Business & GA

Praxair, GE form Joint Venture for GE9X and LEAP Engines

[Avionics Today 01-22-2016] GE Aviation and Praxair Surface Technologies have entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture for the development, support and application of specialized coatings tailored for GE…

ATM Modernization

Play the Avionics News Quiz of January 22!

The 2015 yearly earnings reports are rolling in and it looks like U.S. Airlines (and airlines everywhere) are raking in the big bucks. Do you know why? Tell us in this weeks…

Business & GA

SEC Qualifies XTI’s Aircraft Program Crowdfunding Investments

Rendering of XTI’s TriFan 600 aircraft. Photo: XTI Aircraft Company [Avionics Today 01-22-2016] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has qualified the XTI Aircraft Company’s (XTI) crowdfunding campaign under Regulation A+, which…

Commercial

United to Invest $1.7 Billion in Fleet in 2016

[Avionics Today 01-21-2016] United Airlines expects to invest $1.7 billion into its commercial aircraft fleet in 2016, the airlines' executives told analysts and journalists during its 2015 fourth quarter earnings call on…

Business & GA

Honeywell’s GX Aviation Hardware Approved for Boeing 757

JetWave Hardware for GX Aviation installation on Honeywell Boeing 757 test aircraft. Photo: Honeywell [Avionics Today 01-21-2016] Honeywell Aerospace's JetWave wireless In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system has received U.S. FAA approval for the Boeing…

Business & GA

Textron Expands MRO Reach with Able Aerospace Acquisition

[Avionics Today 01-21-2016] Textron Aviation has completed the acquisition of Able Engineering & Component Services and Able Aerospace, an Arizona-based Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul company. Able provides component repairs, component exchanges and…