CommercialBoeing Tests Digital Taxi Time and Clearance EFB Capabilities on ecoDemonstrator Boeing is testing two new digital capabilities—Taxi Time Information and Taxi Clearance—on its ecoDemonstrator 777-200 program that can improve the way airline pilots anticipate the amount of time they will need to…
Air TaxiJaunt and MintAir Partner to Launch eVTOL Operations in South Korea Jaunt Air Mobility, an air taxi developer within the AIRO Group Holdings aerospace and defense company, formed a new strategic partnership this week. Jaunt is partnering with MintAir, a South Korean startup…
RegulationASTM International Publishes New Standard for Designing Vertiports and Vertistops The standards development organization ASTM International recently published a new standard that provides guidance to states and municipalities for the design and development of vertiports. The unmanned aircraft systems committee at ASTM,…
Air TaxiArcher’s Design Team Shares Insights on “Midnight” eVTOL’s Interior and Exterior Archer Aviation recently revealed the name of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. While a detailed rendering of the aircraft has not yet been released, Archer shared a photo…
AI & AutonomyResearchers Develop AI Pilot for Navigating Crowded Airspace Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed an AI (artificial intelligence) pilot that can navigate an aircraft through crowded airspace using visual flight rules (VFR). The AI pilot has been tested on…
ConnectivityPODCAST: How NetForecast Measures In-Flight Internet Quality of Experience On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, Alan Jones, Chief Technologist for NetForecast, joins to discuss how his company helps airlines generate quality of experience scores for in-flight internet services…
CommercialSaudia to Start Flying with Falcon 300 GX Aviation Connectivity Service Next Year Saudia is on track to start flying Airbus A321 aircraft upgraded with Falcon 300 terminals to enable Inmarsat's GX Aviation in-flight connectivity (IFC) service early next year. The Saudi Arabian national carrier…
ConnectivityIntelsat Enters IFC Market in India Through Agreement With Nelco Intelsat is entering the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in India through an agreement with Nelco, a satcom service provider in India. Intelsat announced Thursday that the service is currently available on…