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…
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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
IATA Continues Push to Improve Aviation Security
[Avionics Today 10-02-2014] Incidents involving two Malaysian Airlines aircraft earlier this year are among the occurrences driving the global air transportation industry's push to continue to improve aviation security. International Air Transport…
ATM Modernization
Working Remotely: Saab, VSATS to Demonstrate Remote ATC Tower Technology at Leesburg Airport
Saab and VSATS will demonstrate Remote ATC Tower technology at the Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia. Photo: Saab [Avionics Today 10-03-2014] The Virginia SATSLab (VSATS), defense and security company Saab and the…
Business & GA
Range Rises with Cessna Citation Latitude Flight Tests
The Cessna Citation Latitude. Photo: Textron [Avionics Today 10-03-2014] Cessna announced the Citation Latitude flight test program has yielded improvements in expected aircraft range and runway performance, with the aircraft specification being…