SAS enters into agreements with Cityjet for wet lease and sale of Blue1

SAS begins collaboration with Cityjet on regional jet services. As part of this collaboration, Cityjet is also acquiring 100% of the shares in SAS subsidiary Blue1. SAS’s strategy is to offer frequent travelers a broad network with frequent flights to, from and within Scandinavia. To adapt the size of the production to traffic flows SAS … Dowiedz się więcej

Successful re-entry of H-II Transfer Vehicle „KOUNOTORI5” (HTV5)

The H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI5” (HTV5) successfully re-entered the atmosphere after the third de-orbit maneuver at 5:08 a.m. on September 30, 2015 (Japanese Standard Time, JST). The “KOUNOTORI5” has successfully accomplished its main objective of shipping cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), and completed its 42-day mission. The estimated date/time for the re-entry and … Dowiedz się więcej

JAL SKY WIDER II, the Latest Economy Class Seat for International Routes Wins Good Design Award in 2015

Japan Airlines (JAL) today received Good Design award 2015 from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) for its latest Economy Class seat – JAL SKY WIDER II. JAL has been arranging this new seat on its Boeing 787 aircraft since December 2014, as the second installment of „New Spacious Economy” project for international service. … Dowiedz się więcej

New Rockwell Collins technology to provide safe transfer of data on Boeing 777X

Rockwell Collins has been selected by Boeing to provide the Avionics Gateway secure server on new 777X airplanes. The Avionics Gateway will feature the newest generation of Rockwell Collins’ proven Secure Server Router (SSR) that enables the safe transfer of data between the flight deck, cabin crew and airline operations on the ground. “Next-generation aircraft … Dowiedz się więcej

EGNOS LPV-200 enables Safer Aircraft Landings

The availability of the EGNOS LPV-200 (Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance) service level was announced today at the annual EGNOS Service Provision workshop in Copenhagen. It will enable aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to ILS CAT I: providing lateral and angular vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a … Dowiedz się więcej

Assembly begins for the Ariane 5 to orbit Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15 in November

The Spaceport’s ability to conduct two parallel Ariane 5 launch campaigns is being demonstrated again as a new heavy-lift launcher takes shape for an Arianespace liftoff from French Guiana in November, which will carry the Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15 telecommunications satellites. During activity in the Spaceport’s Launcher Integration Building, the Ariane 5 for this upcoming mission … Dowiedz się więcej