Swissport International has been awarded a ground handling licence for Munich Airport along with its local jointventure partner Losch Airport Service. The seven-year licence — the second ground handling licence at Munich — is for the provision of ramp (apron) services at the airport and is scheduled to commence on 1 March 2010. “It’s the first time Swissport has been awarded with a ramp licence in Germany what we consider as a major step ahead in the … [Read more...] about Swissport chalks up German win with Munich
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New Saudi ground handling company
Saudi Arabian Airlines has said it will establish a private company within six months to provide ground and passenger services at the Kingdom’s airports. The airline’s director general, Khaled Al- Molhem said the new company would be established with the support of National Handling Services and Attar Travel Company, adding that it would serve not only the national carrier but also other airlines operating in the Kingdom. The establishment of the new ground service … [Read more...] about New Saudi ground handling company
AMHS link tested between India and Singapore
Successful AMHS interoperability tests have been conducted in the Asia-Pacific region between India and Singapore. On 14 October the first AMHS message was exchanged between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in the course of conducting bilateral interoperability tests of the new AMHS standard for ground-to-ground messaging communication. Both participating administrations operate COMSOFT’s mature messaging solution AIDA-NG which … [Read more...] about AMHS link tested between India and Singapore
FreightScan wins FS100 contract from WFS in Dallas
FreightScan, a provider of technology solutions for the freight and logistics industry, announced it has received a contract to permanently install an FS100 automated system for cargo dimensioning at the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) cargo facility at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport following a successful three-month evaluationprocess. This permanent installation for Worldwide Flight Services, which handles cargo on behalf of many airline carriers, came as a result of a successful evaluation … [Read more...] about FreightScan wins FS100 contract from WFS in Dallas
China Cargo opts for Boeing electronic flight bag
Shanghai-based China Cargo Airlines announced an agreement to incorporate two key Boeing solutions into the carrier’s operations over the coming months. China Cargo’s new 777 Freighters will use Boeing Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to bring advanced computer information delivery and management to the airplanes’ flight decks. Multiple Airplane Health Management (AHM) modules will be deployed on the airline’s new 777 Freighters and current 747-400 … [Read more...] about China Cargo opts for Boeing electronic flight bag
Software update for A330/A340 computers
Airbus is modifying the primary flight control computer software used in A330/A340 aircraft to prevent problems leading to an uncommanded “pitchdown eventâ€Â. This is the result of a second interim report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) into Qantas A330 in-flight incident on 7 October last year, when the aircraft enroute from Singapore to Perth experienced two uncommanded pitch-down events. One flight attendant and 11 passengers were seriously injured, and eight … [Read more...] about Software update for A330/A340 computers