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…
IIOTNo Clear Answers on How to Effectively Detect, Mitigate Drone Threats Successful defense against drone threats in commercial and military environments will require solving numerous challenges, according to experts speaking during a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council — and there are no…
Business & GAFirst Quarter Business and General Aviation Avionics Sales Drop Compared to 2019 Avionics sales for business and general aviation aircraft dropped for the first quarter of this year dropped nearly 9 percent compared to last year, the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) said in its…