CommercialBombardier CS300 Begins Route-Proving Flights in Europe and Middle East MairBaltic Bombardier CS300 aircraft. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Magazine 09-29-2016] Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced that its CS300 jetliner, the second CS300 flight test vehicle, has embarked on a series of European and…
ATM ModernizationRomanian Air Traffic Services Transitions to VoIP-based Systems Using Rohde & Schwarz Equipment Timisoara International Airport - "Traian Vuia," one of the airports that features the R&S VCS-4G VoIP equipment. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. [Avionics Magazine 09-29-2016] Romatsa, the Romanian air navigation service provider, has replaced…
CommercialAlaska Air Group and Virgin America Agree to Extend Regulatory Review of Proposed Merger Photo: Alaska Airlines [Avionics Magazine 09-29-2016] Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines, and Virgin America have announced that each carrier has agreed with the Antitrust Division of the United States…
CommercialGogo Wins Air France-KLM Connectivity Deal An Air France Boeing 777-300ER. Photo: Air France [Avionics Magazine 09-29-2016] In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) provider Gogo has signed a deal with Air France-KLM to connect its existing long-haul fleet of 124 aircraft,…
ATM ModernizationFAA on Schedule to Bring Data Comm to 56 Airport Towers This Year What a pilot sees in the cockpit while using Data Comm, rendering. Photo: FAA. [Avionics Magazine 09-28-2016] The FAA is on track to deploy the Departure Clearance (DCL) Air Traffic Control (ATC)…
CommercialBoeing and Morocco Sign MOU for Major Aerospace Investment Morocco's King Mohammed VI (right) shakes hands with Raymond L. Conner, vice chairman of The Boeing Company and president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, at a ceremony in Tangier, Morocco held…
ATM ModernizationThales to Provide Aruba with TopSky Suite and Wide Area Multilateration Thales TopSky - AIM. Photo: Thales [Avionics Magazine 09-28-2016] Air Navigation Services Aruba (ANSA), the air navigation service provider responsible for monitoring and securing the skies over Aruba, an island in Dutch…
ConnectivityGogo Announces Next Generation Ground Network for IFC in North America A Gogo Tower. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Magazine 09-28-2016] Gogo has announced it is developing its next generation ground-based technology to better serve the connectivity needs of business and commercial aviation in North…
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