ATM ModernizationAuthorities to Expand Search for Missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 [Avionics Today 12-29-2014] The search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 that was all but halted overnight resumed in daylight hours, with officials set to expand the search for the commercial airliner on…
CommercialICAO Report Sees Strong Passenger Traffic in 2014 [Avionics Today 12-19-2014] An estimated 3.2 billion passengers used air transport for their business and tourism needs in 2014, according to preliminary figures on scheduled services released by the International Civil Aviation…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Deploys Second Phase of Variable Division Flight Level The vDFL concept allows for a more flexible and dynamic distribution of traffic between upper and lower sectors with a view to increasing efficiency. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 12-19-2014] Following the successful…
Business & GAEurope’s Largest Regional Airline Leaves the Paper Behind Flybe aircraft in flight. Photo: Flybe [Avionics Today 12-19-2014] Europe’s largest regional airline, the United Kingdom-based Flybe, has achieved paperless operational authorization from the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Flybe has integrated…
Business & GAConnectivity Prompts Honeywell Lab to Test EMI [Avionics Today 12-19-2014] Honeywell has partnered with the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) to design, develop and build a new high-technology laboratory in Puerto Rico to test Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). As…
CommercialFinnair’s first A350 XWB takes shape The first A350-900 for Finnair taking shape in the Roger Béteille Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 12-19-2014] The first A350-900 for Finnair is taking shape in…
Business & GADassault Reveals Newest Flagship: Falcon 8X Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft at the rollout ceremony at Dassault’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility. Photo: Dassault [Avionics Today 12-18-14] Dassault Aviation has rolled back the curtains on the latest addition to its business jet…
ATM ModernizationICAO Leads UAS Fact-Finding Mission ICAO’s Council President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (centre) with U.S. Representative to ICAO Ambassador Michael Lawson (right) and ICAO Air Navigation Bureau Director Nancy Graham (left) at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center.…