Commercial

Tibet Receives First A330 for High Altitude Airport Ops

[Avionics Magazine 07-01-2016] Tibet Airlines has received its first widebody aircraft, an A330-200 with increased 242-ton maximum take-off-weight (MTOW), following a handover in Toulouse, France. The increased MTOW, the first A330-200 in…

Commercial

Major Win for Inmarsat Swiftbroadband Safety With A320, A330

[Avionics Magazine 06-30-2016] Inmarsat has announced a major new win for its Swiftbroadband-Safety (SB-S) service. Airbus has selected SwiftBroadband-Safety as a cockpit communications technology for its A320 and A330 aircraft families.   …

ATM Modernization

ACSS, Duncan Aviation Launch NXT-700 ADS-B Transponder

[Avionics Magazine 06-30-2016] Under a new partnership with Duncan Aviation, L-3/Thales subsidiary ACSS is introducing the new NXT-700 transponder for the business aviation market. According to Duncan Aviation, the NXT-700 is a…

Business & GA

Dassault Falcon 8X Achieves FAA Type Certification

[Avionics Magazine 06-30-2016] Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 8X has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. FAA certification, just after receipt of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificate, brings the…