CommercialThe 10 Most-Read Avionics International Articles of 2021 With just a few days remaining in 2021, we take a look back at our 10 most-read articles of 2021, a year in which new display-driven avionics technologies and electric vertical takeoff…
CommercialFAA Issues New Radar Altimeter 5G C-Band Risk Assessment Request to Aviation Industry The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday issued its latest regulatory policy statement concerning potential interference issues facing aircraft radar altimeter systems two weeks ahead of the planned launch of new…
Business & GAAirbus Corporate Jets Completes First TwoTwenty Flight in Mirabel Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) completed the first flight of its new TwoTwenty business jet at Mirabel Airport on Dec. 14, a year after the French aircraft manufacturer launched a business aviation variant…
ConnectivityJapan Airlines Completes Trial of Unconnected In-flight Mobile Device Meal Ordering Software Japan Airlines (JAL) has completed a pilot project testing the use of a real-time database that allows passenger mobile devices to synchronize data in real-time "even without internet connectivity," according to Ditto,…
CommercialAmerican Airlines to Equip A321XLR, 787-9 Fleet with 4K In-flight Entertainment Displays American Airlines will feature a new line of 4K in-flight entertainment (IFE) seat-back screens developed by Samsung and Thales on a fleet of Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 787-9 aircraft that the Texas-based…
CommercialNew FAA Policy Limits Use of Automatic Landing, RNP at Airports Vulnerable to 5G Interference Pilots of some fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft will be prohibited from using certain types of landing procedures such as automatic landing and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) at airports where the presence of…
CommercialFrontier Airlines Makes AFIRS Investment for Airbus A320neo Fleet Frontier Airlines is adding FLYHT’s Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) to the Airbus A320 and A321 that it currently has on order, a move that will allow the Denver, Colorado-based low-cost…
ConnectivityOneWeb and GDC to Develop LEO In-Flight Connectivity Terminal for Commercial Aircraft London-based Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operator OneWeb has partnered with GDC Technics' California-based aviation engineering and technical services provider GDC Advanced Technology to create a new In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) terminal that…
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