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Release Of The Newest Version Of Safety Cube

March 2016 – Based on users’ feedback, the improved version of the integrated software SafetyCube has been released and is now entirely web based. In order to meet airlines’ and airports’ expectations, SafetyCube adds compliance with the new European regulation 376/2014 and the export of events in E5X format to its range of services.

From now on, SafetyCube users will have access via computer, tablet and smartphone to a new design, a facilitated and ergonomic navigation, a fully customizable interface.

As a human sized company, Safety Line shows great reactivity regarding user’s specific needs.

Do not hesitate to contact Safety Line for a free demo at: contact@safety-line.fr

Safety Cube Adds Saudi Arabia To Regions Covered With The Airlines “Flynas” and “Al Atheer Aviation”

March 2016 – Two Saudi airlines have decided to implement the safety and compliance software SafetyCube, designed by Safety Line, thus joining the growing list of SafetyCube users. A number of French and international organizations such as XL Airways, ASECNA, Air Caraïbes and airports like Nantes, Nimes, la Martinique and La Rochelle are currently using the integrated risk management software.

Transavia Adopts Opti Climb To Reduce Aircraft Fuel Consumption During Climb

After a four-month experimental phase and satisfying results, Transavia is the first airline to adopt the “green solution” that goes by the name OptiClimb, a world premiere innovation that enables aircraft to significantly reduce their fuel consumption.



OptiClimb, an innovative green solution for aviation.

There are numerous practices intended to reduce an aircraft’s fuel consumption but against all odds, none of them addresses the climb phase, which is the most fuel-consuming phase of a flight. OptiClimb is the first solution that enables airlines to adapt and optimize their aircraft’s climb.

Designed in association with INRIA (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation), OptiClimb uses black boxes data – which are available at zero cost – to very accurately determine and analyze  each aircraft’s aerodynamic characteristics. The ideal climb profile is then determined ahead of each flight. The slight modifications in the flight path do not affect passenger safety and comfort. On a yearly basis, it can represent savings of up to several million euros, depending on the size of the airline. Applied across the industry, this could also result in a significant reduction of CO2 emissions.

Transavia: the first airline to use OptiClimb.

Two months after the UN Climate Conference (COP21), which took place in Paris, Transavia made the choice of a greener aviation and decided to apply OptiClimb instructions to its medium-haul scheduled flights. This decision is part of Transavia’s eco-friendly approach which aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in air transport. Today this kind of approach is an absolute necessity. 60 million tons of CO2, the equivalent of the annual CO2 emissions of Portugal or Vietnam, would be avoided if all airlines in the world were to use OptiClimb.

A crucial international and environmental context.

Air transport accounts for about 3% of the global CO2 emissions. New ICAO CO2 rules will soon be applied. Concurrently, fuel costs represent around 30% of an airline’s operational costs. Whether it comes down to reducing fuel costs or reducing greenhouse gas emissions, finding solutions to optimize fuel consumption are a must.

Gogo to partner with Air Canada on Expanding In-Flight Connectivity to its International Fleet

CHICAGO, March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO), the global leader in providing broadband connectivity solutions and wireless in-flight entertainment to the aviation industry, announced today that it has expanded its connectivity partnership with Air Canada to include its international fleet, including the Boeing 787.

Air Canada is the only Canadian carrier offering customers in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity across its entire fleet of narrow-body aircraft in North America. Under the new agreement, Gogo’s 2Ku connectivity technology will be installed on Air Canada’s wide-body international aircraft, starting with the Boeing 777 this fall.

“We are excited about extending our relationship with Air Canada to bring our 2Ku technology to its international fleet,” said Gogo’s president and CEO, Michael Small. “The performance of Gogo’s 2Ku technology is unmatched in global aviation today and is built on the concept of an open system with the ability to leverage dozens of Ku-band satellites in orbit. We’ve also built it to leverage any of the new Ku-band LEO satellite constellations coming on line in the future.  This system design will enable Air Canada to continue to deliver industry leading connectivity to its passengers for the foreseeable future. 

