David Bruner, vice president of Global Communications
Solutions at Panasonic Avionics, discusses the
company's move into business aviation. Panasonic
will participate in an Avionics Webinar on in-flight
entertainment. For more information, click here.
Delta TechOps has expanded its maintenance agreement with Tulsa-based Omni Air International (OAI) to include component and inventory support for the charter airline’s new Boeing 767 fleet. As part of the five-year agreement, Delta TechOps will provide component and inventory support on OAI’s B767s, including avionics and hydraulics. Delta TechOps and OAI’s partnership began in 2003 with TechOps providing component support on OAI’s 757 fleet.
Croatia Airlines to Use Lufthansa Lido/Flight Bag
Lufthansa Systems said it successfully implemented its Lido/FlightBag electronic cockpit communication platform for Croatia Airlines. The first scheduled Croatia Airlines flight to carry the EFB solution, an Airbus A320, took off in early October, the company said. Thirty of the carrier’s pilots are using the electronic flight bag (EFB) as a Class 1 system on laptop computers. And after a operational approval phase with Croatian aviation authorities, the airline said it will begin using the EFB system throughout its entire fleet.
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