PARIS - Ethiopian Airlines has selected Cassiopée Alpha, a flight data analysis platform made by Safran Electronics & Defense, to optimize and secure operations across the airline’s entire fleet of 147 aircraft, including Airbus A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 737 MAX models.

Cassiopée Alpha is delivered as an online service. It helps airlines enhance flight safety by clearly identifying and understanding flight events, ensuring compliance with international safety standards, and improving operational efficiency. Trusted by over 150 airlines worldwide, Cassiopée Alpha delivers automated, online analysis and visualization of flight data, enabling operators to identify flight events quickly, ensure compliance with the highest international safety standards, and boost operational efficiency.

Ethiopian Airlines has also chosen two advanced modules from this platform - Pilot in the Loop and Green - to further enhance its performance. The Pilot in the Loop module will enable crews to conduct self-debriefings using intuitive visualization and analysis tools, fostering a deeper understanding of flight events and facilitating valuable feedback. Flight safety and data analysis teams will also benefit from the collection of contextualized information, strengthening risk prevention strategies.

The Green module will help Ethiopian Airlines actively reduce its carbon footprint and optimize operational costs by supporting precise monitoring of fuel efficiency and environmental performance.

Source: Safran
Associated URL: https://www.safran-group.com/pressroom/ethiopian-airlines-selects-cassiopee-alpha-safran-fleet-wide-flight-data-monitoring-2025-10-30

SÃO PAULO - Embraer has confirmed it is abandoning its next-generation turboprop program rather than pausing it, citing the absence of a sufficiently advanced new-engine platform to justify moving forward.

The aircraft, envisioned as a modern 70- to 90-seat regional model and shown in concept form in recent years, was intended to rejuvenate a largely stagnant turboprop market. Without propulsion technology that would deliver meaningful performance and efficiency gains, the company decided to prioritize improvements across its existing jet portfolio and pursue long-term innovations such as hybrid-electric and other sustainable propulsion options. Embraer noted that while regional air travel remains strategically important, it will return to the segment only when technology matures enough to support a truly competitive clean-sheet aircraft.

Source: Flight Global
Associated URL: https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/embraer-cancels-next-generation-turboprop-concept/165149.article
Author: Jon Hemmerdinger 

SEOUL - Korean Air has decided to switch seven of its Airbus A350-1000 passenger aircraft orders to the freighter version, becoming the first airline to commit to the A350-1000F.

The carrier still maintains a large backlog of A350-1000s and says the decision supports its long-term strategy to strengthen competitiveness on medium- and long-haul operations. The order, valued at roughly W18.466 trillion (about US $13.7 billion), also marks a significant milestone for Airbus, which sees the move as a strong endorsement of the A350 freighter programme from one of the world’s leading cargo-focused airlines.

Source: Flight Global
Associated URL: https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/korean-air-converts-seven-a350-1000s-into-orders-for-a350-freighter/165115.article
Author: David Kaminski-Morrow