Commercial

China Southern Airlines Selects Panasonic IFE

Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., signed an agreement with China Southern Airlines to supply its eX2 in-flight entertainment system on five A380-800s. First deliveries are slated to begin in 2009,…

Commercial

Report: Europe Faces Congested Future

Half of the flights at highly congested airports in Europe will risk delays or cancellations by 2030, according to a Eurocontrol report issued Tuesday. The study, Challenges of Growth, finds demand for…

Business & GA

Cutter Aviation Wins AHRS STC

Cutter Aviation Technical Services, of Phoenix, was awarded a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the modification and replacement of existing Rockwell Collins dual Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) AHS-85E units with…

Commercial

navAero Unveils New EFB CPU

navAero added a new central processing unit (CPU) to its t-Bag C22 electronic flight bag (EFB). The company said the Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5 GHZ processor adds expanded features to the EFB,…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: Working Together

In a previous column, I remarked on some of the different aircraft I’ve been fortunate enough to fly aboard as an aviation journalist. Another perk of this job is the opportunity to…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Navigation System Supplier Aims To Make WAAS More Available, Affordable The new owners of FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, are dedicated to the proposition that satellite navigation from a cost perspective…

ATM Modernization

People

Donald Hazelwood QinetiQ North America, of McLean, Va., named Donald Hazelwood (right) vice president of Unmanned Systems at its Systems Engineering Group. Formerly project manager of the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

December 2-3 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact FAA, phone 202-267-3781 or visit www.faa.gov. 2009 February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association Asian Business Aviation Conference…