Don’t fret: your driver’s license is good at all airports until 2018
Scary headlines and misinformation about driver’s licenses from certain states no longer being accepted as valid forms of identification at ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: security
Love actually is all around us when we fly — if we create it
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport,” says Hugh Grant’s character at the... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Identity, aviation security and the response to terrorism
A dozen years ago, I wrote my Master of Arts dissertation on how to deter acts of terrorism. More than a decade later, I find myself revisit... Continue Reading
Beacon benefits need explaining to outweigh privacy concerns
Bluetooth beacons in airports and on aircraft are slowly starting to become a more mainstream concept, with several airports already impleme... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Political Race as Metrojet Probe Continues
Welcome to Episode 29 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Anthony Davis, a British broadcaster, aviation journalist and pri... Continue Reading
London Heathrow Terminal 2 has a long way to go
London Heathrow’s Terminal 2 — The Queen’s Terminal, as signs at the entrance trumpet — is the newest facility at LHR, opened in June 2014 a... Continue Reading
LATAM dishes details on Boeing 787 maintenance program
One of a new class of “e-enabled” aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s extensive system monitoring capabilities mean the twinjet can relay ... Continue Reading
US FAA seeks to shore up security of e-enabled aircraft
When Boeing was developing its 787 twinjet and 747-8 jumbo the US airframer had to demonstrate to the FAA that certain flight critical domai... Continue Reading
Kontron comes out loud and proud about wireless system security
News headlines about hackers trying to find vulnerabilities in inflight entertainment (IFE) and communications systems on board aircraft may... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Passenger Personalization and Data Rationalization
Welcome to Episode 25 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Nigel Pickford, who serves as director of marketing operations an... Continue Reading
Aerospace focuses more funding on cybersecurity in face of threats
Organizations are in a continual struggle to balance business-as-usual activities against investing in innovation. This is especially so in ... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Hacker Claims and Inflight Games
Welcome to Episode 24 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Dominic Green, executive VP, Americas at Inflight Dublin, which i... Continue Reading
Boeing, IFE experts hit back at hacker claims in FBI report
Boeing and IFE experts are hitting back at claims in a FBI report that suggest security researcher Chris Roberts hacked an inflight entertai... Continue Reading
FAA to establish aircraft cyber security working group
The US Federal Aviation Administration is establishing a new industry working group to provide guidance on how to bolster aircraft cyber sec... Continue Reading
Gogo no longer issuing fake Google SSL certificates
Inflight Wi-Fi service provider Gogo is no longer issuing fake Google.com web certificates to block YouTube and preserve bandwidth. “Yes, I ... Continue Reading
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