Category Archives: Commercial Aviation

Etihad Airways has partnered with Singapore food technology startup Lumitics to trial the use of computer vision and machine learning in order to reduce food wastage on Etihad flights. The partnership will see Etihad and Lumitics track unconsumed Economy class meals from Etihad’s flights, with the collated data used to highlight food consumption and wastageRead More

Flydubai has begun using the latest version of a technology that tracks the cleaning cycles of each seat cover to help maintain the highest standards of in-flight hygiene and safety. The latest RFIDAeroTrack software by Irish company, Aerospace Software Developments (ASD), enhances efficiency by monitoring the cleaning of aircraft seat covers through technologically advanced RFIDRead More

Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft, all running on hydrogen, which could enter service by 2035. These concepts each represent a different approach to achieving zero-emission flight, exploring various technology pathways and aerodynamic configurations in order to support the Company’s ambition of leading the way in the decarburization ofRead More

Airbus has collaborated with Boeing to write a report warning that air traffic management (ATM) technology must be significantly modernized to manage countless new small aircraft that will occupy future airspace. The paper, to be released in the coming weeks, will describe how rapidly increasing numbers of drones, and possible future small air taxis, willRead More

Qantas has announced up to 2500 jobs will be axed and all ground crew roles will be outsourced across 10 major Australian airports due to the impact of coronavirus. Under the proposed changes, Qantas and low-cost arm Jetstar will outsource ground operations, including baggage handling and aircraft cleaning at major airports. The work is currentlyRead More

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released an airline self-assessment health checklist to support the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Take-off: Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis. The Take-off guidance is the global standard framework of risk-based temporary measures for governments and the air transport value chain for safe operationsRead More

Air Canada posted a stunning C$1.8 billion ($1.5 billion) loss during the second quarter, as the coronavirus shut down almost all air travel in the country, and government-imposed restrictions kept passengers away. The Montreal-based carrier transported just 4% of passengers carried during the same period one year ago, in what its chief executive Calin RovinescuRead More

Lebanon-based Middle East Airlines (MEA) has received its first A321neo aircraft from Airbus’ final assembly line in Hamburg, Germany. The delivery is the first of nine aircraft to be delivered in the coming months. The highly-fuel-efficient A321neo will help reduce MEA’s operating costs. The airline’s A321neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM gearedRead More

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi can mimic the fleet growth seen at the carrier’s European operation and reach 100 aircraft in 15 years’ time, according to chief executive Jozsef Varadi. “What we can achieve in Abu Dhabi is probably comparable with what we have been able to achieve in Europe,” Varadi states during an FIA ConnectRead More

Wizz Air recently announced 8 new routes from Bucharest (OTP) to Cagliari (Sardegna / Italy), Copenhagen, Bergen (Norway), Hamburg, Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden, Memmingen (Germany), Santorini and Mykonos (Greece). Cagliari is the 11th Italian destination offered by Wizz Air from Bucharest and the 2nd in Sardegna, apart from Alghero. Bergen is the second destination in Norway,Read More