CommercialAir Wisconsin Airlines to Upgrade CRJ Fleet with Envoy Data Link System Air Wisconsin Airlines, the regional subsidiary of United Airlines, will install the Envoy data link system onboard it's fleet of Bombardier CRJ aircraft, under a new deal that includes ongoing co-development activities…
ATM ModernizationNew SESAR Project to Test Nokia 4G/5G Connectivity for Controller to Pilot Data Communications A new research initiative funded by a European government-industry consortium will use Nokia’s 4G and 5G wireless network infrastructure to test new wireless network technologies for commercial airline controller to pilot data…
Business & GAIndustry May See Increased FANS 1/A Business to Meet Jan. 30 Deadline Taking its cue from a National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) warning in May, 2017, Canada-based Latitude Technologies said in a Tweet this week that business aviation "crews will increasingly discover that non-FANS…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol to Keep CPDLC ‘Black List’ Avionics Policy in Place Long-Term Eurocontrol recently changed the way operators apply for classification of their aircraft to the operations ready list for the use of controller to pilot data link communications (CPDLC) in certain areas of…
ATM ModernizationFlight Tests of LDACS Prototype Under Way in Germany Engineers and pilots at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are the world’s first aerospace industry researchers to flight test a prototype L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS), which could become a key…
ATM ModernizationEasyJet’s New A320 First Equipped to Fly 4D Flights EasyJet is the first European airline that will start operating aircraft equipped with avionics capable of enabling 4D initial trajectory sharing, a future navigation concept proposed to help air navigation service providers…
ATM ModernizationFAA Shutdown Already Delaying Data Comm Transition to En Route Airspace The U.S. federal government partial shutdown is already delaying the FAA’s ability to stay on schedule with the deployment of air traffic controller-to-pilot digital messaging technology in high altitude airspace. Data Comm…
ATM ModernizationEurope’s Aircraft Data Link Service Network is Improving In August, the number of times aircraft flying in European airspace lost connectivity with data-link ground stations dropped to the lowest number since the stations were first implemented. Data reported by the Single…