By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Lori Ranson
U.S. first-quarter earnings are typically a non-event, but not this year. Editors look ahead to updates from airlines and OEMs and share what they will be watching for.
Bell has previously secured certification for an increased gross weight in several countries but has never managed to obtain approval with the U.S. FAA or EASA.
Transcendent Aerospace is reviving its very light jet as a cost-effective, optionally piloted drone interceptor, targeting interest from the Middle East and India.
PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by Air Canada to supply Astrova IFE solution for retrofit on 19 A321s (first install completed) in addition for line-fit on 67 aircraft on order: 23 A220-300s, 30 A321XLRs and 14 787-10s.
THINKOM was approved by SES for its ThinAir Ka2517 terminal for the SES Open Orbits network satellite fleet; certified terminal is part of an integration package from RAVE AEROSPACE that includes ModMan with dual modem capabilities.
GEVEN, Italy was selected by flyadeal, Saudi Arabia to supply Comoda AQ premium economy seats (14 per shipset) for 10 A330-900s on order. China's JIATAI was selected to supply the economy class seats (406 per shipset).
TCI AIRCRAFT INTERIORS (as primary system integrator), TÜRKSAT and NEO SPACE GROUP signed tri-party agreement to establish a collaborative framework for next-gen inflight connectivity, initially for Turkish aviation market.
