CommercialNational Aviation Day: Looking Back at How Boeing Integrated the 787's Avionics Systems In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation designating August 19 as National Aviation Day to commemorate the Wright Brothers' first flight completed in 1903. As the aviation industry celebrates the…
CommercialPODCAST: Air Canada 787 Pilot Talks Aero HygenX and Autonomous Aircraft Disinfection On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, JP Floyd, Air Canada 787 Pilot and Senior Director of Compliance and Standards for Aero HygenX, joins to discuss autonomous aircraft disinfection technology. Aero…
CommercialEtihad is Bringing Jeppesen FliteDeck Advisor to Boeing 787 Fleet Etihad Airways is giving pilots of its Boeing 787 fleet a flight optimization tool, Jeppesen’s FliteDeck Advisor, that the Middle East carrier expects to help reduce fuel consumption on a per-flight basis.…
CommercialBoeing Awaits FAA Decision on Requirements for In-Service 787s Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told investors Wednesday during the company’s second-quarter earnings call that any decision related to a requirement for in-service 787s to be modified—after a manufacturing flaw was recently discovered…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - July 18, 2021 Check out the July 18 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.…
CommercialQatar Airways to Upgrade Boeing 787-8 In-flight Entertainment Systems Qatar Airways is upgrading the cabin in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems across its fleet of in-service Boeing 787-8s. The upgrade will feature the installation of the Thales AVANT IFE system in the Middle…