Flyersrights is suing the FAA for failure to establish the minimum seat standards mandated by Congress more than three years ago. “At some point, enough is enough,” said Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org. “The FAA has had three years to address this important safety issue”
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Collins Aerospace in Poland has been awarded a first-time support agreement for evacuation slides by Spairliners. Collins will provide full test and inspection of evacuation systems, as well as repair, modification and replacement services
Caeli Nova reports it has successfully closed the Series A round of financing for its Cordillera passenger emergency oxygen system. With US$8.69m of funding secured, the company is aiming to install the first system during 2022
In response to safety issues related to lithium battery shipments, Qatar Airways Cargo intends to replace its entire fleet of more than 10,000 Unit Load Devices (ULDs) with Safran Cabin’s new Fire Resistant Container (FRC), aiming to exchange 70% of the units during 2022
Mirus Aircraft Seating has received grant approval to build what it claims will be the largest commercially available aircraft seating test facility in the UK
Mirus Aircraft Seating plans to build the UK’s largest commercially available dynamic testing facility for aircraft seating, housing a 30m-long test sled
Following a qualification and approval programme, Bucher’s unconventional Bionic Partition is now being installed as a line-fit and retrofit option on A320 aircraft. The multi-layer composite multifunctional partitions are being fitted in the rear Door 4 area
QCM and 4Drive&Aviation have co-developed Flamelab 4.0, claimed to be the world’s first automatic flammability test chamber, capable of performing 12-second and 60-second vertical bunsen burner tests without human input
Teledyne Controls has obtained FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) approval for installation of its new Aircraft Cabin Environment Sensor (ACES) on the Boeing 737 aircraft
Caeli Nova has developed a passenger emergency oxygen system that it claims can enable airlines to operate flights directly over challenging routes, such as those over high terrain