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Honeywell’s IntuVue RDR-7000 scans automatically from ground level to 60,000 feet and identifies turbulence, hail, lightning and windshear without the manual tilt and gain adjustment legacy radars required. The company’s case for it rests less on detection range than on what it removes from the pilot’s workload. WHAT OLDER RADARS ASKED OF THE CREW […]
The FAA has announced 238 Airport Improvement Program grants worth nearly $615 million across 42 states and two territories. Analysis of the agency’s published grant tables shows the award is the fifth of six announcements this fiscal year, taking the FY2026 programme past $2.6 billion – and that 43 per cent of the grants are
A weather systems contract signed with Indonesia’s meteorological agency in 2024 has cleared its financing condition and will now proceed, covering automated observing systems at eight airports, wind shear alerting at four, and a volcanic ash dispersion capability for a country with an estimated 80 active volcanoes. A CONTRACT THAT WAITED TWO YEARS FOR ITS
Atlantic Aerodrome, a privately developed general aviation and turboprop facility approximately 40 minutes from Cape Town, will open with a grooved asphalt runway, full LED lighting for 24-hour operations and a planned GNSS instrument approach, designed in accordance with ICAO Annex 14 and SACAA Part 139 standards. THE RUNWAY MAKES THE CONCEPT A new
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced 339 Airport Infrastructure Grants totalling $870 million to airports in 44 states and two territories, led by $289 million to Los Angeles International Airport for a terminal access road. The award falls in the fifth and final year of the programme’s authorised funding under the 2021 infrastructure statute that
The Federal Aviation Administration has set out its full deployment roadmap for Mobile Clearance, the digital departure clearance capability allowing general and business aviation pilots to request IFR clearances through ForeFlight and Garmin applications, with evaluation ending in February 2027 and nationwide deployment following — a decade after concept development began with MITRE in 2016.
Stuttgart Airport has received the ACI Europe Eco-Innovation Award for its efforts to electrify apron operations, supporting its long-term objective of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. ACI EUROPE RECOGNISES ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY Stuttgart Airport has been awarded the ACI Europe Eco-Innovation Award in recognition of its programme to electrify aircraft turnaround operations. The
Aviator Airport Alliance has appointed Minna Virmajoki as Managing Director of its Finnish operations following her tenure as Interim Managing Director and Finance Director. Operational leadership in Finland Aviator Airport Alliance has appointed Minna Virmajoki as Managing Director of Aviator Finland. Virmajoki joined the company in 2023 as Finance Director and most recently served as
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Baltic Ground Services has begun providing ground handling and fueling services for Arkia Israeli Airlines’ direct Vilnius–Tel Aviv flights, expanding its operations at Vilnius Airport. Baltic Ground Services has commenced ground handling and into-plane fueling services for Arkia Israeli Airlines’ direct flights between Vilnius and Tel Aviv, marking the airline’s entry into the Lithuanian market.
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Montreal-based aviation technology company stratosX appoints former Southwest Airlines executives Matt Hafner and Charles Cunningham to support development of AI-enabled airline recovery operations technology. Montreal-based startup strengthens leadership team as airlines face growing operational disruption challenges MONTREAL – Canadian aviation technology company stratosX has appointed former Southwest Airlines executives Matt Hafner and Charles Cunningham to
