ATM Modernization

Routing RNP

Alaska Airlines, which pioneered RNP, has been flying RNP approaches into 27 airports. In 2011, these approaches saved the airline 210,000 gallon of fuel and $19 million. Performance-based navigation (PBN), a key…

Commercial

What Will Follow GPS?

Alaska Airlines, which pioneered RNP, has been flying RNP approaches into 27 airports. In 2011, these approaches saved the airline 210,000 gallon of fuel and $19 million. It may seem strange, almost…

Commercial

Bluebox Avionics Ships Over 1,000 iPad IFE Solutions

Bluebox Avionics has shipped more than 1,000 units of its iPad-based next-generation in-flight entertainment system—the Bluebox Ai—over the last two months. British Airways, Scoot, Thai Airways and Jetstar are among the airlines…

Commercial

Gogo Receives In-Air Connectivity License for Canada

Industry Canada issued Gogo a subordinate license for Canada’s air-to-ground (ATG) radio frequency spectrum to allow the in-flight wireless provider to begin operating its network for commercial and business aircraft flying over…

Commercial

L2 Awarded ARINC Contract for e-Enabled Aircraft Program

L2 Consulting Services, of Austin, Texas, has been awarded a contract from ARINC to develop aircraft integration, engineering design and manufacture of the prototype kits for the Cathay Pacific e-Enabled Aircraft Program. The…

Commercial

Bombardier ‘Aircraft 0’ Cseries Takes Virtual Flight

Bombardier’s “Aircraft 0” — an on-the-ground integrated systems test and certification rig for the CSeries aircraft (ISTCR) — has begun virtual flights at its Mirabel, Québec facility. The Montreal-based manufacturer said the…

Business & GA

NetJets Adds Aircell to 100 Aircraft

NetJets is adding Aircell’s in-flight connectivity system to 100 additional aircraft in its fleet. Aircell said the 100 additional systems will establish NetJets as having 40 percent of its total fleet of…