Business & GAThe Growing Importance Of IFE Support European airlines, like others worldwide, recognize how critical fully operational IFE equipment is to customer satisfaction. We learn, however, that various approaches exist to achieving nearly 100 percent systems reliability. The palpable…
Business & GAEditor's Note: Resolving NFF In this issue we unearth the challenges of both isolating the root causes and conceiving solutions for no fault found (NFF) (see story), a complex problem affecting operators, maintenance facilities and original…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: UAVs and the Regulatory Gap Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are a force to be reckoned with--not just by enemy troops. So despite its reservations, FAA is beginning to act. At a UAV event just before the Paris…
ATM ModernizationLPV or RNP: Which Way for Business Aviation Thales recently won an FAA award for up to 300 ILS systems, to be installed between 2007 and 2013. Many will replace older equipment, but at least 100 systems will provide precision…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Data Loader AIM recently introduced its EasyLOAD-615A, which allows avionics developers and engineers to perform target data loader operations over the communications ports on the company's avionics full-duplex Ethernet switch (AFDX)/ARINC 664…
Business & GAPeople Jeff Reid Executive Jet Management, Cincinnati, has named Jeff Reid to the new position of vice president of subcontract and vendor relations. He was a program manager for General Electric's e-business and…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Galileo: Satnav with a Difference Europe is building its own global satellite navigation system (GNSS), Galileo, which will offer accurate positioning and timing under civilian control. Galileo will be compatible with the two other existing satnav systems,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Pilatus’ Big Switch Based on its experience of fielding more than 250 aircraft by mid-1999, Swiss-based Pilatus Aircraft decided, in 2000, to redesign the cockpit of its single-engine PC-12 turboprop. The redesign included moving some…