A research conducted by IdeaWorks Company, a consultancy on airline ancillary revenues, and CarTrawler, an online provider of car rental distribution systems, project that airline ancillary revenue will reach $49.9 billion worldwide in 2014. The research was applied to 180 airlines to provide a global projection of ancillary revenue activity by the world’s airlines in…
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Major news for both Mozilla and Yahoo. Firefox’s default search engine is switching from Google to Yahoo in the United States. Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it struck a deal to be the default search engine on the Firefox web browser on desktop PCs and mobile devices in the United States, replacing market leader Google…
Airbus won European safety approval on Tuesday for the A350, clearing the main regulatory hurdle before its newest and most technically advanced jet can start flying passengers. The European Aviation Safety Agency said Airbus had proved the jet’s airworthiness in more than 60,000 hours of certification work including 250 hours spent with safety inspectors in…
Japan Airlines’ Customer Information System has been hacked. It is possible that the hackers retrieved personal data for up to 750,000 of its frequent-flier program members. The airline confirmed Monday it has found evidence of unauthorized access to its Customer Information Management System due to a virus attack on computer terminals within its network. The…
Prior to 1978, each airline worked out schedules with its pilots to accommodate the routes the airline flew while protecting the pilots from undue fatigue. But after 1978’s deregulation, all that changed. Competition between airlines became so fierce that pilots were forced to fly more hours with less rest. Fatigue led to accidents. At the…
Iceland warned airlines of a potential ash plume that may disrupt flights as one of the island’s biggest volcanoes erupted after a week of rumbling. The aviation color code was changed to “red,” signifying that an “eruption is imminent or in progress — significant emission of ash into atmosphere likely,” the Icelandic Met Office said.…
With the new EASA EFB rules approved and in force from 09 February 2014 it is interesting to see what is available for our proficient pilots. Garmin is a well known company for its GPS navigation software products. Garmin has announced that “Garmin Pilot” will soon offer premium features for those flying in Europe, including…
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