Business & GA

Europe’s Largest Regional Airline Leaves the Paper Behind

Flybe aircraft in flight. Photo: Flybe [Avionics Today 12-19-2014] Europe’s largest regional airline, the United Kingdom-based Flybe, has achieved paperless operational authorization from the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Flybe has integrated…

ATM Modernization

ICAO Leads UAS Fact-Finding Mission

ICAO’s Council President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (centre) with U.S. Representative to ICAO Ambassador Michael Lawson (right) and ICAO Air Navigation Bureau Director Nancy Graham (left) at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center.…

Commercial

DOD Assigns MRO&U Providers in Asia Pacific

F-35 Rendering. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 12-18-14] The Department of Defense (DOD) has assigned F-35 Regional Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) capability for airframes and engines for the Asia-Pacific region.…

Business & GA

Dassault Reveals Newest Flagship: Falcon 8X

Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft at the rollout ceremony at Dassault’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility. Photo: Dassault [Avionics Today 12-18-14] Dassault Aviation has rolled back the curtains on the latest addition to its business jet…

Commercial

Construction Begins on Boeing 777X Composite Center

Boeing 777X aircraft in flight. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 12-17-14] Boeing broke ground in the construction of a new 367,000-square-foot facility, in which it will build parts for the new 777X commercial…