On 17 May the first section of the ACJ TwoTwenty arrived at Airbus’s A220 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mirabel, Canada. The arrival of this mid-fuselage section marks the start of the first Airbus corporate jet ever assembled in Canada
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has given Latitude Aero approval and designation as an EASA Part 145 Repair Station (EASA.145.6969)
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Latécoère Interconnection Systems (LIS) have signed a partnership agreement to develop ‘The ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor’. The partners say this is a unique IFE technology, which will available as a retrofit and cabin outfitting option before the end of the year
Qingdao Airlines has announced that it is fully committed to expanding and accelerating the deployment of high-speed inflight satellite internet across its aircraft fleet. IFEC supplier FTS notes it is seeing “more confidence, optimism and interest” from China’s domestic airlines on making long-term investments in inflight connectivity
Panasonic Avionics has unveiled a range of new and upcoming features for Arc, its 3D inflight moving map platform. The first round of new features include Arc for Young Explorers and OneMedia integration, with a map designer tool to follow
Astronics Corporation has received an STC from Transport Canada for ‘The Edge’, its latest aircraft cabin network platform that enables fully featured IFE. Onboard e-commerce experience company, LiFE in the Air, is now using The Edge platform to host its digital inflight systems
A critical milestone has been passed in the verification phase for Global Eagle’s Airconnect Ka IFC terminal, to be used with the Telesat Lightspeed low-earth orbit (LEO) network. The terminal enables fibre-quality connectivity on the LEO Network
SkyFive, an air-to-ground (ATG) provider for the aviation sector, has created an an independent sister company – SkyFive Inflight Connectivity (Beijing) – which is dedicated to developing a 5G ATG inflight connectivity solution for airlines in China
The aviation asset management division of ST Engineering has entered into an agreement with Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, to set up a 50:50 joint venture (JV) undertaking PTF aircraft leasing
Collins Aerospace’s Venue cabin management system (CMS) has had “a little work done”, including a new GUI that simplifies cabin control for passengers