Electrification and SustainabilityClean Sky 2 Airbus C295 Technology Demonstrator Completes First Flight The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB2), as part of the Clean Sky 2 program, completed its maiden flight successfully, taking off from Seville, Spain. Modifications to the aircraft aim to…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Report 2021 Commercial Aircraft Deliveries Airbus and Boeing reported their full-year 2021 commercial aircraft deliveries this week, with both of the manufacturers seeing increases over 2020 delivery activity. Both OEMs plan on providing more details in…
CommercialThe 10 Most-Read Avionics International Articles of 2021 With just a few days remaining in 2021, we take a look back at our 10 most-read articles of 2021, a year in which new display-driven avionics technologies and electric vertical takeoff…
CommercialA320 Production, Supply Chain in Focus for Airbus Amid Commercial Recovery Higher commercial aircraft deliveries helped Airbus achieve a net income of €2.635 billion ($3.055 billion) for the first nine months of 2021 compared to the COVID-19 Pandemic-fueled €2.686 billion ($3.114 billion) loss the…
CommercialFrontier Airlines Adopts Airbus Skywise Health Monitoring on A320 Fleet Frontier Airlines is adopting Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) technology from Airbus across its fleet of A320neo aircraft, according to an Oct. 14 press release. SHM will give Frontier the ability to gather…
ConnectivityAir France to Operate Intelsat 2Ku In-Flight Connectivity on New Airbus A220s Air France will install Intelsat‘s 2Ku high-speed satellite In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service on 60 of its new A220-300 aircraft. Intelsat is equipping the aircraft now and will be ready to offer the full commercial…
ATM ModernizationALBATROSS to Demonstrate How 4DT Can Reduce CO2 Emissions on Air France Flights A new large-scale demonstration project involving Airbus, Air France and DSNA, the French Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) called "ALBATROSS," will demonstrate how the use of four-dimensional trajectory (4DT)-based operations can…
CommercialAirbus is Developing a New Enhanced Flight Vision System Option for A320s Airbus is developing a new enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for its A320 family of aircraft, that will eventually be adapted to other models, representatives from the aircraft manufacturer’s headquarters in Toulouse…
CommercialDelta Air Lines Expands Fleet with New Airbus A321neo Order Delta is continuing its 2021 fleet modernization strategy with a new agreement that will add 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft to its fleet. The aircraft are being converted from purchase rights into firm…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 1, 2021 Check out the Aug. 1 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
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