On Monday, 1 November, Malaysia Airlines ferried a patient who required an urgent transfer. For this special mission, the airline sped-up its admin process and the engineering team mounted an aircraft-rated stretcher to nine economy class seats
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British Airways (BA) has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade the Club World cabins on its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. The agreement includes installation of the Club Suite business class seat, the Club Kitchen and a new cabin configuration
Sad news: Emirates’ first A380 has retired and gone to the great recycling yard in the sky. Good news: parts of the aircraft will be upcycled into furniture and goods, which you can buy
In response to safety issues related to lithium battery shipments, Qatar Airways Cargo intends to replace its entire fleet of more than 10,000 Unit Load Devices (ULDs) with Safran Cabin’s new Fire Resistant Container (FRC), aiming to exchange 70% of the units during 2022
Air Dolomiti, the Italy-based airline subsidiary of Lufthansa Group, has selected Geven’s Essenza RJ economy class seat for a retrofit programme on 15 Embraer 195s. Installation is scheduled for between December 2021 and March 2022, with the first retrofitted aircraft expected to fly in January 2022
Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed an MoU with Aero HygenX, outlining a plan for fleetwide deployment and regional marketing of the company’s RAY autonomous UV-C cabin disinfecting robot
British Airways is recruiting additional cabin crew to help fly its summer schedule, with an expected start date of spring 2022. The airline is inviting people of all ages and backgrounds, whether looking for the first step in their career or a complete career change
Air Belgium has signed a contract with Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) for inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) and mobile services technologies for its new Airbus A330neo aircraft
Air Canada has launched its ‘Leave Less’ travel programme, offering corporate customers options to offset or reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to business travel and reduce their carbon footprint
ITA, the new national airline of Italy, has agreed to take on 31 new aircraft, consisting of 15 A220s, two A320neos, nine A321neos and five A330-900neos, on long-term lease from Air Lease Corporation’s (ALC) orderbook with Airbus