“Air Canada is pleased to announce it will offer customers the ability to stay connected whenever and wherever they fly by extending in-flight, North American connectivity to its wide-body aircraft flying overseas using satellite technology,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. “While business travelers will welcome satellite Wi-Fi service as a productivity tool, it will have widespread appeal for all travelers by allowing them to stay in touch, access the internet and enjoy additional entertainment options throughout their entire journey.”

Gogo Takes To the Skies Over Austin With 2Ku

CHICAGO, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Last week Gogo flew out to Austin for South by Southwest to show off our newest satellite technology, 2Ku, on our very own 737 test plane, “The Jimmy Ray.”  Check it out.

Clickable NOTAMs

18 March 2016

RocketRoute is happy to announce a new feature, available now at RocketRoute app – clickable NOTAMs.

From now, if a NOTAM provides a reference to the AIP you can just click it and go to the AIP document.

RocketRoute is the only one flight planning app offering clickable NOTAMs for all users. Previously, if pilots needed AIP documents from a NOTAM they had to search for it manually. Now all documents are linked to the NOTAM so all you have to do is click the reference to call up the AIP document instantly.

We hope and trust this feature will make your flight planning with RocketRoute much easier and faster.

When users create a flight the NOTAM section will be linked with all necessary AIP documents.

This feature is available for Web, IOS or Android users.

We would appreciate your feedback on this new feature. If you have any questions about the service please do not hesitate to contact RocketRoute Ops.

Commsoft sees further growth in Africa as AviaSeven joins global community of OASES users

17th March 2016

Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, is pleased to announce that AviaSeven has signed a 5-year contract for 10 concurrent users of OASES. Although based in Greece, AviaSeven is focused on the provision of EASA-level aircraft technical services across Africa, a continent in which Commsoft is seeing significant growing demand for its flagship MRO IT system.

In addition to announced customers Kenya Airways and Arik Air of Nigeria, OASES is also used extensively by a number of other CAMO operators supporting another eight African airlines.

A ‘best-of-breed’ system, OASES offers an industry-leading technical sophistication whilst being intuitively user-friendly. To allow for scalability, the system is structured in a modular format and AviaSeven has selected the Core, Airworthiness and Planning modules which will be hosted on Commsoft’s OASES Cloud service. Implementation and initial training are scheduled to start immediately.

AviaSeven offers a full range of CAMO services to support private aircraft owners and commercial operators as well as financiers and leasing companies and has currently line maintenance operations in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Djibouti and incoming at Cameroon and South Africa. The company plans to use OASES for the ongoing support of two Boeing 737-800s, one BAE 146-200, five Embraer regional jets and two ATR 72s on behalf of operators and lessors.

Nick Godwin, Commsoft Managing Director, commented: “The ever growing family of OASES users is a truly global community and we’re delighted that AviaSeven has chosen our industry-leading MRO IT system for its African CAMO operations. It demonstrates yet again that OASES really does meet the needs of aircraft maintenance organisations across the world. We’re looking forward to delivering a rapid and successful implementation working closely with AviaSeven as OASES’ footprint in Africa further grows.”

Philippine Airlines Celebrates 75th Anniversary With APAC’s Best Free Inflight Wi-Fi Offer

Partners with SITAONAIR to deliver 30-minute sessions for all passengers

GENEVA AND MANILA – 15 March 2016 – Philippine Airlines (PAL) has launched a freemium Wi-Fi service for all passengers as part of its 75th anniversary celebration. PAL is using SITAONAIR’s Internet Onair technology to deliver the service, rebranded as myPAL Wi-fi.

Jaime J. Bautista, PAL president and COO said: “This myPAL Wi-fi freemium offering is a key part of our commitment to give the best possible service to our passengers. With 30 minutes each across all travel classes, this is the APAC region’s best free inflight internet offering, at least doubling almost every other airline.”

In addition to myPAL Wi-fi, PAL also offers myPAL Mobile* and myPAL Player** on enabled flights.

The Philippine flag carrier also has the region’s second highest proportion of connected jets in its long-haul fleet.  It’s also one of only 11 airlines to have passenger Wi-Fi on over two-thirds of its long-haul fleet.

The airline launched the freemium service to passengers on the first of March and this offering will continue to run for one year. The airline has 21 aircraft equipped with connectivity, including six B777-300ER and 15 A330-300s.

