Commercial

Bluetooth Connectivity Hits the IFC Market with Big Promises

fflya Bluetooth connectivity app for aviation. Photo: AS-IP [Avionics Magazine 10-11-2016] AS-IP Tech, a company developing Bluetooth In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solutions for aircraft, has launched its first Bluetooth Smart IFC product, fflya.…

Commercial

Atlas Air Exchanges Nine 767s for Converted Freighters

Atlas Air Boeing converted freighter. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Magazine 10-11-2016] Atlas Air Worldwide has converted an order for nine 767-passenger airplanes into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF). Boeing previously announced four of the…

ATM Modernization

How Operators Will Be Impacted by ICAO’s CORSIA Agreement

[Avionics Magazine 10-11-2016] Last week the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), designed to serve as a global Market-Based Measure (MBM) to…

Business & GA

EASA OKs Bombardier’s CS300 for European Operations

airBaltic CS300. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Magazine 10-10-2016] The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Type Validation to Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's C Series CS300 aircraft. The validation is a requirement for the…