July 2009

3 Airlines Working to be More Environmentally Friendly

July 9, 2009

Image via Wikipedia With the environment at the forefront of many marketing plans and businesses scrambling to invoke a greener image, it just makes good business sense to create moreenvironmentally friendly operating plans. The airline industry has been no exception and with planes that emit large amounts of carbon dioxide it’s no wonder there’s been [...]

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NASA Research to Help Aircraft Avoid Ocean Storms, Turbulence

July 7, 2009

WASHINGTON, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA is funding the development of a prototype system to provide aircraft with updates about severe storms and turbulence as they fly across remote ocean regions. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., in partnership with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, are developing a [...]

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Ryanair wants passengers to stand up on flights.

July 6, 2009

Image by Drewski2112 via Flickr Hahaaa!!!!!! The Irish discount airline Ryanair wants passengers to stand up on flights so they can cram more people every flight. The company’s CEO wants Boeing to build a special standing room only jet so fliers can perch on stools instead of sit in chairs – a method Ryanair thinks [...]

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Few words from IATA

July 6, 2009

Image via Wikipedia IATA has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enhance random routes in the US northeast corridor for flights westbound to the North Atlantic Organized Track System (NAT OTS). The test procedure extends to 30 September and eligible departure airports now include Atlanta (ATL), Charlotte (CLT), Orlando (MCO), Washington Dulles [...]

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Finnair’s ‘Visions of Future Flying’ is a winner

July 4, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Finnair’s Departure 2093: Five Visions of Future Flying is a winner of this year’s International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards for Excellence in PR. The IPRA judges chose Departure 2093 as the best public relations campaign in the Publications category. “The prize is PR’s equivalent to winning an Oscar in [...]

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TSA Reminds Summer Travelers to be Prepared for Security

July 2, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the 4th of July approaches and summer travel heats up, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reminds travelers to be prepared and plan ahead for airport security procedures. To prepare for summer travel, TSA is working with the aviation industry to ensure the highest [...]

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vroute.mobile now available on iPhone (free!)

July 1, 2009

Having vroute.premium on the desktop or laptop computer is nice, but have you ever been stuck in a boring meeting or school class, looking forward to some online flying on VATSIM in the evening? Trying to find out where to fly tonight, what events are out there or what are your friends up to? vroute.mobile [...]

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Frost & Sullivan Looks at the Current State and Future Growth of IFE Hardware and Content Markets in a Challenging Environment

July 1, 2009

IFE Markets have seen a list of new product introductions over the last 5 years, ranging from high capacity portable media players, to mobile telephony enabling technologies and fiber optic-based embedded systems. Nonetheless we are now at the bottom of a global recession that has affected all airlines and has pushed the implementation of far-reaching [...]

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