JETPOWER INC

HK Express | October 01, 2020

Cathay Pacific’s low-cost offshoot, HK Express, is jumping onboard the flights to nowhere bandwagon. HK Express is offering three 90 minute flights to nowhere in November. The airline is styling the flights as a “flycation” and promising a good time on the short jaunt over Hong Kong....

AVIATION TECHNOLOGY

Aloft | May 12, 2022

Aloft Technologies announced the introduction of the Aloft Geo Portal that aims to close the gap between FAA airspace rules and local ground rules for drone operations nationwide. Verified users of the portal will be able to upload and manage airspace and ground space advisories that once authenticated, will publish to the Aloft data network including all Aloft web and mobile apps including B4UFLY. In the initial phase of introduction, new submissions will publish on a rolling bas...

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Japan Airlines | March 29, 2022

IFS, the global cloud business software provider, announced that JAL Engineering Co., Ltd., the maintenance and engineering subsidiary of Japan Airlines, has chosen IFS to enable fleet-wide long-range maintenance planning. Long-range planners will be able to swiftly design and distribute regulatory-compliant fleet maintenance plans that best support aircraft availability, task yield, and hangar utilization for over 200 aircraft using the IFS system, which will be hosted in the cloud.
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BUSINESS AVIATION

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc | February 17, 2022

Embraer, Widerøe and Rolls-Royce have today announced plans to study a conceptual zero-emission regional aircraft. The 12-month cooperation study – in the context of pre-competitive research and development – will address passenger requirements to stay connected in a post Covid-19 world, but do so sustainably, and seeks to accelerate the knowledge of the technologies necessary for this transition. Such technologies will allow national governments to continue to support passeng...