CommercialWizz Air Becomes First European Airline to Use SITAONAIR ACARS Over IP Wizz Air, a Budapest, Hungary-based operator of more than 100 Airbus A320s, has become Europe’s first airline to start using SITAONAIR’s aircraft communication, addressing and reporting system (ACARS) over Internet Protocol (IP),…
ConnectivitySmartSky Nabs New C-Suite to Oversee IFC Sales SmartSky Networks has created the new role of chief commercial officer and hired Nancy Walker to fill it. Walker will lead SmartSky's network-related sales and marketing efforts across sectors including business and commercial…
ConnectivityUS Air Force Gives IMT Vislink $1.4 M Video Datalink Contract xG Technology subsidiary IMT Vislink was awarded a $1.4 million order to supply airborne video downlink solutions to the U.S Air Force. The contract calls for the supply of transmit-and-receive systems, ground-based…
ConnectivityHoneywell Keeps Pilots Connected with New Satcom Systems Honeywell has introduced the Aspire 150 and Aspire 350 satellite communications systems to provide business jet, airline and helicopter operators with better connectivity choices. According to Honeywell, with Aspire 150 and 350,…
ConnectivitySitaonair, Teledyne Partner for Cellular ACARS Data Link Sitaonair and Teledyne Controls are partnering for “the aviation industry’s first-ever airline-integrated ACARS data link terrestrial cellular service,” according to Sitaonair. “Customers have been very interested to extend datalink functionality to Teledyne’s…