ATM Modernization

Gogo CEO Looks Beyond Passenger Connectivity

[Avionics Today 08-11-2014] Gogo CEO Michael Small sees the company's business moving well beyond a focus on passenger connectivity in the commercial and business aviation sectors in the near future. During a…

Business & GA

PRBA Seeks ICAO Crackdown on Lithium Battery Transport

[Avionics Today 08-11-2014] The Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA), expressed concerns about the dangers posed by non-compliant air shipments of lithium batteries and requested International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) help to address the…

Commercial

United Airlines July 2014 Operational Performance

United Airline's 737 Max 9 Photo: United Airlines [Avionics Today 08-11-2014] United Airlines (UAL) reported its July 2014 operational results in which consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 1 percent and consolidated…

Commercial

GE Announces New Approach Toward Aircraft Data

GE Industrial Internet Diagram. Photo: GE [Avionics Today 08-11-2014] GE announced its industrial data lake approach to help air transport operators become more efficient in analyzing and monitoring data about the in-flight…

Commercial

Gogo Brings In-Flight Entertainment to your iPad

Gogo In-Flight Entertainment Photo: Gogo [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] Gogo, the global aero communications provider best known for providing In-flight Connectivity (IFC), can now bring In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) right to a passenger’s own…

Commercial

Spirit AeroSystems in Hot Water Over Outsourced Jobs

Spirit AeroSystem's Workers, Wichita, Kan. Photo: Spirit AeroSystem's [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) plans to file a lawsuit against Spirit AeroSystems over the company’s plans…

Business & GA

ExcelAire Expands Private Jet Fleet

ExcelAire GIV-SP Private Jet Interior Photo: ExcelAire [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] Following in the trend of the expanding business jet market, ExcelAire, a New York-based private jet charter and aircraft management company, updated…

Business & GA

The Changing Landscape for Drones

Photo: Lima Pix (Flickr) [Avionics Today 08-08-2014] Drone Aviation Corp. (DAC), a developer of specialized tethered drones, will begin offering an aerial photography package for land management, agriculture and real estate purposes.…