Business & GA

Saudi Arabia's Flynas Ready for Electronic Flight Environment

Saudi Arabian national carrier Flynas has a new five-year agreement with Jeppesen to incorporate electronic flight bag (EFB) navigation data and flight planning into its commercial operations, the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary…

ATM Modernization

Iraq Air Traffic System Gets Thales Upgrade

Thales has a new contract with Iraq's Civil Aviation Authority to provide technology that will improve and modernize the nation's air traffic operations, the French aerospace manufacturer said Thursday Dec. 12.   …

Commercial

FCC Considering In-Flight Calling Rule

The Federal Communications Commission has initiated a proceeding to consider a proposal to allow airlines to install onboard avionics systems that could safely expand the use of in-flight voice communications by airline…

Commercial

JetBlue Launches Fly-Fi In-Flight Connectivity Service 

JetBlue Airways on Thursday Dec. 12 announced the launch of the first carrier-based Ka-band satellite in-flight connectivity network with its Fly-Fi service.     The first JetBlue Airbus A320 equipped with Fly-Fi.…

Commercial

Exelis to Supply 787 Composites

Boeing has selected Exelis to supply composite airframe substructures for its flagship 787 Dreamliner aircraft.    Exelis currently provides composite storage tanks for the Boeing 737, 747, 767 and 777 model aircraft.…

Commercial

GX Aviation on Track for 2015

Honeywell and Inmarsat on Monday Dec. 9 announced the launch of the first of three satellites, the F1, for the Global Xpress constellation network for their GX Aviation program.    Both companies…

Business & GA

CLA on Track for Gulfstream ADS-B Solution

Clay Lacy Aviation (CLA) expects to receive a supplemental type certification (STC) for a Universal Avionics Future Air Navigation System (FANS 1/A+), controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC), Link 2000+ and ADS-B solution…