CommercialCUPE Challenges Air Canada’s Plan to Reduce Flight Attendants Air Canada Flight Attendant. Photo: Air Canada [Avionics Today 08-11-2014] The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is challenging a Transport Canada decision to exempt Air Canada from maintaining the current ratio…
CommercialScoot Selects Rockwell Collins Avionics Support Program for New Boeing 787 fleet Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 08-11-2014] Singapore-based Scoot Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins’ Dispatch 100 avionics service and asset management program for its new fleet of 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Under the agreement,…
CommercialGogo Brings In-Flight Entertainment to your iPad Gogo In-Flight Entertainment Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] Gogo, the global aero communications provider best known for providing In-flight Connectivity (IFC), can now bring In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) right to a passenger’s own…
CommercialSpirit AeroSystems in Hot Water Over Outsourced Jobs Spirit AeroSystem's Workers, Wichita, Kan. Photo: Spirit AeroSystem's [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) plans to file a lawsuit against Spirit AeroSystems over the company’s plans…
Business & GAExcelAire Expands Private Jet Fleet ExcelAire GIV-SP Private Jet Interior Photo: ExcelAire [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] Following in the trend of the expanding business jet market, ExcelAire, a New York-based private jet charter and aircraft management company, updated…
Business & GAThe Changing Landscape for Drones Photo: Lima Pix (Flickr) [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] Drone Aviation Corp. (DAC), a developer of specialized tethered drones, will begin offering an aerial photography package for land management, agriculture and real estate purposes.…
CommercialA-10 Wing Program Fallout, Major Losses for CPI Aerostructures 2Q A-10 Photo: CPI AeroStructures [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] CPI Aerostructures announced significant losses for the 2014 second quarter, which were considerably impacted by a failed A-10 Wing Replacement Program. CPI Aerostructures predicts the…
CommercialEtihad, Alitalia Agree to $2 Billion Deal [Avionics Today 8-08-2014] Etihad Airways agreed to a $2 billion deal that will give it a 49 percent share of Alitalia. The Middle Eastern carrier is looking to return the struggling Italian…