British Airways has selected GDS Amadeus as its preferred partner for its distribution and customer service systems. Amadeus beat Sabre to win the contract. Amadeus will also take over the customer base of BA subsidiary Speedwing, which includes Olympic Airways. Amadeus has been tipped to win the IT contract for the new Internet site being developed by European airlines - led by BA.
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Source: Airline Business
Boeing has resumed production of two widebody programmes in the Pacific Northwest following the end of strike action by its machinists’ union last month.
China Airlines will retrofit its Airbus A350s with “all-new” cabin products, with the first upgraded widebody to enter service in 2027.
Russia’s Yakovlev and electronic systems specialist KRET have completed development of the autopilot and autothrust algorithms for the SJ-100 twinjet. The SJ-100 is the latest version of the Superjet 100, and features an increased proportion of systems produced domestically rather than by foreign suppliers. Preliminary testing on the ‘electronic bird’ ...
