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AIX: Qantas becomes A380 'Cabin-Flex' launch customer
Qantas is to deactivate a pair of passenger doors on its Airbus A380s in an effort to increase premium seating on the aircraft's upper deck.
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AIX: Gategroup aims to transform airline retail through predictive analytics
Gategroup has teamed up with predictive analytics company Black Swan and Panasonic Avionics to develop a retail platform that will use passenger data to predict the types of food most likely to be ordered on different flights, allowing the right products to be loaded onto aircraft and reducing the amount ...
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AIX: Afrijet launches ATR Cabinstream IFE system
Gabonese carrier Afrijet has become the first ATR operator to employ the airframer’s Cabinstream IFE system.
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Alitalia resumes Johannesburg service
Alitalia has made a return to the South African market after a 16-year absensce.
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AIX: Wizz Air’s record order for Geven’s Essenza
Wizz Air has placed an order for 110 shipsets of the Geven Essenza economy-class seat to outfit the Airbus A321neos it is scheduled to begin receiving in January 2019. It is the largest seat order placed by the airline, and largest single order ever received by Geven.
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AIX: Supply-chain consolidation brings pressure and opportunity
The cabin supply chain has still not caught up with rapidly rising production rates at Airbus and Boeing – but consolidation among the suppliers could provide an opportunity for agile new suppliers to enter the market.
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AIX: Airbus to design lower-deck passenger facilities with Zodiac
Airbus has recruited Zodiac Aerospace to jointly develop passenger facilities for the cargo decks of A330s and A350s.
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AIX: Inmarsat likens IFC benefits to moving from flip phone to smartphone
The opportunities available to airlines through the connected aircraft are “as transformational as moving from an old Nokia phone to a smartphone”, says Inmarsat Aviation senior vice-president strategy and business development Frederik Van Essen.
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NewsZenith takes delivery of third Learjet 75
UK charter and management company Zenith Aviation has taken delivery of first of two Bombardier Learjet 75s from an October 2017 order for the superlight business aircraft.
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AIX: Stratasys promises 3D printing the 'easy way'
For 3D printing systems master Stratasys, the key to getting customers airborne is getting them through the certification process. An Airbus A350 flies with about 1,000 parts printed from Stratasys materials – but as product leader and vice president Jim Orrock puts it, while smaller companies like aircraft interiors suppliers ...
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NewsOJets launches in Singapore with Bombardier business jet pair
A luxury charter company has launched in Singapore with a pair of high-end, Maltese-registered Bombardier business jets, financed through Chinese company Minsheng Financial Leasing.
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AIX: Panasonic launches Next Loyalty platform with SIA
Data is king when it comes to providing a personalised service to airline passengers and keeping them loyal, outlined in Panasonic Avionics’ announcement that its new Next Loyalty platform will be launched by Singapore Airlines.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing Global Services details growth ambitions
A daring and controversial stretch goal to treble Boeing’s services revenue within eight years in a market already crowded with the company’s customers and suppliers came out of a 2016 brainstorm session.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American moves on streamlining widebody fleet
With American Airlines' on-going effort to streamline its fleet well underway with its narrowbodies, the carrier has turned its attention to the widebody side of the aisle.
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AIX: Acro wins A320 seat deal with Viva Air
UK seat maker Acro is to supply its Series 3 ST seat to Viva Air for the Latin American low-cost airline group’s 50-strong Airbus A320 order. It is Chinese-owned Acro’s first deal in the region and significant in that it is another line-fit contract for a company that has for ...
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AIX: Emirates racks a million onboard wi-fi connections in March
Emirates in March saw its number of onboard wi-fi connections surpass one million within a single month for the first time.
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AIX: K+N launches targeted logistics service for interiors sector
Transport and distribution giant Kuehne + Nagel has launched at AIX what it calls the “first end-to-end logistics solution” for interiors manufacturers, airlines and maintenance, repair and overhaul organisation working on aircraft refurbishments.
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NewsEmbraer and Garmin launch avionics upgrade for Phenoms
Embraer and Garmin have launched an avionics upgrade programme that will allow owners and operators of Phenom 100s and 300s to modernise their flightdecks to the latest G1000 NXi standard.
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AIX: ViaSat takes aim at growing list of competitors
ViaSat threw down the gauntlet to its growing list of competitors yesterday with an insistence that no other in-flight connectivity provider comes close to matching it on capacity, cost or speed.
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AIX: Air New Zealand to clear 'Skycouch' for babies
Air New Zealand is in the process of adapting its "Skycouch" economy sleeper seats to keep small children secure with seat belts throughout their flights.