ATM ModernizationNATS New VCS System Will Support SESAR ATM Upgrades [Avionics Today 05-04-2016] In a move that will enable current and future Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) initiatives, NATS, the U.K. Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has contracted Harris to update…
Business & GAAvidyne Adds Synthetic Vision Views to GPS FMS Series Avidyne IFD540 GPS FMS for GA aircraft. Photo: Avidyne [Avionics Today 04-04-2016] Avidyne is making Synthetic Vision System (SVS) views available on every version of the company’s IFD-series GPS Flight Management Systems…
CommercialGoAir Equips with Honeywell APUs, Flight Recorders India’s GoAir will equip with Honeywell APUs and flight recorders. Photo: Ankit khare, Wikimedia [Avionics Today 04-04-2016] GoAir will install Honeywell Aerospace’s 131-9A Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for the Indian airline’s fleet…
CommercialImmfly, Kontron Implement Wireless IFE on Iberia Express An Iberia Express Airbus A320 at Vigo-Peinador Airport. Photo: Bene Riobó, Wikimedia [Avionics Today 04-04-2016] In-flight digital solutions provider Immfly has successfully qualified Kontron’s advanced airborne server and Cabin Wireless Access Point…
CommercialKLM Trials AirFi Portable IFE Box to Expand PED Entertainment Offerings Passenger using personal electronic device to view in-flight entertainment with AirFi. Photo: AirFi [Avionics Today 04-04-2016] Dutch flagship carrier KLM is actively trialing the AirFi box portable In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) solution onboard…
CommercialAlaska to Purchase Virgin America for $2.6 Billion [Avionics Today 04-04-2106] Alaska Air Group has announced a plan to acquire Virgin America for $2.6 billion, merging the California-based airline with its existing company Alaska Airlines. Under the proposed acquisition, which…
CommercialAvionics Modifications Q&A With Bob Dankers From Boeing As airspace mandates come into effect and a continued desire to improve fuel burn and overall efficiency grows, airlines across the globe are performing aftermarket avionics upgrades on their aircraft. Meanwhile,…
ConnectivityConnected thinking required to keep cybersecurity threats at bay In-flight connectivity has introduced a raft of well-documented passenger and operational benefits, but it has a more sinister flip-side. As aircraft become more and more connected, the aviation industry faces an…