30 April 2010

Canada's Jazz Air orders 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen Turboprop Airliners

Jazz Air of Halifax, Nova Scotia has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has taken options on an additional 15 Q400 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price for the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately $454 million US and could increase to

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Honeywell's Inertial Navigation System selected as standard equipment on Airbus

Honeywell released that its Air Data Inertial Reference System (ADIRS), which provides navigational data, has become the standard inertial reference system for the Airbus A320, A330/A340 and A380 family of aircraft. The ADIRS provides critical flight control and navigation information to multiple aircraft systems by autonomously tracking aircraft motion. ADIRS’ advanced navigation accuracy is a

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New SwiftBroadband class for smaller aircraft

Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, is introducing a new class of its SwiftBroadband service. SwiftBroadband 200 (SB200) is designed to extend the benefits of Inmarsat services to smaller aircraft and provide a more cost-effective solution for IP communications for aircraft operators. Available in the footprint of all three I-4 satellites,

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TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola order two 777-300ERs

Boeing and Angola’s TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola (Angola Airlines) announced the airline ordered two 777-300ERs (Extended Range) in a deal that also includes purchase rights for two additional 777-300ER jetliners. The two 777-300ERs are valued at approximately $544 million at list prices. The order originally was posted as unidentified on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries

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