CommercialCebu Pacific to Install OnAir Connectivity Equipment Philippine airline Cebu Pacific Air announced plans to provide in-flight connectivity via OnAir on its Airbus A330 fleet starting in 2013. The airline also has the option to install Wi-Fi on its…
Business & GADuncan to Build New Maintenance Facility Duncan Aviation announced plans for a new maintenance hangar and facility to be built at its Lincoln, Neb., headquarters. Construction will begin this fall, the company said. “We are still evaluating our…
ATM ModernizationWomen in Technology I am very pleased to have been a part of the Avionics Magazine Women in Technology Awards Program and Luncheon, which took place June 4 in Washington, D.C. When we conceived this…
ATM ModernizationScan Etihad Airways Commits to RNP Etihad Airways and its partner Quovadis are bringing performance-based navigation to the Middle East, having performed the region’s first Required Navigation Performance–Authorization Required (RNP-AR) approach to the…
MilitaryEyes On Shooters The U.S. Army will deploy a battalion of AH-64D Apaches to Afghanistan this year with a Ground Fire Acquisition System (GFAS) that promises attack helicopter crews better situational awareness to help protect…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Electronic Flight Bags The Apple iPad is quickly becoming as popular on the flight deck as it is in the cabins of business and air transport aircraft. The device, only now beginning to be…
Business & GAQ&A: Southwest Airlines Equipping an airline’s entire fleet with connectivity systems is no simple task. It’s often a multi-million dollar, multi-year and complex undertaking for airlines trying to keep planes in the air and money…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Reseller Satcom Direct, based in Satellite Beach, Fla., has become a direct reseller for TriaGnoSys satellite communications products and equipment in the United States. Satcom Direct said it is the only TriaGnoSys…