Commercial

JetBlue Clears the Way to Gate-to-Gate Wi-Fi

[Avionics Today 02-09-2016] JetBlue has announced plans to pursue a redesign on its A320 cabins, complete with 10-inch, high-definition seatback In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) screens, satellite-based streaming video and, most importantly, free gate-to-gate…

ATM Modernization

ICAO CAEP Votes to Recommend New Aircraft CO2 Standards

ICAO is one step closer to adopting recommendations aimed to reduce CO2 emissions. Photo: ICAO [Avionics Today 02-09-2016] An aircraft CO2 emissions standard has come one step closer to final adoption. At…

Business & GA

BBA Completes Signature FBO Acquisition

[Avionics Today 02-09-2016] BBA Aviation has completed the $2 billion acquisition of Landmark Aviation, a major expansion of BBA’s Signature Flight Support Fixed-Base Operator (FBO) network. The acquisition of Landmark Aviation’s aircraft…

Business & GA

Air New Zealand’s 787 Fleet Now ELB Enabled

Electronic logbook in cockpit. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 02-09-2016] Boeing has fully integrated its Electronic Logbook (ELB) within Air New Zealand‘s 787 Dreamliner fleet, replacing paper logbooks with electronic records that improve…

ATM Modernization

CarlisleIT ARINC 791 Adapter Plate Passes Bird Strike Testing

[Avionics Today 02-09-2016] Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, in partnership with Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, has completed an FAA-witnessed bird strike qualification test for an ARINC 791 compliant installation. Testing included an A320 fuselage…

Business & GA

Gogo Adds 1,100 to Connected Fleet in 2015

Gogo test aircraft. Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 02-08-2016] Gogo added nearly 1,100 commercial and business aircraft with broadband connectivity technologies to its installed fleet in 2015. Across commercial and business aviation, Gogo…

Business & GA

Jeff Pino of XTI, Sikorsky Dies in Plane Crash

[Avionics Today 02-08-2016] Jeffrey Pino, vice chairman of the XTI Aircraft Company and former president of Sikorsky Aircraft, died in a plane crash Feb. 5 near Phoenix, Ariz. Jeff Pino of XTI…

Business & GA

Avionics Buoy Teledyne’s Aerospace Q4 2015 Sales

Offices of Teledyne Controls. Photo: Teledyne [Avionics Today 02-08-2016] Teledyne Technologies’ aerospace and defense electronics segment’s fourth quarter 2015 sales increased 6.5 percent from the fourth quarter 2014, coming in at $153.9…