ConnectivityInmarsat Survey Shows 60% Believe In-Flight Wi-Fi is a Necessity Inmarsat’s global survey on in-flight connectivity shows that 60% of passengers believe in-flight Wi-Fi is a necessity, not a luxury, Inmarsat said. The survey also shows that 45% would pay for Wi-Fi,…
ConnectivityIridium Eyes Big Market for New Aviation Connectivity Technology New aircraft terminals, a next-generation satellite network and support for a global air traffic surveillance system has Iridium CEO Matt Desch feeling confident about his company’s future position in aviation. During Iridium’s…
CommercialAir France KLM Acquires 31 Percent of Virgin Atlantic Air France KLM is acquiring a 31% stake in Virgin Atlantic for an estimated $288 million, as the European carrier eyes a new global alliance. Delta Air Lines and China Eastern Airlines…
ConnectivityFCC Issues New In-Flight Connectivity License to Thales On July 7, 2017, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Thales a blanket license authorization for operation of its airborne terminals communicating with geostationary satellites — EchoStar XVII, EchoStar XIX, AMC-15…
MilitaryBoeing to Increase Lifting Power on NextGen Chinooks Boeing will begin building the first three test aircraft for its next generation of Chinook helicopters in 2018. Under a recent $276 million U.S. Army CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters contract, one…
Business & GAEnvoy Air Picks Universal SBAS-FMS for Embraers Envoy Air has selected Universal Avionics’ SBAS-FMS for the wide-area augmentation system upgrade of its fleet of Embraer EMB-140 and EMB-145 aircraft, which are fitted with legacy Universal flight management systems (FMS).…
Embedded AvionicsDenmark's Naviair Upgrades Frequentis Weather Info System Denmark’s Naviair by the end of this year will be able to support the full digital exchange of aeronautical weather information through a new Frequentis upgrade of its smartWeather system using the…
ATM ModernizationDutch ANSP, Aireon to Evaluate Space-Based ADS-B Aireon and the Netherlands’ air navigation service provider have agreed to evaluate the cost and efficiency of space-based ADS-B as a secondary and contingency air traffic surveillance system. Aireon said the memorandum…