- Qantas Launches iPad App for the Qantas Magazine[Feb. 29, 2012]
Qantas today announced the launch of its new iPad app - a digital edition of the Qantas in-flight magazine Qantas The Australian Way.
- Airbus Operates First I4-D Flight[Feb. 10, 2012]
Airbus has successfully completed the world's first test flight utilizing I4-D air traffic management technology. This technology results in lower carbon emissions and shorter, smoother flights, goals that are in line with the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative.
- Obama Signs Bill Modernizing Aviation System[Feb. 14, 2012]
President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday that modernizes the nation's aviation system, speeding up the nation's switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology. The law also opens up the skies to military, commercial and privately-owned unmanned drones.
- Roving Robotic Scarecrows Battle Airport Birds[Feb. 08, 2012]
It sounds like something out of a Marvel Comic: an atomic research institute and a weapons manufacturer team up to create a new robot.
- Capital Airlines Offers Flight Search via Weibo[Feb. 07, 2012]
Capital Airlines, the Beijing-based carrier, has promoted a flight search system via Weibo - microblogging. Passengers can get access to their flight status through Weibo.
- Congress Passes FAA Bill That Speeds Switch to GPS[Feb. 06, 2012]
A bill to speed the nation's switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology, and to open U.S. skies to unmanned drone flights within four years, received final congressional approval Monday.
- Airbus ProSky Offers Integrated Airport Surface Management for Air Traffic Controllers[Feb. 05, 2012]
Airports strive for ever more eco-efficient ground operations including safe taxiway routing for pilots, all-weather guidance between the terminal gate and the runway, and control of aircraft and vehicles. Airbus ProSky is responding to this demand by complementing its Air Traffic Management (ATM) offerings with a powerful airport surface management system (SMAN) for Air Traffic Control centres worldwide.
- Singapore: T3 Electric Vehicles Set to Ply Changi Airport[Jan. 31, 2012]
T3 Motion says it has been awarded Singapore Police Department's contract for 12 T3 Electric Stand-up Vehicles. The vehicles will be used for Changi Airport patrol initiatives.
- Qantas Customers Experience World First Entertainment Technology[Feb. 01, 2012]
Qantas Airways has commenced its Q Streaming pilot and Qantas customers are the first in the world to experience this ground-breaking inflight WIFI entertainment technology.
- Takeoffs of Tomorrow[Feb. 01, 2012]
Imagine flying in 2025. You take a taxi to the airport, carrying only a small suitcase or a handbag. Upon arrival, you walk directly to the boarding gate - no check-in, no security check and no emigration procedures. When you land on the other side of the Earth after more than 10 hours on the flight, you just stroll out of the airport, jump in a taxi and head to your hotel, where your luggage is waiting. Hard to believe? Actually, this is a blueprint for the flying experience of tomorrow, described in The Airport of The Future, a white paper by CAP Strategic Research Ltd. The report predicts airports in 2025 will speed up security checks, forbid checked-in luggage, simplify emigration and immigration procedures, operate 24 hours and have no shops - only showrooms.