Air TaxiWhat Will 5G Bring to the Aviation Industry? A range of new communications technologies are included up in the term ‘5G,’ including new radio access technology and antennas operating in the low, mid and high bands of the radiofrequency spectrum,…
ConnectivityIFC – How to Fulfill Its Promise The promise of in-flight connectivity (IFC), or in-flight Wi-Fi, that seamlessly provides passengers with an experience and capabilities near-equal to what they are used to receiving on the ground has yet to…
ConnectivityConnected Air Cargo Keeps Flying Amid COVID-19 Pandemic As passenger traffic plummeted to historic lows in March, some of the world’s largest airlines have had to ground a significant number of passenger airplanes, furlough pilots, flight attendants and maintenance workers…
CommercialIFC Installations Continue in Q1 but Ominous Signs for Q2 Valour Consultancy recently released the Q1 2020 update associated with its quarterly in-flight connectivity (IFC) tracker, which shows an uptick in the number of aircraft added to the global connected fleet; a…
Air TaxiFirst Flight of MagniX eCaravan Showcases Maturity of Electric Aviation Skies were all-clear for Redmond, Washington-based MagniX’s first flight of the largest all-electric commuter aircraft yet. Working with Seattle-based AeroTEC, the electric motor startup retrofitted a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with its…
CommercialPODCAST: Airbus A220 Chief Engineer Explains How Cabin Air is Cleaner Than You Think On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft Podcast, we caught up with Jean-François Parent, head of engineering and chief engineer for the Airbus Canada Limited Partnership’s A220 program. The chief engineer…
CommercialJetBlue CEO Says Cabin, Fleet Refresh to Continue Through COVID-19 JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said the New York-based airline is still on schedule to take delivery of its first Airbus A220 later this year and will continue the ongoing process of refreshing…
Business & GANew Tecnam P2010 TDI Aircraft Features Garmin G1000 NXi Avionics Italian general aviation airplane maker Tecnam on May 27 unveiled the P2010 TDI general aviation aircraft, which features the Garmin G1000 NXi glass cockpit and the GFCTM 700 autopilot. Tecnam said that…