Commercial

FTG Aerospace Acquires Cockpit-Products Company PhotoEtch

Photo Etch light plate. Photo: Photo Etch [Avionics Today 03-21-2016] Firan Technology Group’s U.S. subsidiary, FTG Aerospace, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Airco Industries, or PhotoEtch, a Texas-based designer…

Commercial

Focus on CVR, FDR Data in Aftermath of Fatal FlyDubai Crash

[Avionics Today 03-21-2016] Investigators have begun inspection, opening and extraction of the significantly damaged Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the FlyDubai next generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft that…

Commercial

Air India Orders 14 A320neos

Air India A320neo, rendering. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 03-18-2016] Air India and Alafco have signed a lease agreement for operating lease of 14 A320neo aircraft at the Hyderabad airshow in India. Today…

Commercial

Play the Avionics News Quiz of March 18

Take break from your St. Patrick’s day celebrations to spend some time with this week’s Avionics News Quiz! We can’t say it’s better than a tall pint of Guinness, but it’s awful…

Business & GA

G650ER Enters the Chinese Market

G650ER. Photo: Gulfstream [Avionics Today 03-18-2016] Gulfstream Aerospace recently delivered the first Gulfstream G650ER into China, to Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL). “This delivery highlights the continued need for long-range business jet travel…