Commercial

Transaero Expands In-flight Connectivity 

Russian carrier Transaero is expanding its in-flight connectivity service to more aircraft, announcing plans Thursday to make the service available on 30 aircraft by the beginning of 2014.    Currently the airline…

Business & GA

Honeywell Brings Synthetic Vision to Epic 2.0 

On the 10-year anniversary of the original Primus Epic platform, Honeywell unveiled an upgraded "Epic 2.0" version with access to the aerospace and defense manufacturer's SmartView synthetic vision system, among other new…

Commercial

EASA Pursues In-flight Mobile Calling Policy

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is looking to certify in-flight cell phone calls, the agency said Wednesday along with announcing the approval of the use of personal electronic devices (PED) during…

Commercial

EasyJet Systems to Detect Volcanic Ash

U.K.-based discount carrier EasyJet is looking to equip some of its aircraft with a volcanic ash detection system by the end of next year, the carrier said Wednesday.      [During testing,…

Business & GA

Jeppesen Upgrades EFB for iPad

Jeppesen has upgraded its FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bag (EFB) iPad solution to begin automatically displaying airport taxi diagrams based on user-configured speed settings, the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary said Wednesday.   …

Embedded Avionics

Taiwan F-16s to Receive Gigabit Ethernet Switch

The Taiwan Air Force is the first of what could be several nations to receive an upgrade from Lockheed Martin that will add Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology to its fleet of F-16…

ATM Modernization

American Receives First ROPS-equipped A319

American Airlines received its first Airbus A319 equipped with the Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS), Airbus said Tuesday.    ROPS, an onboard cockpit technology designed to increase situational awareness during landing, recently…