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February 11-12 Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China. Visit www.abace.aero. 11-15 Aero India 2009, Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India. Visit www.aeroindia.in. 22-24 Heli-Expo…

Business & GA

Avionics Focus Is Helo Safety

More than anything else, safety concerns are pushing developments and purchases in helicopter avionics as the commercial rotorcraft world focuses attention on slashing accident rates, especially among emergency medical service operators. To…

ATM Modernization

Avionics Driving Efficiency Gains

Buffeted by a volatile fuel market, financial meltdown and economic downturn, the world’s airlines are navigating through some very challenging conditions. After climbing back from six successive years of losses to post…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: On Wing And Prayer

It’s not often that I get to mention my favorite World War II aircraft in the pages of a 21st century technology magazine. So I was pleased when Marion C. Blakey, president…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Commercial ADS-B In Europe Equipping for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in European airspace will be mandatory starting in 2015 — five years earlier than in the United States — under the European…

ATM Modernization

People

Arsen Melconian Tecom Industries, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., appointed Arsen Melconian president. Melconian most recently was Tecom’s vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. He joined the company in 2002 as…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association, Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE), Hong Kong Business Aviation Center at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China. Visit www.abace.aero. 11-15 Aero India 2009,…

Commercial

Airline Uncertainty

The recession in the global economy is casting a shadow over the airline industry and its growth potential for the coming year. Despite sharply lower oil prices, economic stagnation threatens airlines’ delicate…