Aircraft lessors’ concerns bubble up over antenna blisters
Aircraft lessors are growing increasingly concerned about how the equipage of satellite-supported broadband connectivity and live television... Continue Reading
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Airbus A380 door fix to be implemented shortly: airframer
Airbus A380 operators will soon begin retrofitting the super jumbo’s doors with new cover plates and seals, now that a fix to a micro crack ... Continue Reading
Larger crash test dummies will better reflect passenger size
Over the last year RGN has raised successive questions about the suitability of the current generation of airline seat safety certification.... Continue Reading
FAA’s adoption of space-based ADS-B is a near certainty: analyst
Raymond James analyst Chris Quilty, a long-time vocal supporter of Aireon, believes that despite the FAA’s own funding concerns for th... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Australian gov’t urges safe carriage of lithium batteries
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has produced a short educational video to help instruct travelers how to carry lithium ba... Continue Reading
Gulf carriers endorse taking tracking control away from pilots
Emirates airline boss Tim Clark’s suggestion that Malaysia Airlines flight 370 may not have ended in the Indian Ocean is certainly generatin... Continue Reading
Southwest proactive in replacing 737 cockpit displays
Southwest Airlines has replaced 20% of the Boeing 737 cockpit displays in its fleet that are subject to a new FAA airworthiness directive (A... Continue Reading
Many airlines still don’t have cyber security plan for EFBs
As aviation stakeholders, including Boeing and IATA, have grown louder about cyber security threats to airlines, new preliminary data from a... Continue Reading
Boeing urges airlines to be vigilant of cyber security threats
LONDON: Airline bosses ignore cyber security concerns at their peril, and must ensure that thorough mitigation plans are in place to deal wi... Continue Reading
Bird strike fears big enough to warrant serious FAA oversight
As news breaks that Airbus has been granted a French patent for onboard acoustic bird scaring technology, we’re reminded again about t... Continue Reading
Opinion: Aireon offers flight tracking to industry that craves redundancy
Redundancy. Redundancy. Redundancy. This is the aviation ethic demanded of virtually every aspect of flying, and should be demanded for airc... Continue Reading
Hawaiian is first up for SB Safety, but Cobham eyes all majors
This week the first airline customer rumored to take on Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service to transmit prioritized voice and ACARS/Future Air... Continue Reading
Air Canada enhances IFE options for visually impaired passengers
Air Canada is further enhancing the entertainment options available for its visually impaired passengers, after becoming the first airline i... Continue Reading
How Ryanair monitors health of Boeing 737s without ACARS
As airlines continue to grab news headlines for their adoption of various inflight connectivity solutions it’s easy to forget that, ou... Continue Reading
Inmarsat sees near-term adoption of SB Safety by airlines
Broadband connectivity in aviation is often discussed in terms of what it means for the airline passenger experience, but important work is ... Continue Reading
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