Cabin Interior and Electronics
News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Live tv coming to the oceanic bizjet cabin
Live tv over the ocean? It’s not possible today, and traditional direct broadcast satellite television providers are unlikely to have a business model for
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Ericsson Decides To Join Airborne Cellphone Fray
Mobile phone maker Ericsson jumped into the race to supply hardware that will enable passengers to use their cellphones aboard aircraft after takeoff.
Regulations and Government
House Panel Opposes Airborne Cellphones
Bipartisan members of the House aviation subcommittee agreed with chairman Rep.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aviation Software for Cellphones
Smartsoft recently released Flight WTK 2.1, a new version of weight-and-balance software for cellphones that support Java scripts.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Small business jets could get SwiftBroadband, too
With all the recent talk about airline passengers surfing the Web from the comfort of their seats (and perhaps at some point in the future even being permi
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Midcoast Finds anOpening, Creates Door To Fit
Midcoast Aviation has a new supplemental type certificate for a solid-surface pocket door for the Falcon 900 and Falcon 900EX.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Blue Sky Network Approved for Airshow 4000
Rockwell Collins has issued a service information letter approving Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite phone system as a qualified data channel for its Ai
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Emteq To Merge Cabin and Lighting under One Roof
Emteq of Milwaukee is consolidating its aerospace cabin and lighting companies into a single facility at New Berlin, Wis., effective November 1.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
SkyLink Broadband Coming to Europe and the Middle East
Arinc Direct, which showcased its SkyLink satellite broadband service on two Gulfstreams at the Paris Air Show earlier this summer, expects to go active in
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Atlantic Aero Interiors Operation
Atlantic Aero of Greensboro, N.C., expanded its FBO and maintenance/mod operation recently to include aircraft interior completion and refurbishment.
Security
Justice Voices Anti-terrorismConcerns over In-flight Use of Cellphones
Even as a half-dozen companies are rushing to get FAA approval for systems that will allow the in-flight use of personal cellphones on business aircraft, o
Cabin Interior and Electronics
DunnAir CompletionStart-up Gets FAA Approval
DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center has received its repair station certificate from the FAA.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Completions Center Acquires Avhar
Executive Aircraft Completions, a Tulsa, Okla.-based interior design and engineering firm, has acquired Avhar Services of San Antonio.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
MRO Profile: Montreal Jet Center
Although business aviation was still recovering from the effects of 9/11 in 2003, two Quebec companies–DEM Capital and Elisen Technologies–decided
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Premier/West Star Goes for Gulfstreams
Premier/West Star has launched a Gulfstream program that, in addition to minor and major inspections and repairs and avionics service, will include exterio
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Lufthansa Technik Carving a Bigger Market Share
The hangars at Lufthansa Technik are filling rapidly with new jobs, and there are more to come.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Honeywell’s Ovation C Managing Gulfstream G150 Cabin
Gulfstream Aerospace has selected the Honeywell Ovation C series cabin management system for its new G150.
The Ovation C features new, light
The Ovation C features new, light
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Midcoast Aviation–Big and Getting Bigger
Midcoast Aviation of Cahokia, Ill., has plans to build a new $9 million, 115,000-sq-ft hangar and has added more than 160 employees in the last year.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
In the Beginning, BCI Jets Launches Genesis
Chicago-based BCI Jets recently launched “Genesis by BCI Jets,” a program to acquire high-value aircraft and convert them to an executive interior for resa
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Pure Water at Indianapolis Jet Center
In an age of global travel, pure water that is free of microorganisms is a major concern.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
DeCrane not Taking a Back Seat
DeCrane Aircraft Seating has announced a patent on core technology around which a new line of lightweight 9-g and 16-g executive single and double passenge
Cabin Interior and Electronics
How Does a HUD Work?
As far as pilots are concerned, the head-up display may as well consist of the HUD combiner glass and little else, because that is about all they see.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Special Report: Cabin Electronics
For a long time–too long some say–the industry has been struggling to give passengers on corporate aircraft the same business and entertainment tools at 41
Cabin Interior and Electronics
CES Offers Glimpse of Future Cabin Tech
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month lived up to its reputation as a playground for tech lovers, with more than 2,500 companies show
Aircraft
Elliott offers King Air upgrade
Elliott Aviation has introduced an interior upgrade kit that it says can morph that aging King Air 200 cabin into the equivalent of that of a new [but larg
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Arinc bringing SkyLink service to more aircraft
Look for Arinc’s SkyLink high-speed-data satcom service to start showing up in a wider range of airplane types now that an exclusive agreement with Gulfstr
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Satcom Direct hones service mix with new calling options
If you routinely fly aboard a business jet with an onboard Inmarsat satcom system, chances are you’ve heard of a Florida company called Satcom Direct.
Charter & Fractional
HeliExpo06: EXPO News at a glance
New Engine for AStars
Canada’s Heli-Lynx helicopter services delivered two AS 350BA AStars powered by the Hone
Aircraft
Renovation Hardware
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