Source: IAMA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) quality to be elevated through independent compliance-testing against the IAMA Rulebook Standard IAMA, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance, is partnering with Paris-based Quali-Audit, to kick off the alliance’s much-anticipated auditing program. Quali-Audit will start conducting formal audits of Full and Basic alliance members in Q1 2022. "We are thrilled to launch this audit program. It is a crucial initiative in our mission to strengthen STC and aircraft modification quality, designed to offer added value to the aviation ecosystem,” said Nicole Noack, Managing Director of IAMA. "Our partnership with Quali-Audit is a major milestone for IAMA, and we are looking forward to collaborating with an organization of such renown.” The alliance aims to ensure that [...]

Source: IAMA It has been going on for 40 or more years, and it is a serious problem for aircraft owners, lessors and airlines. When a lessor or an airline operator decides they want to transfer an aircraft at the end of their lease, the new lessee or operator may find themself in the position of having to ask a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) owner for the right to continue to use the STC for any modification, inflight entertainment, for example. This frustrating situation leads to the aircraft’s owner/lessor and new lessee potentially being trapped—forced to pay thousands in fees for the rights to use the aircraft’s previously installed modifications. While it is not entirely clear how these circumstances arose, [...]

Source: SITA SITA will be making part of this solution available free of charge to government agencies to address the mounting challenge around health documentation SITA announced that to support the recovery of the travel industry, it will make its Digital Travel Declaration solution – which allows passengers to share required travel and health documentation with governments ahead of travel – available to governments free of charge globally. This is aimed at addressing the global challenge of submitting and verifying health documentation which remains a major impediment to the recovery of the global travel industry. Recent research from IATA highlighted that of 50 countries surveyed, 38 countries had some form of COVID-19 restriction on who could enter. For many countries, [...]

Source: HEICO Corporation Acquires RF and Microwave Specialist Paciwave in 6th Acquisition this Year HEICO Corporation announced that its dB Control subsidiary acquired 100% of Paciwave, Inc. for cash paid at closing. No further transaction or financial details were disclosed. dB Control is part of HEICO's Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO stated that it expects the acquisition to be accretive to its earnings within the year following closing. Paciwave is HEICO's sixth acquisition in its current fiscal year. Sunnyvale, CA-based Paciwave is a specialized designer and manufacturer of RF and microwave components and integrated assemblies specializing particularly in PIN Diode Switches, PIN Attenuators, PIN Limiters, Switching Assemblies and integrated subsystems found in defense and other complex electronic applications. Its customers include defense [...]

Source: SITA Eco app, a combination of SITA's eWAS Pilot and OptiFlight, reduces fuel burn through intelligent flight planning SITA announced that the newly launched Bombardier Challenger 3500 business jet will offer its eWAS Pilot with OptiFlight, together dubbed the “eco app” by the Canadian aerospace group. It is the first time eWAS Pilot with OptiFlight is offered as a feature on a business jet, helping pilots reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions. The Challenger 3500 aircraft, launched in Montréal earlier this week, is also the first super mid-size aircraft to have an Environmental Product Declaration, with solutions such as eWAS Pilot with OptiFlight contributing to the overall efficiency of the jet. Bombardier has made sustainability a primary focus for the new Challenger 3500 business jet, reflecting [...]

Source: IAMA A guide for higher quality modifications developed through industry collaboration IAMA, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance, released version 2.1 of its Rulebook at the virtual Aircraft Interiors Expo. The latest edition of the Rulebook is available online to alliance member organizations, while airlines and lessors can request access through a free subscription. The Rulebook is an essential industry tool to give our modifier members direction on how to develop and deliver the highest quality throughout the modification lifecycle and advice to airlines and lessors on what to expect. Version 2.1 of the IAMA Rulebook, builds upon version 2.0 updates, which focused primarily on STC maintainability and de-modification. In addition, this version adds new advice on tackling challenging issues [...]

Source: SITA The achievement is a year ahead of the organization’s original target SITA, the world’s leading IT provider for the air transport industry, announced it has achieved CarbonNeutral® company certification. This major milestone – realized a full year ahead of SITA’s original target of 2022 – resulted from decisive actions to significantly reduce emissions associated with its business operations in 2020. SITA has reduced its overall emissions of greenhouse gases by 48% between 2019 and 2020. SITA’s UN recognized carbon neutrality Planet+ program has been key to lowering the company’s emissions with initiatives designed to create sustainable and energy-efficient workplaces and reduce internal business travel. SITA also compensates 100% of any carbon emissions that it has been unable to [...]