Boeing is remaining tight-lipped about when it will make a decision about providing a standard in-flight connectivity offering for the delayed 787 twinjet.
However, the airframer is poised to make AeroMobile/Panasonic Avionics’ ‘eXPhone’ cellular connectivity solution line-fit offerable to customers, with Boeing 777 operator V Australia slated to launch the service.
“We are studying connectivity […]

Greek carrier Olympic Air has agreed to merge with its local rival Aegean Airlines.
The two carriers disclosed recently that they were in talks over…

British Airways cabin crew members have again voted heavily in favour of taking industrial action to protest changes to working conditions and contractual…

British Airways cabin crew have once again voted to go on strike in a move that will spell travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of air passengers across the UK.
The Unite union return a vote in favour of industrial action after re-balloting its 12,000 BA cabin crew members in an ongoing dispute over pay and […]

Pope Benedict XVI has thrown his weight behind civil rights campaigners and privacy advocates by objecting to the introduction of full-body scanners at international airports.
Speaking at a Vatican meeting over the weekend, the pontiff told aerospace industry figures that, in his opinion, the threat of global terrorism did not warrant intrusions into personal privacy.
Without explicitly […]