Air TaxiUnited Airlines and Archer Create eVTOL Advisory Committee A joint advisory committee for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft was just formed between Archer Aviation and United Airlines. The committee will support Archer's eVTOL development process with recommendations related…
CommercialPODCAST: Ethiopian Airlines USA Regional Director Talks Pandemic Recovery, Air Cargo and More On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, we’re joined by the new regional director for U.S. operations of Ethiopian Airlines, Samson Arega. After a three-year stint as the country manager…
CommercialStarlink In-flight Connectivity Service Agreement Reached for Hawaiian Airlines Fleet Hawaiian Airlines has become the first major airline to reach an agreement with SpaceX that will add in-flight connectivity (IFC) service enabled by Starlink satellites to a fleet of Airbus and Boeing…
Business & GASatcom Direct Becomes Gulfstream Default Datalink Provider, Certifies IFC Antenna System Satcom Direct (SD), the Melbourne, Florida-based business aviation services company, has expanded the number of new connectivity technologies it is providing to Gulfstream to start 2022, including the launch of a new…
Business & GASpaceX Signs JSX as First Air Carrier for Starlink In-flight Connectivity Service JSX, the California-based Part 135 public charter operator, will become the first air carrier to operate aircraft using SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for in-flight connectivity (IFC) service. The company posted the announcement to…
CommercialGE Aviation Embracing Software Modularity in Third Generation Connected Flight Management System GE Aviation is actively working with several unnamed commercial and military aircraft operators on the introduction of its third generation TrueCourse Connected Flight Management System (FMS) software, Avionics International learned during a…
CommercialCAAC Releases Preliminary Report on China Eastern Airlines MU5735 Crash The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) published its preliminary report regarding an ongoing investigation into what caused a Boeing 737-800—flight MU5735—operated by China Eastern Airlines to crash during a March 21…
Air TaxiZanite Files Definitive Proxy Statement Ahead of Business Combination with Embraer's Eve Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility entered into an agreement with Zanite Acquisition Corp. in December 2021. This agreement includes a planned business combination in which Eve will become Zanite’s wholly-owned subsidiary. The…