Commercial

Qantas Returns to Profitability, Invests in 787s

[Avionics Today 08-20-2015] Qantas International has emerged from a six-year restructuring effort to post a net profit of $408 million for its financial year that ended June 30. The Australian flag carrier's…

Commercial

CVR Recovered From Trigana Air Service Aircraft

[Avionics Today 08-19-2015] Indonesian rescue workers have recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 aircraft that crashed in the Papua province. During a press conference on…

Business & GA

Switzerland Helicopter Pilots Perform PBN Proving Trials

[Avionics Today 08-14-2015] European aviation modernization researchers are taking steps to expand the use of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedures for helicopter operators in Switzerland, as the PBN Rotorcraft Operations Under Demonstration…

ATM Modernization

Myanmar Implements its First PBN Procedures

[Avionics Today 08-12-2015] Operators using Myanmar's two busiest international airports, Mandalay and Yangon, can finally begin using Performance Based Navigation (PBN) practices after the country's civil aviation authority approved and validated their…

ATM Modernization

Malaysia Airlines Confirms Flaperon Recovery a Part of MH370

[Avionics Today 08-06-2015] [Avionics Today 08-06-2015] Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the Boeing 777 flaperon reportedly discovered by the Australian Transport Safety bureau on the French island of Reunion in the Indian…

Commercial

ACARS Over IP a Future Possibility for SITA

[Avionics Today 08-05-2015] SITA OnAir is working on different methods to augment support for the communications that occur daily on its worldwide air-to-ground Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) services network.…