ATM ModernizationHong Kong Using Airbus Technology to Improve Air Traffic Management Hong Kong International Airport will deploy the Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) system from Airbus ProSky to improve air traffic flows. The system, Harmony for ANSPs (Air Naviagion Service Provider), will…
ATM ModernizationAir Traffic Controllers to Staff Towers if Shutdown Occurs Department of Transportation (DoT) agencies, including FAA, would be hit hard by a potential federal government shutdown. However, aircraft will continue to fly and air traffic control towers will continue to be…
CommercialMid Atlantic States Collaborate on UAS Test Sites Universities and officials from New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia are working together in a bid to be selected as one of the six testing centers for FAA's program to integrate unmanned aircraft…
CommercialFAA Seeks Replacement for Honeywell Cockpit Displays FAA is proposing a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the replacement of certain older Honeywell cockpit displays on Boeing 737 and 777 family aircraft due to their vulnerability to Wi-Fi interference. …
Business & GAFAA to Consider Relaxing In-Flight Rules on Electronics FAA's rules regulating the use of personal electronic devices (PED) on commercial aircraft are expected to change by 2014, as a federal advisory panel meets this week to complete its recommendations for…
CommercialBoeing Releases iPad Aircraft Maintenance App Boeing has released a suite of new mobile applications for the iPad to give aircraft maintenance technicians easier access to manuals, part numbers and other critical information required for maintenance checks. …
CommercialFLYHT to Provide Data Monitoring System for Boeing 737s FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has signed a five-year, $636,000 contract with an undisclosed Nigerian carrier to provide flight data monitoring systems on four Boeing 737 passenger jets. Under the contract, FLYHT…
Business & GAFAA Issues STC for Q400 Electronic Flight Bag FAA has issued Supplemental Type Certification for the navAero tablet electronic flight bag (EFB) system on the Bombardier DHC-8-400 Series aircraft. (navAero tablet EFB with UAID. Photo, courtesy of navAero.)…