CommercialAirbus readies A350 XWB for launch customer Qatar Airways Qatar Airways A350 XWB. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-03-2014] Airbus reports that the first A350 XWB for Qatar Airways is progressing steadily towards delivery, which is scheduled before the year’s end. The…
CommercialIATA Continues Push to Improve Aviation Security [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] Incidents involving two Malaysian Airlines aircraft earlier this year are among the occurrences driving the global air transportation industry's push to continue to improve aviation security. International Air Transport…
ATM ModernizationWorking Remotely: Saab, VSATS to Demonstrate Remote ATC Tower Technology at Leesburg Airport Saab and VSATS will demonstrate Remote ATC Tower technology at the Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia. Photo: Saab [Avionics Today 10-03-2014] The Virginia SATSLab (VSATS), defense and security company Saab and the…
Business & GARange Rises with Cessna Citation Latitude Flight Tests The Cessna Citation Latitude. Photo: Textron [Avionics Today 10-03-2014] Cessna announced the Citation Latitude flight test program has yielded improvements in expected aircraft range and runway performance, with the aircraft specification being…
CommercialHP Flight Operations Suite to Integrate Jeppesen’s JetPlan for Flight Planning Front sign of HP Corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Photo: HP [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] HP has reached an agreement with Jeppesen to integrate the Jeppesen JetPlan flight planning engine into the…
CommercialBigger in Texas: DFW Launches Superjumbo A380 Daily Service To Dubai The first class lounge of the A380. Photo: Emirates [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport has commenced Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo daily service to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Emirates,…
CommercialAir China Receives First Boeing 747-8 China’s first Boeing 747-8. Photo: PRNewswire [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] Boeing has delivered China’s first new-generation Boeing jetliner, the 747-8, to Air China. In a statement released by Air China, the carrier stated…
CommercialPeruvian Airlines Joins Sabre Travel Marketplace, Hopes to Drive Expansion Peruvian airlines flight. Photo: Christian Volpati via Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] Peruvian Airlines has become the latest Latin American customer to join the Sabre travel marketplace, a travel e-commerce platform — best…
Business & GAThales and Bharat Electronics form Joint Venture in India [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Thales announce that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs — a segment of the Government of India — has approved the incorporation of their joint venture company,…
Embedded AvionicsEn Route: Evolving Navigation Systems The transition to satellite-based navigation has escalated in recent years, reflecting the move toward full implementation of the U.S. Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), and other systems like it worldwide. But…