CommercialInmarsat Forms Joint Venture with MCN to Bring Cockpit, Passenger Connectivity to China Inmarsat CEO, Rupert Pearce, and MCN Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Song Zhen, signing an agreement for MCN to become a Global Xpress Value Added Reseller (GX VAR) in China…
CommercialAir France to Equip A330 Fleet with Zodiac IFE Zodiac Aerospace’s Rave IFE system. Photo: Zodiac Aerospace [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] Air France has selected Zodiac Inflight Innovations to install its Rave Centric In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) solution as well as Zodiac Seat…
CommercialBoeing Sees Dip in First Quarter 2016 Deliveries Boeing factory. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] Boeing released its first-quarter deliveries for 2016, reporting a 4.3 percent drop in commercial deliveries when compared to the same period last year. The first…
CommercialGlobal Fleet Could Generate 98 Million Terabytes of Data Annually, New Report Says Oliver Wyman Fleet and MRO data forecast. Photo: Oliver Wyman [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] The latest aircraft designs now entering fleets are equipped with technologies that could generate upwards of 98 million terabytes…
Business & GAStar Navigation, Spaceon’s Tracking Solution Enters Qualification Phase [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] Star Navigation Systems and Chengdu Spaceon Technology’s joint product, STAR Track, Talk and Text (STAR-TTT), has entered into the qualification phase, with the execution of the environmental test plan.…
CommercialANA Signs $60 Million 787 Maintenance Agreement with UTC ANA 787. Photo: Tomoaki INABA (flickr) [Avionics Today 04-07-2016] All Nippon Airways (ANA) has extended its On-Site Support (OSS) agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems for ANA's fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft.…
CommercialMalaysa Airlines Signs on as STG Saf-Tsign Launch Customer Saf-Tsign lighting. Photo: STG Aerospace [Avionics Today 04-07-2016] Malaysia Airlines has signed on as the launch customer for STG Aerospace’s saf-Tsign product, which was successfully installed across the airline’s fleet of A380…
ATM ModernizationThe World's Top 10 Busiest Airports [Avionics Today 04-06-2016] To those of us following the FAA's Metroplex redesign efforts in the U.S., it won't come as a surprise that Airports Council International (ACI) ranked the Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson International…