CommercialAlaska Airlines, NARA Partner to Advance Use of Biofuels in Aviation NARA's focus is on developing alternative jet fuel derived from post-harvest forest residuals. Photo: NARA [Avionics Today 06-04-2015] Alaska Airlines is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance…
ATM ModernizationFAA to Face NextGen Lawsuit in Phoenix [Avionics Today 06-03-2015] The City of Phoenix has announced its decision to file a lawsuit against the FAA over increased aircraft noise impacts on communities surrounding the Phoenix airport due to the…
ATM ModernizationAustralia Flies First C-17 Equipped with Boeing Advanced Network Access A Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 06-03-2015] The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flew its first Boeing-built C-17A Globemaster III equipped with a new advanced satellite communication…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol: European Air Traffic Sees Uptick as Routes Shift Eurocontrol Network Manager Operations Centre de Bruxelles. Photo: Eurocontrol [Avionics Today 06-03-2015] Eurocontrol’s independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) has published a report on how Europe’s Air Traffic Management (ATM) system performed in…
ATM ModernizationNextGen to Drive Flight Navigation Systems Market as New Tech Emerges [Avionics Today 06-03-2015] Research and Markets’ latest report on Flight Navigation Systems (FNS) has found that the global market is estimated at more than 10 billion in 2014. The "Flight Navigation System…
CommercialFrontier to Fly 12 More Airbus A320s Frontier A320 aircraft. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 06-03-2015] Frontier Airlines, headquartered in Denver, Co., has placed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321 and two A320 aircraft. All 12 aircraft are Current…
CommercialPrecisionHawk Launches Algorithm Marketplace for the Drone Industry Example Algorithm, Field Uniformity Tool for Agriculture. Photo: PRNewsFoto/PrecisionHawk. [Avionics Today 06-02-2015] PrecisionHawk announced its Algorithm Marketplace has been launched in beta, providing automated analysis of aerial data acquired by Unmanned Aerial…
Business & GAAustrian Airlines Sees Profits, Paperless Cockpits in Near Future [Avionics Today 06-01-2015] Austrian Airlines has big plans over the next few years, as the Lufthansa Group subsidiary recently announced growth in passenger volume, revenue and total number of employees. In absolute…