ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan COMMERCIAL GE Buys Austin Digital GE Aviation acquired Austin Digital, a privately owned, Texas-based supplier of flight operations data analysis, which is designed to “strengthen GE’s services offerings with integrated solutions for…
ATM ModernizationRouting 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…
CommercialWhat 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…
CommercialBluebox 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…
CommercialGogo 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…
CommercialL2 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…
CommercialBombardier ‘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 & GANetJets 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…
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