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News 10 December 2018

Airbus ready to roll-out Pilot Cadet Training co-developed with ENAC

Toulouse, 06 December 2018 – Airbus and the French Civil Aviation University, ENAC, have obtained EASA certification for a co-developed ab initio Pilot Cadet Training…

Air transport 6 December 2018

Wirecard Expands Long-standing Collaboration With Wizz Air

ASCHHEIM, Germany, December 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Wirecard will handle payment processing for the largest low-cost carrier of Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air Wizz…

Air transport 6 December 2018

Volaris Reports November 2018 Traffic Results; 17% Passenger Growth and 88% Load Factor

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Volaris* (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States and Central America, reports…

Airports 6 December 2018

Skyborne Technology Executes Contract to Acquire Costin Airport

Skyborne Technology Executes Contract to Acquire Costin Airport – Port St Joe, Florida for Aircraft Operations & Unmanned Systems Training PORT ST. JOE, Fla., Dec….

News 6 December 2018

Breakthrough in Transport: Graforce’s Plasmalysis Is Key to Low-carbon Traffic and Aviation

With the UN Climate Change Conference in Katovice (COP24) now underway, the international community is discussing how to drastically reduce CO2 emissions. Transport is a…

News 6 December 2018

Biodegradable, Non-Toxic Variants of Aircraft Cleaning Chemicals

Biodegradable, Non-Toxic Variants of Aircraft Cleaning Chemicals to Witness Widespread Demand- Future Market Insights VALLEY COTTAGE, New York, December 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Given the…

Industry 4 December 2018

Lockheed Martin and Airbus sign aerial refuelling Memorandum of Agreement

Madrid, 4 December 2018 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for…

News 4 December 2018

ESA’s 25 years of telecom: interview with Nick Appleyard

As ESA’s umbrella programme for telecom, ARTES, celebrates its 25th year, we will be examining why it was set up, how it and the European satcom…

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Airports 4 December 2018

Super-sensitive passenger scanner uses space technology to speed up airport security

New passenger scanner uses space technology to speed up airport security Cutting-edge technology trialled in UK News release from Cardiff University A super-sensitive passenger scanner…

News 4 December 2018

ERA calls for immediate air transport agreement to keep skies open

Connectivity collapse as flights grounded unless EC and UK act now 4 December 2018 ERA (European Regions Airlines Association) has sent a letter to the…

News 4 December 2018

Embraer and NAC Sign Firm Order for Three E190 Aircraft

Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 4th, 2018 – Embraer has signed a firm contract for three E190 aircraft with Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the global leader in…

Industry, News 3 December 2018

Liebherr-Aerospace to Supply NORDAM

Liebherr-Aerospace to Supply NORDAM with Anti-ice Valves for Airbus A320neo Next-generation Nacelle December 2018 – Liebherr-Aerospace announced an agreement with U.S.-based NORDAM to develop, manufacture,…

Industry 30 November 2018

Boeing, Air Lease Corp., Deliver Cayman Airways’ First 737 MAX

Carrier modernizes its fleet with new fuel efficient, longer-range 737 MAX 8 airplanes Four airplanes to be secured through leading airplane lessor Air Lease Corporation…

Space 29 November 2018

ESA team blasts Intel’s new AI chip with radiation at CERN

An ESA-led team subjected Intel’s new Myriad 2 artificial intelligence chip to one of the most energetic radiation beams available on Earth. This test of…

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Innovation 29 November 2018

Lift off for Pioneering nanosats

The first ‘Pioneer’ mission lifted off early this morning from Sriharikota, India, with the two inventive little nanosatellites now circling the Earth, ready for action….