ATM ModernizationNorth Atlantic Track System Policy to Change Below 33,000 Feet Next Month Operators flying at or below FL330 (33,000 feet) between Europe and North America will be able to file flight plans outside of the North Atlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) system starting March…
CommercialAirbus VP of Research & Technology Talks Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Hydrogen By the end of 2021, for all customers receiving aircraft from Airbus’s final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was incorporated in the delivery process. “In the future, we’re…
CommercialFrontier and Spirit Airlines Reach Merger Agreement to Become Fifth Largest US Airline Frontier and Spirit Airlines have reached a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine—if approved by regulators—to establish the fifth largest airline in the U.S. The two low-cost carriers…
ATM ModernizationNUAIR and Sagetech Avionics Partner for Detect-and-Avoid Technology Testing Aerospace technology company Sagetech Avionics and New York-based nonprofit NUAIR created a new partnership to run tests on two of Sagetech’s developments, their Detect and Avoid solutions and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
CommercialFAA, Aviation Industry Continues Research on 5G C-Band Interference Issues and Next Steps U.S. aviation industry leadership and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are still researching and adding to their understanding of how the new deployment of 5G C-Band services impact the performance of fixed…
AI & AutonomyIntuVue RDR-84K Radar System Demonstrates Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid Capability Honeywell Aerospace recently put its RDR-84K radar system to the test to demonstrate its autonomous detect-and-avoid capabilities. A drone piloted by the IntuVue RDR-84K radar was able to avoid an unforeseen “intruder”…
CommercialPODCAST: IEEE's David Witkowski Talks 5G C-Band and Aircraft Radio Altimeter Interference On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, we discuss the ongoing work between the aviation and telecommunication industries regarding the deployment of 5G C-Band services and the associated interference issues…
CommercialEthiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX Resumes Flight Operations Ethiopian Airlines has returned its Boeing 737 MAX to regular passenger-carrying operations nearly three years after the African carrier's fatal accident that led to a 19-month grounding of the aircraft model. On…