Curated Content FAA Tests Automated Approval for Drone Flights U.S. drone operations have been constrained by a number of factors, including a lengthy approval process for flights in controlled airspace. Now at 50 U.S. airports, the FAA is preparing tests of…
ATM Modernization Avoiding Turbulence along the Flight Path from Digital Pilot to Digital Aviation The commercial aviation industry is in a multiphase information management transition from the digital pilot to digital aircraft to digital airline to digital aviation. Ultimately, this transition will reshape the way we…
Connectivity From Cabin to Cockpit: Emirates Progressive Connectivity Strategy Emirates now has Wi-Fi on more than 85 percent of its fleet and the airline expects that to reach near 100 percent by the end of this year. Patrick Brannelly, divisional vice…
Connectivity Aeromexico Pioneers IFEC, Connectivity 2.0 in LatAm Aeromexico is one of the pioneers in Latin America for bringing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services to passengers. For example, the airline has done a deal with Netflix which enables passengers to access…
Business & GA EasyJet Head of Engineering Talks Predictive Maintenance On the third day of the 2017 Paris Air Show, Gary Smith, head of engineering for EasyJet, discussed the U.K.-based low-cost carrier's work with Airbus to establish predictive maintenance within its fleet operations. Check…
Commercial Qatar Airways CTO Discusses Boeing 777X Avionics, IFEC Boeing is scheduled to begin production on the re-engined version of the 777, the 777X, this year. Qatar Airways is the launch customer for the 777X, which has garnered 306 total orders…
Connectivity Experts Discuss Latest In-Flight Connectivity Trends Emerging global connectivity capabilities will be one of the biggest drivers for new in-flight applications — especially on the operations side — according to speakers at a Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR)…
Connectivity Upgrade Central: Streamlining Flight Management Avionics readers told us in our most recent survey that nearly 55% of them need to acquire EFBs for their current fleets of aircraft. Responding from commercial, civil and military operations, readers…