CommercialVirgin America CFO Likes Future All A320 Strategy [Avionics Today 12-8-2015] Virgin America Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter Hunt told analysts at the third annual Credit Suisse Industrials Conference that the airline expects to grow at…
CommercialFAA Looks to Help Improve Air Navigation, Safety in Caribbean Region [Avionics Today 12-7-2015] FAA Administrator Michael Huerta believes the Caribbean region is a major area of geographic growth for U.S. airlines. However, the top air transportation official wants regulators in the region…
CommercialAirAsia Flight 8501 Crash Caused by Pilot Error, Rudder Units [Avionics Today 12-3-2015] The crash of AirAsia flight QZ-8501 late last year was caused by series of aircraft computer technical failures and the way pilots responded to them resulted, according to an…
CommercialNew Research Produces Open Source FMS Formula In a forthcoming study to be published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Concordia researchers Luis Rodrigues and Jesus Villarroel set out a mathematical formula that accurately recreates the calculations…
ATM ModernizationINEA Approves 318.5 Million Euros for Pilot Common Project Activities The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) green lighted a key project to improve the management of the European airspace. The project, which is supported under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) with…
CommercialFAA Task Force Recommends UAS Registration Requirements The FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force has released its recommendations for possible future requirements involving the registration of commercial and recreationally used drones.
CommercialVirgin Atlantic Adds New Image Generation System to 787 Simulator [Avionics Today 11-25-2015] Virgin Atlantic Airways is adding Rockwell Collins' EP-8100 image generation system to its Boeing 787 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) as part of a contract with L-3 Communications. This will…
CommercialAirbus BizLab Expands to India [Avionics Today 11-25-2015] Airbus has inaugurated a BizLab in Bangalore, India, its third after Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany, as part of its strategy to establish a global network of aerospace business…