Business & GATextron Sees Sinking Revenues Despite Uptick in Aviation [Avionics Today 10-27-2015] Textron reported revenues in the third quarter of 2015 were $3.2 billion, down 7.3 percent compared to $3.4 billion in the third quarter of 2014. Textron’s Cessna Citation Longitude.…
CommercialFuel Savings Stimulate Fleet Renewal for Alaska Airlines [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] Alaska Airlines posted record profits again this quarter with $277 million in net income, a 39 percent increase over the third quarter 2014. The record profits follow consistently noteworthy…
Business & GAFAA Partners with Indonesia’s DGCA to Advance Aviation Biofuels Garuda Indonesia, flag carrier of Indonesia, aircraft in hanger. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] The FAA and Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have signed an agreement to promote the development…
Embedded AvionicsUS Military Awards SNC Next-Phase Contract for Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] The US military has awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) a task order for the next phase of development for its Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS). SNC’s DVE Pilotage…
ATM ModernizationUpdate: NATS Reports Radio Frequency Interference Delaying Scotland Flights Prestwick Air Traffic Control Center in Scotland. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] The U.K.’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), NATS, has reported a technical issue at the Scottish Air Traffic Control center…
Business & GASun Aviation FBO Wins IS-BAH Certification Sun Aviation FBO in Florida. Photo: Sun Aviation [Avionics Today 10-26-2015] Sun Aviation recently received certification for International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH), a global code of best practices for the…
ATM ModernizationPlay the Avionics News Quiz of October 23 There have been conference calls galore this week and we’ve been listening in on every single one so you don’t have to. Do you know whose programs are crashing, whose are soaring,…
ATM ModernizationPanasonic, Teledyne Partner to Stream Aircraft Data [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] Panasonic Avionics Corporation and Teledyne Controls have announced a strategic partnership to develop an integrated connectivity solution that will enable real-time operational aircraft data transfers during flight. The companies…
CommercialAmerican Airlines Highest Quarterly Profit Bolstered By Dipping Fuel Prices American airlines plane. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] American Airlines has announced its third quarter 2015, with the highest quarterly profit in company history standing at $1.9 billion. Total revenue in the…
ATM ModernizationUTRC Ireland to Lead EU’s Clean Sky 2 Program Clean Sky 2 diagram. Photo: Clean Sky EU [Avionics Today 10-23-2015] United Technologies Research Centre Ireland Limited (UTRC Ireland), the European research hub of United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), is lead in…