CommercialSabrewing Finds First Customer for Cargo EVTOLs in Alaska The aviation industry’s first commercial purchase for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will enable cargo carrying missions between mainland Alaska and the St. Paul and St. George islands under a…
Business & GAViking Looks to Modernize Aerial Firefighting Avionics Three years after acquiring the aircraft model type certificates, Viking Air Limited is looking to modernize the cockpits of in-service and in-production Canadair aerial firefighting aircraft. Under a newly launched avionics upgrade…
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…
ConnectivitySix Avionics Things You’ll Learn at the 2019 Aerospace Technology Week On March 12, 2019, Europe’s biggest aviation electronics conference and exhibition, Aerospace Technology Week, returns to Munich in a new format, with more exhibitors and speakers than ever before. The two-day…
CommercialBoeing Adds Foreflight to Growing Aircraft Services Portfolio Boeing completed its acquisition of aviation application maker ForeFlight, adding another major offering to its growing portfolio of digital aircraft services. A representative for Boeing’s Global Services division confirmed that the…
CommercialUniversal Avionics Names Dror Yahav New CEO Dror Yahav will take over as the chief executive for Universal Avionics, the Elbit Systems subsidiary announced on the first day of Heli Expo 2019. Yahav, who currently serves as vice president…
ConnectivityEASA Proposes New Aircraft Cybersecurity Certification Amendments The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is proposing new cybersecurity amendments to the way aircraft electronic networks and systems are certified. Under the new amendments, manufacturers and operators seeking certification of new…
ConnectivityMore ADS-B Please! Quite a lot, it turns out. Many airlines still have yet to equip their full fleet of aircraft to comply with the European and U.S. 2020 deadlines. The percentage of U.S. registered…