Business & GAEmirates Orders Five Phenom 100E Jets to Keep Pace with Growing Fleet [Avionics Today 11-04-2015] Emirates Flight Training Academy has signed a firm order for five Embraer Phenom 100E business jets, plus options for five more aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017.…
ATM ModernizationBoeing Forecasts Huge Growth in Middle East [Avionics Today 11-04-2015] Boeing forecasts airlines in the Middle East will require 3,180 new airplanes over the next 20 years, valued at an estimated $730 billion. Rapid fleet expansion in the region…
CommercialF-16C Finishes Stress Tests, Could Offer Extended Durability F-16C Block 50 aircraft under construction. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 11-03-2015] Lockheed Martin has completed more than 27,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft. The company…
Business & GAGE Ups Digital Collaboration with MENAT Aviation Technology Companies [Avionics Today 11-03-2015] GE has entered into new collaborations with technology centers in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT) region aimed at driving digital industrial transformation. A key feature of…
CommercialFirst A350 XWB Pilot Gets FAA Certified American Airlines’ John Dudley, the first FAA certified A350 XWB pilot. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 11-03-2015] John Dudley, an American Airlines pilot, has become the first airline pilot certified by the U.S.…
Business & GATextron Adds Aircraft to European Support Fleet Textron service center. Photo: Textron [Avionics Today 11-03-2015] Textron Aviation has added a dedicated aircraft to support customers throughout Europe to strengthen its service network there. Based at the company’s Dusseldorf Service…
Business & GAHughes, GEE Modem Accelerates IFC Expectations by Two Years [Avionics Today 11-03-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) and Hughes Network Systems announced an agreement last week for GEE to use Hughes’ Jupiter System HT Aero Modem to power GEE’s high-performance broadband aeronautical…
ATM ModernizationExpert Stresses Stringent Maintenance in the Wake of Metrojet 9268 Crash [Avionics Today 11-02-2015] An Airbus A321-200 carrying 224 passengers and crew en route from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to St. Petersburg, Russia reportedly broke apart in the air at cruising altitude over Egypt’s…