CommercialSouthwest to Offer Live TV In-Flight Global Eagle Entertainment's Row 44 subsidiary will offer free live TV and on-demand shows on Southwest Airlines via DISH Network, the companies announced Tuesday. Row 44 first launched its live TV platform on…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Satcom STC Cobham SATCOM’s AVIATOR 200 SwiftBroadband system received an EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for use aboard Pilatus PC-12. The EASA validation was secured by Cobham SATCOM partner RUAG and includes…
Business & GASystem Design: Solving Long-Term Digital Data Storage Problems The real beauty of digital technology is how simply large amounts of data can be easily stored and transferred, and how compact that storage can be. This ease of use and high…
Business & GATraining Column: Planning a Pilot Career Thinking of becoming professional airline pilot? Other career choices surely hold more appeal, given the industry climate: Dismal economy. Airline consolidations. Bankruptcies. Furloughs. New regs with stringent pilot hiring qualifications. Sounds dismal,…
ATM ModernizationPeople Ed Senen L-3 Aviation Recorders, based in Sarasota, Fla., named Ed Senen the division’s president. In his new position, Senen will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of Aviation Recorders and…
CommercialEirtech Aviation Awarded Southwest Airlines Contract Irish aviation services company Eirtech Aviation signed an aircraft interior wiring modification contract with Southwest Airlines to install FAA-mandated kits of select 737s. Eirtech Aviation’s team in Shannon developed the system, which involves the…
Business & GABAE Systems Sells Unmanned Aircraft Programs Unit Tucson, Ariz.-based Sensintel has acquired the Unmanned Aircraft Programs business of BAE Systems for an undisclosed amount, the companies said. The company will operate independently as a provider of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), sensors…
ATM ModernizationSymposium: NextGen Faces Public Perception, Funding Troubles Ahead NextGen stakeholders face a tough task selling the $40 billion airspace modernization initiative to the traveling public and to leaders on Capitol Hill, according to panelists at an Airlines Pilots Association International…