Ian Sheppard has acted as Editor International Show Editions for AIN since June 2013. Based in the Redhill, England, Ian reports for the various AIN publications as well as providing support to International Editor Charles Alcock in covering international air shows (such as Farnborough, Paris, Singapore and Dubai), and the EBACE and MEBA business aviation events. His central role is to cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Prior to becoming more involved with AIN in mid-2011 (initially as deputy international editor), Ian worked for various aviation publications through his company, First Aerospace Media. This included being part of the AIN team covering daily news at international air shows.
Ian has worked for publications such as Flight International (technical reporter, 1997-8) and Aerospace International (editor, 1999-2000). He was publications manager at Airclaims (Ascend) between 2000 and 2004 before forming First Aerospace Media. Since mid-2009 Ian has also been managing editor of Regional International, the journal of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA).
Ian hasis working towards a European commercial pilot licence, having held an FAA private pilot license in 1991, and instructor rating. He also has a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Bath, England, and a graduate diploma in law from Kingston University, and is a graduate of the legal practice course (College of Law, Guildford).

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Collins Aerospace has been awarded a contract by FlyBig, an Indian start-up carrier, to provide its Arinc PaxLink system that covers reservations and inventory management, distribution and departure control with "one integrated cloud-based system." The U.S. company said, "Implementation is set to begin before the end of the year and FlyBig should be operational with PaxLink by the first quarter of 2020."

 


Pictured signing the agreement at the Dubai Air Show on Monday, November 18, are FlyBig CEO Captain Srinivas Rao and Collins Aerospace director sales &amp; business development for the Middle East/Africa region, Alastair Mashford.

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