Commercial

AirAsia, FLYHT Agree on Services for 190 Aircraft

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions reached an agreement with AirAsia to more than double the installation base for its weather and flight tracking services on the operator's fleet to 190 aircraft. FLYHT picked up…

Business & GA

Garmin Gets Autopilot STCs for Cessna 208B, 210

Garmin autopilots are available for more Cessna aircraft in the wake of supplemental type certificate (STC) approvals by the FAA. The GFC 600 has been approved for use with the cargo pod-equipped…

Business & GA

StandardAero Brings Honeywell JetWave to European Gulfstream Jets

StandardAero will now be able to install Honeywell JetWave Ka-band satellite communications systems and radome equipment on Gulfstream GV/GV-SP aircraft registered in Europe after receiving an STC from EASA. The STC allows StandardAero to immediately fulfill radome…

Commercial

The Cutting Edge: Hand-in-Hand with the FAA at Avionica

Aviation runs in the family for Simone Drakes. The Barbados-born Drakes’ father was an air traffic controller. Her brother is a commercial pilot. As VP of engineering for Florida-based avionics company Avionica, Drakes…

ATM Modernization

Lufthansa Technik Gets STC for A320 ADS-B

Lufthansa Technik has received a supplemental type certificate for ADS-B transponders on the Airbus A320 family. The company said this is within the framework of FAA and EASA mandates. "We can now…

Business & GA

EASA Gives 10 FANS STCs to Universal, Chicago Jet Group

EASA has approved multiple retrofit future air navigation system supplemental type certificates (STC) to Universal Avionics and Chicago Jet Group, Universal Avionics said. Certificates include those for: Boeing 767-200 Challenger 600, 601…