CommercialPan 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…
CommercialTransNusa 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…
CommercialAirVault 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.…
CommercialTransaero 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…
CommercialIATA 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 ModernizationWorking 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 & GARange 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…
ATM ModernizationNextGen Implementation Prompts Congressional Review [Avionics Today 10-03-2014] Lawmakers are calling for a review of the FAA's structure following a report by the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding Air Traffic Controller (ATC)…