All Europe articles – Page 516
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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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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: Thales launches two new IFE systems to complement AVANT
Thales is launching two new in-flight entertainment systems, Prestige and CORE, which will use personalisation and targeted advertising to “make IFE a marketing engine for airlines” and boost revenues.
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Ethiopian agrees sale-and-leaseback for two Q400s
Elix Aviation Capital and Ethiopian Airlines have agreed a sale-and-leaseback deal covering two Bombardier Q400 turboprops, the lessor has disclosed.
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AIX: STG wins first two Boeing retrofit deals for lighting system
Aircraft lighting specialist STG Aerospace is launching a version of its LiTeMood LED ambient lighting system for the Airbus A320 and A330, after achieving success on the retrofit market for Boeing narrowbodies.
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SAS to order 50 more A320neos
Scandinavia's SAS Group is to order 50 more Airbus A320neos to replace Boeing 737s and older A320 jets.
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AIX: Brussels Airlines to upgrade cabins on A330 fleet
Brussels Airlines has engaged London-based JPA Design to create a new cabin interior for its Airbus A330 fleet.
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AIX: Global Eagle launches wireless IFE system for regional aircraft
Global Eagle Entertainment has launched an all-in-one portable in-flight entertainment solution aimed at regional aircraft, which it says will enable large airlines to provide a consistent entertainment experience across their fleets and provide regional carriers with a low-cost IFE option.
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AIX: Diehl studies new forward galley concept
Enter any single-aisle aircraft at the front and you usually see a lavatory on the left-hand side of the cockpit door and a galley to the right of it.
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AIX: Adient and Boeing reveal first fruits of collaboration
Almost three months after announcing their planned partnership, Adient and Boeing are today unveiling two prototype seats they intend to contribute to Adient Aerospace, their recently-proposed cabin seating joint venture.