Cobalt Air, a Cyprus airline, enhances its onboard experience for all its passengers with the introduction of in-flight entertainment (IFE) across its Airbus A319 and A320 fleet via portable wireless IFE platform, Bluebox Wow. Cabin crew training is complete in readiness for the system to go live across Cobalt’s route network.

Snap-on expands its Tools for Life technical education program by now offering Structural Sheetmetal Assembly certification.

Duncan Aviation announces its partnership with SmartSky Networks as the latter company launches its new 4G LTE-based inflight connectivity network. The air-to-ground (ATG) network delivers a true office-in-the-sky environment with unprecedented speed, reliability, and security. With low latency and high bandwidth, passengers will enjoy the same connectivity capabilities they do on the ground: streaming video, chatting, texting, playing games and video conferencing.

In a first-ever opportunity for students at Cape Cod Community College, on-site housing at Bridgewater State University is made available to students in CCCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) program. Students entering the program this fall will have the option to stay in an on-campus co-educational dorm and purchase an on-site meal plan if they wish.

Satair’s UK operation opens of a brand new facility close to London’s Heathrow Airport, benefitting from a multi-million pound investment program.  The new facility, at Space Waye, North Feltham Trading Estate, became fully operational on March 19 and has six times the area and 11 times the cubic capacity of the previous Heston, Middlesex, facility which Satair occupied for almost 30 years.

RUAG Aviation completes an 8C check on a Bombardier Global Express XRS to full customer satisfaction. The downtime for the heavy maintenance inspection was optimized and included an upgrade to Satcom and WiFi communication technology. The project was completed at the aircraft services provider’s facilities at Munich-Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. RUAG Aviation is a Bombardier Authorized Service Center.

With the mandatory equipping of ADS-B Out for aircraft flying in controlled European air space only two years away, Flying Colours Corp. secures approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to install the tracking technology on Bombardier Challenger 300 airframes operating within its jurisdiction.

West Star Aviation announces its satellite location at Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (CXO) has received FAA Part 145 Repair Station certification.

Metro Aviation delivers a completed EC145e to Hartford Hospital LIFE STAR, a critical care program based in Hartford, CT.  The aircraft’s price point and large cabin appealed to the VFR program that transports about 1,000 patients each year. 

Flightdocs, a provider of cloud-based aircraft maintenance tracking, compliance, and inventory management services, announces the establishment of a new technology center. The 6,200-square-foot facility houses nearly 40 developers and other technology experts and became operational this month.