Commercial

Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 Makes First Flight

Following the successful first flight of the 737 MAX, (L-R) Boeing Chief Test Pilot and Vice President of Flight Operations Craig Bomben, 737 MAX Chief Pilot Ed Wilson and Keith Leverkuhn, vice…

Business & GA

Gulfstream Service Centers Approved by Qatar, Brazil, India, Hong Kong

[Avionics Today 02-01-2016] Several Gulfstream Aerospace service centers have earned Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) designations from civil aviation authorities worldwide, increasing maintenance and repair options for customers. Gulfstream secured authorizations from several…

Business & GA

Delta Private Jets to Further Expand Fleet in 2016

[Avionics Today 01-29-2016] Following a record year in 2015 for Jet Card and charter sales, Delta Private Jets (DPJ) is looking to build on that momentum with major fleet expansion and investments…

ATM Modernization

ARC Avionics Completes DUAL FMS Installations for GNSS

ARC Avionics have provided several avionics upgrades on two Boeing 737s. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 01-29-2016] ARC Avionics Corporation (ARC), a business unit of AirSpeed Engineering (ASE) and host MRO Commercial Jet…

ATM Modernization

ATCA President Joins NextGen Advisory Committee

ATCA President and CEO Peter Dumont has joined the NextGen Advisory Committee. Photo: ATCA [Avionics Today 01-29-2016] The Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) President and CEO Peter F. Dumont will join the…

Commercial

Iran Air to Upgrade Fleet with 118 Airbus Aircraft

Iran Air A300. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 01-29-2016] Iran Air has signed an agreement with Airbus to acquire aircraft from all of Airbus’ in-production jetliner families in an effort to modernize the…