Business & GASkyservice Business Aviation Adds Star-ADS [Avionics Today July 8, 2014] Skyservice Business Aviation has signed a five year agreement with Star Navigation Systems Group to add the Star Airborne Data Services (Star-ADS) aircraft tracking solution to its fleet…
ATM ModernizationEuropean Airlines Waste 60K Nautical Miles Daily [Avionics Today July 7, 2014] European airlines and operators are flying a combined 60,000 nautical miles more than they should be on a daily basis, according to a new report from Air Traffic…
CommercialModernized Boeing 757 Flight Deck Receives STC [Avionics Today July 7, 2014] The FAA has issued an initial Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a new flight deck designed by Rockwell Collins as a modernized retrofit for Boeing 757s and 767s.…
Business & GAAir Malta Goes Paperless With Jeppesen FliteDeck [Avionics Today July 3, 2014] Air Malta is swapping out its paper-based flight manuals for Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs). The national carrier of Malta recently received authorization to begin flying with the Jeppesen…
CommercialUS Airline Passengers Not Moved by Connectivity Rule Changes [Avionics Today July 2, 2014] The FAA's new rule allowing airline passengers to connect to in-flight Wi-Fi networks from takeoff to landing has not increased the percentage of passengers using their Personal Electronic…
Business & GANordwind Selects EFBs for Airbus, Boeing Fleet [Avionics Today July 2, 2014] Moscow-based Nordwind Airlines has selected Fokker Services’ iPad Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for its mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing passenger jets. Fokker has a teaming agreement…
Editor's NoteContact Lost: Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 is not the first aircraft to disappear and leave the public in the dark about what happened for months and even years on end. Air France’s Flight 447…
Editor's NoteGlobal Connected Aircraft Summit Looks at New Reality for Airlines We have just completed our first ever Global Connected Aircraft Summit event in California with a top-class line up of speakers with a number of global airlines such as United, Lufthansa, Emirates,…