Commercial

FCC Eases Licensing Requirements for In-Flight Wi-Fi

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a Report and Order released last week, approved new rules to accelerate the deployment of in-flight Wi-Fi on more commercial flights in the United States. The…

Commercial

FLYHT to Supply AFIRS to Airline in Nigeria

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions signed a contract with an undisclosed Nigerian airline for the Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 220. The contract requires FLYHT to install the AFIRS 220 on five Airbus A319s…

Editor's Note

System Design: Mysterious Noises Re-Visited

Many years ago, I put together an index of airframe problems and published it as an article titled “Mysterious Noises.” A lot of people have used that information to good effect since…

Editor's Note

People

Capt. Richard Carter JetBlue Airways appointed Capt. Richard Carter to system chief pilot. In his new role, Carter is responsible for developing and executing Flight Operations strategy, the safe and reliable operation…

Business & GA

Calendar

February 12-14 ATM World Congress, IFEMA, Madria, Spain. Visit www.worldatmcongress.org. March 4-7 Heli-Expo 2013, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.heliexpo.com. 12-14 ATC Global, Amsterdam RAI Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Visit…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Fiscal Cliff

Editor Emily Feliz As I write this, the country is perched on the edge of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” a series of deep budget cuts prompted by an impasse in budget talks. Politicians…