After 15 years of advocacy, All Wheels Up is close to realising its goal of wheelchair tie-down systems being installed in aircraft cabins. “We have not identified any major issues to installation,” says the US DOT, with testing and certification starting in 2025, and rulemaking expected in early 2026
The team at Scottish Leather Group discuss their 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which says the group is now 90% towards achieving 100% zero greenhouse gas emissions for its operations. By the end of 2025, its leather manufacturing operations will be net zero (Scope 1 and 2)
Scottish Leather Group, the parent company of Muirhead, says it is now 90% towards achieving 100% zero greenhouse gas emissions for its operations. By the end of 2025, its leather manufacturing operations will be net zero (Scope 1 and 2), achieving a target originally set in 2018
Gogo Business Aviation has reported that it is seeing ‘unprecedented demand’ for Gogo Galileo HDX, its new global broadband Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite service scheduled to launch later this year. Production has more than doubled to meet projected sales
AJW Group, a provider of aircraft component parts, and repair and supply chain services, has appointed Mitsui & Co. Ltd as its sole sales representative in Japan, to strengthen its commercial presence in the Japanese aviation industry
STG has developed and launched the world’s first sustainable emergency floor-path marking system. Adopting biodegradable materials to eliminate ‘forever plastics’ presented several challenges – some expected, some less so – as Tracy Vyas-Middlecoat, STG’s research and development scientist, recalls
World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) will return to Hamburg in April 2025 with more features, introduced to highlight the latest advances in the onboard sector. From onboard technology to sustainability, wellbeing to thought leadership, the event will have something to offer everyone in the inflight catering, passenger comfort and onboard services sectors
Viasat has unveiled JetXP, a series of enhancements to its satellite network and service model that can benefit its in-flight connectivity customers in the business aviation sector. Viasat’s Jet ConneX customers will be the first to benefit from performance improvements, including new features such as uncapped speeds, expanded capacity, and increased network prioritisation
90 commercial aircraft were delivered in August 2024, the highest August figure since 2018. However, year-to-date aircraft orders are behind 2023 levels, though the 15,651 aircraft backlog remains equivalent to more than 10 years’ worth of work
A new category has been added to the internationally renowned Red Dot Award for product design. Assessment criteria in the Sustainable Design category include renewability, repairability, durability and recyclability
