CommercialTAM Airlines becomes first A350 XWB operator from the Americas [Avionics Today 12-21-2015] LATAM Airlines Group, made up of LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB in Toulouse, France. In doing so, TAM will become the…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Seeing Increased SWIM Innovation Through Master Class [Avionics Today 12-21-2015] The recent completion of the fourth edition of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking's System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Master Class shows that various aviation stakeholders…
ATM ModernizationGAO Report Sheds New Light on FAA NextGen Funding GAO's new report provides new data and analysis about how past budget uncertainty has impacted the FAA's ability to fund, manage and deploy its NextGen airspace modernization program.
CommercialVirgin America CFO Likes Future All A320 Strategy [Avionics Today 12-8-2015] Virgin America Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter Hunt told analysts at the third annual Credit Suisse Industrials Conference that the airline expects to grow at…
CommercialFAA Looks to Help Improve Air Navigation, Safety in Caribbean Region [Avionics Today 12-7-2015] FAA Administrator Michael Huerta believes the Caribbean region is a major area of geographic growth for U.S. airlines. However, the top air transportation official wants regulators in the region…
CommercialAirAsia Flight 8501 Crash Caused by Pilot Error, Rudder Units [Avionics Today 12-3-2015] The crash of AirAsia flight QZ-8501 late last year was caused by series of aircraft computer technical failures and the way pilots responded to them resulted, according to an…
CommercialNew Research Produces Open Source FMS Formula In a forthcoming study to be published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Concordia researchers Luis Rodrigues and Jesus Villarroel set out a mathematical formula that accurately recreates the calculations…
Editor's NoteAirbus A350 & Boeing 787: A Generational Leap in Avionics The Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787 are the two most technologically advanced commercial airliners in the aviation industry today. What’s always difficult to measure about aircraft technologically and in terms of…