Commercial Boeing Report Forecasts Dramatic Pick up in Air Cargo Market Boeing’s 747-8 freighter aircraft. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 10-07-2014] Boeing has released a report projecting air cargo traffic to grow at an annual rate of 4.7 percent over the next 20 years,…
ATM Modernization NASA Helps Pilots Navigate Alaska NASA’s TAIGA technology system is capable of showing pilots the altitude of nearby terrain via color. Photo: ARC/Joseph Rios via NASA [Avionics Today 10-07-2014] NASA has formally delivered to Alaskan officials a…
Commercial Far and Away: Airbus A380 Flies World’s Longest Route Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-06-2014] The Qantas Airlines Airbus A380 has begun flying the world’s longest airline route, according to Airbus. This is the route spanning from Sydney, Australia to Dallas/Fort Worth…
Commercial Boeing Reveals Third-Quarter Deliveries Boeing corporate offices in Chicago. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 10-06-2014] Boeing has announced deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the third quarter of 2014. Of the 186 aircraft delivered by…
Commercial Pan Am Flight Training Center Opens in Bangkok to Address Rising Pilot Demand A Pan Am flight simulator. Photo: Pan Am [Avionics Today 10-06-2014] Pan Am International Flight Training Center, together with All Nippon Airways (ANA), Nok Air and Assumption University have announced the opening…
Commercial TransNusa Receives First ATR 42-600 for Charter Flights The TransNusa 42-600 aircraft. Photo: Clement Alloing (flickr) [Avionics Today 10-06-2014] Indonesian airline TransNusa Aviation Mandiri has taken delivery of its first new generation ATR 42-600, with options for three more of…
Commercial AirVault to Provide Maintenance Record Management for Endeavor Air [Avionics Today 10-06-2014] Endeavor Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, has licensed the AirVault Mx Records Management Solution to provide web-based aircraft maintenance record management to the Minneapolis-based carrier.…
Commercial Transaero Connect: Convenience Versus Cost Last week, on a return flight from Moscow to London, I was able to test Transaero Airlines’ In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service “Transaero Connect” for the first time. I was eager to see…