CommercialSouthwest Sees Big 2015 Profits from Fleet Modernization, Lower Fuel Prices Southwest Airlines has seen record profits as a result of lower fuel prices and fleet modernization efforts. Photo: Southwest [Avionics Today 01-21-2016] Southwest Airlines has reported a yearly annual net income of…
CommercialAirbus Delivers First A320neo to Lufthansa The Lufthansa Group, Airbus’ largest airline customer and operator, marked a major step in aviation history by taking delivery of the first A320neo on 20 January 2016. Left to right: Robert Leduc,…
Business & GACMU, Sikorsky Demonstrate UAV, UGV Collaboration The Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft equipped with Matrix technology. Photo: Sikorsky [Avionics Today 01-20-2016] Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Sikorsky have completed a joint autonomy demonstration that proved the capability of new,…
CommercialLufthansa Tecknik Inks MRO Contact with Philippine Airlines [Avionics Today 01-20-2016] Philippine Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a five-year Total Component Maintenance (TCM) contract for the airline's Airbus A320 and A340 fleet. The services will be extended at the…
CommercialDelta Reinvests Record Profits into Fleet Delta fleet. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 01-20-2016] Delta Air Lines reported a profitable quarter buoyed by dropping oil prices, including net income of $926 million, up 51 percent from the December quarter…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Moves NewPENS Forward to Enable Data Driven ATM Participants at the NewPENS meeting. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] Eurocontrol is moving forward with its implementation of NewPENS, which will build on the success of the current Pan-European Network Services (PENS)…
ATM ModernizationST Engineering Aerospace Arm Inks $415 million in Contracts Photo: ST Engineering Aerospace [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) aerospace arm has secured new contracts worth $415 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, for projects ranging from airframe…
Business & GABombardier Launches CS100 Program Ramp Up Bombardier’s CS100. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Today 01-19-2016] Bombardier’s C Series aircraft program has begun the ramp-up to full production. The final assembly facility is fully equipped and production is progressing according to…