Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Business & GA

navAero EFB Awarded EASA STC

NavAero was awarded an EASA supplemental type certificate for its tBag C22 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system on Airbus A330-200/200F/300 series aircraft. The deployed architecture consists of cross-connected dual tBag C22 EFBs with the…

Commercial

Air China Trials Gogo IFE System

Gogo on Friday said it has reached an agreement to provide a trial of its wireless in-flight entertainment equipment on Air China. The first live trial on a commercial flight was conducted…

Business & GA

CAE Signs Pact with Qatar Airways Subsidiary

CAE, of Montreal, entered into a long-term agreement with Qatar Executive, Qatar Airways' corporate jet subsidiary, for pilot training services on the Bombardier Global Express XRS (GEX) and the Bombardier Challenger 605.…

Business & GA

G650 Awarded FAA Provisional Type Certificate

Gulfstream's Gulfstream G650 received FAA provisional type certificate (PTC), the manufacturer announced Friday. The certification clears the way for the company to begin interior completions of the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jet in preparation…

Business & GA

Raytheon Awarded ADAS Contract

Raytheon has been awarded a $14.6 million contract to develop new image processing technology for the Advanced Distributed Aperture System. ADAS is a multispectral technology that gives helicopter pilots 360-degree situational awareness,…

Commercial

Etihad Selects Panasonic IFE in $1 Billion Deal

Etihad Airways selected in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems from Panasonic Avionics, of Lake Forest, Calif., for the carrier's entire long-haul fleet of wide-body aircraft, in a transaction worth more than $1 billion at list prices.…

Commercial

Qatar Airlines Launch Customer for Boeing EFF

Boeing said Wednesday Qatar Airways will be the launch customer for its Electronic Flight Folder (EFF) software appliation. The carrier will install the EFF on their entire fleet of Boeing 777s, making…

Business & GA

CAE to Provide King Air 350i Training in Australia

Montreal-based CAE said Thursday it will deploy a new CAE 5000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) in the Melbourne, Australia, area in the first half of 2012 for training pilots and maintenance technicians…