- China Eastern: Hong Kong Station's Facebook Makes Debut in August[Aug. 14, 2012]
China Eastern Airlines Hong Kong Station promotes its Facebook homepage in August, which becomes the first overseas Facebook homepage acknowledged by the headquarters.
- Ethiopian Air to Get Africa's First Boeing 787[Aug. 10, 2012]
Ethiopian Airlines next week takes delivery of Africa's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the airline's chief executive says the plane will first be used on routes around the continent.
- Travelport Signs Full Content Agreement with Air China[Aug. 07, 2012]
Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, has today announced a new multi-year global full content agreement with Air China.
- Thai Begins Using Mobile 2D Barcode Boarding Passes[Aug. 05, 2012]
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) announced that electronic boarding passes issued on smartphones will be used in lieu of paper boarding passes, which will be introduced on domestic flights departing from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Chiang Mai and Phuket, effective August 1, 2012. Electronic boarding passes, using the two dimensional "Mobile 2D Barcode Boarding Pass," will reduce check-in counter processes, increase passenger convenience, and to protect the environment.
- Spring Airlines Dips Its Toes into Distribution Channels[Aug. 03, 2012]
China's first low-cost airline Spring Airlines is offering an "olive branch" to a Chinese online travel agency (OTA) for the first time.
- British Airways Launches Perfect Day Mobile App[Aug. 01, 2012]
British Airways customers on the move can now capture and share their own ideal personalised travel guides and more, with the launch of a new Perfect Day app for iPhones.
- China Southern Airlines Links with Travelport[Aug. 01, 2012]
Travelport has announced a new multi-year global content agreement with China Southern Airlines.
- TravelSky Signs Agreement with CAS to Provide Support for London 2012 Olympic Games[Jul. 19, 2012]
China TravelSky Holding Company (TravelSky), a main provider of information services in China civil aviation, signed an information services support agreement with China Air Service Ltd (CAS) in Beijing on July 12, fifteen days before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Both sides seek to strengthen their cooperation in the area of providing aviation services support during the period of London 2012 Olympic Games.
- World's First RNP to ILS with Autoland Flight Completed in Green Skies of Peru Project[Jul. 16, 2012]
GE Aviation completed the world's first Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) to Instrument Landing System (ILS) with autoland flight today at Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport. The landmark flight, operated by LAN Airlines, combines the predictability and operational benefits of a GE-designed RNP approach with the lower landing minima and autoland capabilities enabled by an ILS. The Green Skies of Peru project will be discussed at the Latin America Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Forum, hosted by GE, in Lima this week.
- GCA Technik Completes Design and Modification of In-Flight Wi-Fi System[Jul. 17, 2012]
Recently, the Grand China Aviation Technik Co., Ltd. (GCA Technik) completed the development and modification of the first Boeing 737-800 aircraft in-cabin Wi-Fi system. The modified prototype aircraft successfully launched a testing flight on the afternoon of July 12.