Emirates Flight Catering, one of the world’s largest catering operations, has completed its acquisition of Bustanica, a grower of vegetable produce, which operates the world’s largest indoor vertical farm. The sustainably grown greens are used in meals by airline customers, including Emirates
Rosen Aviation, an IFE and cabin electronics supplier, has announced a collaboration to use Qualcomm’s QCS8550 processors in its cabin technology, to bring a higher level of performance and functionality to aircraft interiors
British Airways is introducing an engineering system that uses real-time data to predict aircraft maintenance issues. The E-Logs platform will provide live performance information to the operations team about all of the airline’s 270 aircraft, allowing them to spot potential problems immediately and proactively fix them
Avensis Aviation, a provider of passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversions, has launched Medius Evo, a reversible Passenger-to-E-Commerce-Freighter (PTEF) for the Airbus A330-200 and A330-300, designed to enable reduced loading and offloading times
KLM is working to reduce waste in its inflight catering by up to 63%, through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The airline says the use of AI programs will enable it to better predict how many passengers who have booked will actually board their flight – a prediction that is not as simple as it may sound
World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE), the global event for the inflight catering, onboard services and passenger comfort industries, has announced that more than 50 first-time exhibitors have signed-up to the 2024 show
Lufthansa Group’s IFEC contract renewal with Spafax extends through 2028, with goals of enhancing technical integration, branding, and more for all five airlines making up the aviation group
Air India has selected Recaro Aircraft Seating to supply the premium economy and economy seating for its widebody expansion programme – part of its record-setting order of 470 aircraft. The contract is for more than 22,000 Recaro seats to be installed in the airline’s linefit and retrofit twin-aisle programmes over the next five to six years
AJW Group, an independent aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has announced the appointment of David Ropper as vice president of business development for the North American region
Swedish hybrid-electric airplane maker, Heart Aerospace, has raised a total of US$107 million in Series B funding, bringing total financing to US$145 million. The company says this represents a significant landmark in its goal of enabling more sustainable regional air travel with its ES-30 aircraft
