CommercialPorter Airlines to Feature First In-flight Connectivity Service on Embraer E2 Fleet Porter Airlines will feature in-flight internet service for the first time on a fleet of new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, according to a Nov. 18 announcement from the Toronto-based regional carrier. The new…
Business & GAAEA Report Shows Increase in Business and General Aviation Avionics Sales Total global sales of business and general aviation aircraft electronics systems during the first nine months of the year increased to $1,761,553,466.94, or more than $1.7 billion for companies participating in the…
CommercialKuwait Airways is Using Collins Aerospace ACARS Over IP on A330NEOs Kuwait Airways is ready to begin uplinking and downlinking non-critical non-air traffic control (ATC) Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) messages over internet protocol (IP) links, according to a Nov. 14…
Air TaxiEmbraer's Eve, Widerøe Zero to Study eVTOL Operational Needs in Scandinavia Widerøe Zero, the air mobility business incubator division of the Norwegian airline, has committed to an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle concept of operations study in Scandinavia, under a new…
Air TaxiWATCH: Volocopter 2X eVTOL Completes Test Flight in Seoul German electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker Volocopter completed a crewed test flight of its 2X aircraft in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday. According to a Nov. 11 press release,…
CommercialCOMAC C919 to Feature AFIRS Satcom System FLYHT has signed a multi-year contract with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) that will see its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 become factory-installed equipment on the C919.…
Embedded AvionicsFACE Multi-domain Operation Demonstrated on Helicopter Flight Deck at Recent TIM A successful multi-domain operation (MDO) demonstration of open systems architecture was completed during the recent Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) and Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortia Technical Interchange Meeting…
Air TaxiVolocopter Eyes Air Taxi Operations in Italy German urban air mobility developer Volocopter has established a new partnership with the largest airport operator in Italy in an effort to start developing the infrastructure that will enable electric vertical takeoff…