Business & GA

Gulfstream Awarded FAA, EASA Approval for PlaneDeck Upgrades

Gulfstream received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to retrofit Gulfstream GV, GIV, GIV-SP, G400 and G300 aircraft with the cockpit upgrade known as PlaneDeck. The optional upgrade converts the primary flight display…

Commercial

Queensland to Use ScanEagle for Agricultural Mission

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu, will employ its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on behalf of the Queensland Government for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) for the…

Commercial

ANA to Use OnAir's In-Flight Wi-Fi Service

OnAir will provide its in-flight Wi-Fi service for All Nippon Airways (ANA) starting in summer 2013 for the airline's international routes, the companies said Friday. The service will initially be made available on…

ATM Modernization

Iridium Adds ADS-B to its Iridium NEXT Constellation

Former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta discusses Iridium's joint venture Aireon. Satellite operator Iridum, through its new joint venture Aireon, will be putting automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receivers on its next-generation satellite constellation,…

Commercial

JetBlue to Fly RNP AR Approaches into JFK

JetBlue Airways was awarded FAA approval to fly Required Navigation Performance- Authorization Required (RNP AR) approaches to Runways 13L and 13R at its home base at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport…

ATM Modernization

Boeing Launches ATM Research Project in Poland

Boeing will collaborate on air traffic management (ATM) research, studying optimized profile descents, with LOT Polish Airlines, Polish government agencies and academic institutions to make commercial aviation in Poland more efficient and…