Today In Aviation
Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 5:04 AM PDT
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Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
flyadeal Enhances Sustainability and Customer Experience with New Agreements
By Runway Girl: flyadeal has announced a string of agreements focused on enhanced sustainability and customer experience covering seating.
Flying Magazine
• John McDermott
An Analysis of Recent Trends in Airline Pilot Hiring
By Flying Magazine: Here’s how pilot job openings have evolved lately.
South China Morning Post
• Frank Chen
Zhao Chunling has been lead design engineer leading China’s challenge to Boeing and Airbus with the COMAC C909 & C919. Now she’s in charge of the C929 program
By South China Morning Post: Zhao Chunling has been lead designer for ambitious programme aimed at challenging Western duopoly since 2023.
AirInsight
• Vicky Sharma
India weekly: IndiGo overtaking Delta made headlines
By AirInsight: IndiGo briefly topped global airline value at $ 23.3 B. With a 64% market share, $1B profit, and global growth, it signals India’s aviation rise.
Aviation Week
• Jeremy Kariuki
Diamond Aircraft Completes DA42 Order To CAE
By Aviation Week: CAE received the last of its seven aircraft order of DA42-VIs from Diamond Aircraft, fulfilling an order signed by the two companies in 2024.
PaxEx.Aero
• Seth Miller
Panasonic Avionics Launches Converix Inflight Application Hosting Platform
By PaxEx.Aero: Data is everything and everywhere. For Panasonic Avionics the introduction of Converix, the company's new on-board hosting platform, aims to help capture and manage that data, enabling solutions beyond inflight entertainment.
Airways Magazine
• Helwing Villamizar
Hawaiian Flight Attendants Vote to Extend Contract
By Airways Magazine: Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants voted to ratify a nearly three-year contract extension with an 88% agreement vote outcome.
