CommercialBoeing Sees Dip in First Quarter 2016 Deliveries Boeing factory. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] Boeing released its first-quarter deliveries for 2016, reporting a 4.3 percent drop in commercial deliveries when compared to the same period last year. The first…
CommercialGlobal Fleet Could Generate 98 Million Terabytes of Data Annually, New Report Says Oliver Wyman Fleet and MRO data forecast. Photo: Oliver Wyman [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] The latest aircraft designs now entering fleets are equipped with technologies that could generate upwards of 98 million terabytes…
Business & GAStar Navigation, Spaceon’s Tracking Solution Enters Qualification Phase [Avionics Today 04-08-2016] Star Navigation Systems and Chengdu Spaceon Technology’s joint product, STAR Track, Talk and Text (STAR-TTT), has entered into the qualification phase, with the execution of the environmental test plan.…
Business & GAPlay the Avionics News Quiz of April 8 Hey, you okay under there? Under that huge pile of news and announcements from the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg this week, that is! Let this week’s Avionics News Quiz coax you…
CommercialANA Signs $60 Million 787 Maintenance Agreement with UTC ANA 787. Photo: Tomoaki INABA (flickr) [Avionics Today 04-07-2016] All Nippon Airways (ANA) has extended its On-Site Support (OSS) agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems for ANA's fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft.…
CommercialMalaysa Airlines Signs on as STG Saf-Tsign Launch Customer Saf-Tsign lighting. Photo: STG Aerospace [Avionics Today 04-07-2016] Malaysia Airlines has signed on as the launch customer for STG Aerospace’s saf-Tsign product, which was successfully installed across the airline’s fleet of A380…
ATM ModernizationThe World's Top 10 Busiest Airports [Avionics Today 04-06-2016] To those of us following the FAA's Metroplex redesign efforts in the U.S., it won't come as a surprise that Airports Council International (ACI) ranked the Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson International…
CommercialAirbus to Retrofit A350 Fleets with Gogo’s 2Ku Airbus A350. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 04-06-2016] Gogo has partnered with Airbus subsidiary Airbus Corporate Jet Center (ACJC) to install its satellite-based 2Ku In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution on a retrofit basis on…