ConnectivityHoneywell's GoDirect Flight Efficiency is an All-in-One Operator Optimization Tool Honeywell has released a new integrated service to allow deeper levels of visibility into airlines' operating environments. The offering, GoDirect Flight Efficiency, allows airlines to make strategic decisions on flight operations and…
CommercialBoeing Picks Lord To Produce Autothrottle Modules for 737 MAX Boeing has signed Lord Corp. to the biggest contract in the latter company’s 94-year history, producing the autothrottle modules for 737 MAX cockpits. The autothrottle module is an electromechanical system fitted into…
MilitaryF-35 Costs a Continuing Concern at US Congressional Hearing The U.S. “can’t risk the F-35 program being like the F-22 program,” declared Chairman Mike Turner of Ohio, referring to another Lockheed Martin fighter project that became synonymous with cost overruns and…
CommercialQantas' Half-Year Evaluation from CEO Alan Joyce Qantas Group met or exceeded all financial targets en route to a record profit of $976 million underlying before taxes in the first half of the 2018 fiscal year according to CEO…
RegulationUS Senators Seek to Fill Skill Gap, Aviation Maintenance Jobs Four senators from across the country and the political spectrum introduced legislation Wednesday to help close the skill gap and fill aviation maintenance jobs. The bill, titled the Aviation Maintenance Workforce Development…
Embedded AvionicsAirbus Combines Tech into One Do-It-All Display Airbus is combining synthetic vision and its primary full-format flight display (PF3D) into one screen that aims to show pilots everything they need. Teams for the synthetic vision and PF3D systems have…
Business & GABombardier Challenger 350 Headed for Steep Approach Certification The Bombardier Challenger 350 will soon be able to land under strict conditions, including London City Airport's steep 5.5-degree approach angle. The company said that the business jet recently completed steep approach…
Business & GADelta Private Jets President Talks Sky Access and More Delta Private Jets launched its new Sky Access membership model in January. It is designed to provide what the Part 135 air carrier describes as “affordable” access to empty-leg flights. Empty leg…