airlines and Albawings Adopt Boeing’s Digital Sustainability Solutions
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom — Virgin Atlantic, Corendon Dutch Airlines and Albawings have selected Boeing’s Jeppesen FliteDeck Advisor (FDA) digital solution to optimize operational efficiency and reduce fuel consumption across their fleets of Boeing aircraft. As a trial customer, Virgin Atlantic has already found benefits from the use of FliteDeck Advisor. During a trial on its 787 […]
Alaska Airlines becomes first U.S. airline to launch electronic bag tag program
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday (July 19 it’s poised to become the first U.S. airline to launch an electronic bag tag program later this year. “This technology allows our guests to tag their own bags in just seconds and makes the entire check-in process almost all off-airport,” said Charu Jain, senior vice-president of merchandising and innovation […]
Technology Pioneers Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Partner on Innovative Climate Change Solutions
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom — On Tuesday (July 19) Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) announced they will build on their decades-long partnership and collaborate on achieving the world’s ambitious climate targets. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) is focused on jointly studying enabling sustainable technologies – including hydrogen, electrification, sustainable materials, zero climate impact propulsion […]
easyJet and Rolls-Royce pioneer hydrogen engine combustion technology in H2ZERO partnership
easyJet and Rolls-Royce today (July 19) announced a ground-breaking new partnership, H2ZERO, that will pioneer the development of hydrogen combustion engine technology capable of powering a range of aircraft, including those in the narrow-body market segment. Both companies have committed to working together on a series of engine tests on the ground, starting later this […]
Airbus and CFM International launch a flight test demonstrator for advanced open fan architecture
Farnborough – Airbus and CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, are collaborating to flight test CFM’s cutting-edge open fan engine architecture. The Flight Test Demonstrator aims to mature and accelerate the development of advanced propulsion technologies, as part of CFM’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engine (RISE) demonstration programme, on board […]
Airbus and a number of major airlines sign Letters of Intent to explore carbon removal solutions for aviation
Airbus, Air Canada, Air France-KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Virgin Atlantic sign Letters of Intent to explore carbon removal solutions for aviation Farnborough – Airbus and a number of major airlines – Air Canada, Air France-KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Virgin Atlantic – have signed […]
Delta TechOps to provide maintenance services for next-gen LEAP engines
Delta Air Lines will become a service provider for the next-generation LEAP-1B aircraft engine under an agreement with CFM International, helping position Delta TechOps as a leading global service provider for state-of-the-art, more sustainable engines. The service agreement was made in conjunction with Delta’s order for 100 next-generation Boeing 737-10 aircraft, which will be powered by […]
Airbus to deliver connectivity services using its leading Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)
Farnborough– Airbus has launched a connectivity services business through the creation of a dedicated HAPS Services Business based around Zephyr, Airbus’ leading HAPS technology platform. This will help enable it to industrialise rapidly and begin serving a substantial total addressable market, providing low-latency connectivity services from the stratosphere for telecommunications and Earth observation applications. The new […]
AEGEAN launched a first-ever Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program
AEGEAN the leading Greek airline announced its first-ever Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program and thus became the only carrier in Greece, and one of the few in Europe, to operate part of its domestic and international network using a SAF blend. AEGEAN joined forces with longtime partner HELLENIC PETROLEUM, one of the leading energy groups […]