The freemium service launch follows the successful roll-out of SITAONAIR’s award winning new generation inflight portal, which simplifies the sign-up procedure on mobile devices and allows for a greater level of personalised content to be delivered to the passenger.

Bautista continued: “This [freemium service] is the next phase in our roll out, the new generation inflight portal being the first. It was a great success in enabling us to have a better understanding our passengers’ needs and allowing us to give a more personalised, more context-based offering – with premium content that suits their needs and requirements.”

Recent analysis by SITAONAIR showed 69% of passengers actively use their personal devices during the flight. The number of Wi-Fi adoptions increases tenfold when connections are free, and 83 percent of sessions are on smartphones (10% tablets, 7% laptops).

François Rodriguez, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at SITAONAIR said: “Free Wi-Fi is a big trend right now. This not only gives airlines a wealth of great data about their passengers, which they can use to more effectively market their services, it accompanies an increase in premium subscriptions and we’re getting anecdotal evidence that it also leads to an improved relationship with the cabin crew.”

* myPAL Mobile is an inflight GSM roaming service that allows passenger to make calls, send text messages and tweets using their own mobile/smart devices.

** myPAL Player allows passengers to access multimedia files stored on a server in the aircraft using their own Wi-Fi enabled personal device (laptop, tablet or smartphone).

AerData launches GEARS to STREAM connector

 
Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 15th March 2016 – AerData, the provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software, are delighted to announce the integration between two AerData software products; a seamless, two-way ’Connector’ between GEARS and STREAM.
 
GEARS (Global Electronic Asset Review System), is a digital tool designed to standardize data collection for routine audits and inspections.
 
STREAM (Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management) is the industry’s foremost web-based solution used by some of the world’s largest airlines, lessors and MROs to manage aircraft and engine records.
 
Commenting on the announcement, Justin de Looper, Manager Technical Services & GEARS Support Team, said, “Following customer feedback and a rigorous testing period, we are excited to bring to market the STREAM to GEARS connector. This will enable customers to realize the benefits of automated audit and inspection data transfer from GEARS to STREAM, contributing to a centralised archive in STREAM.  In addition, it will allow convenient document linking from STREAM to GEARS so that inspectors can simply populate their audit reports with data that has already been collected and still valid. For customers using GEARS, this will improve the quality of data entry in their technical audits, reduce the time required for on-site presence and reduce the overall costs and risks normally associated with manual data entry.”

Gogo Partners with China’s Shareco Technologies to Supply In-flight Connectivity on 50 Aircraft

Mar. 14, 2016 – Gogo, the global leader in providing broadband connectivity solutions and wireless entertainment to the aviation industry, announced today that it has signed a term sheet with Beijing based Shareco Technologies to install its 2Ku in-flight connectivity technology on 50 commercial aircraft for Shareco’s airline partners, including Hainan Airlines and Beijing Capital Airlines.

This is the largest announced in-flight connectivity deal in China and the first airline deal for Gogo in China.  In addition to in-flight connectivity, Gogo will also provide its wireless in-flight entertainment solution – Gogo Vision – for Shareco to install on these aircraft.

“We are extremely excited to partner with Shareco to deliver in-flight connectivity to passengers in China,” said Gogo’s president and CEO, Michael Small.  “2Ku was built on the premise of being able to deliver an experience similar to what passengers experience on the ground all over the world including the Chinese market. Gogo will help assure that Shareco is at the leading edge of in-flight connectivity technology today and in the future.”

Beijing Shareco Technologies Co., Ltd. is a leader at providing in-flight entertainment and connectivity related services to Chinese and international commercial airlines. Gogo and Shareco will work together on necessary regulatory approvals to install the technology on these aircraft.  The goal is to install all 50 aircraft within two years following execution of a definitive agreement.

“Shareco is a high-tech company dedicated to building an ecosystem in the cabin that will create unique in-flight experiences which will benefit both airlines and passengers,” said Pan Yunbin, CEO of Shareco.  “We have been looking for great partners to find the best that can customize in-flight connectivity and in-flight entertainment solutions, as well as other things the passengers may be interested in. We believe that Gogo, as a pioneer in this field, is one of the best at providing these services.”