Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Rockwell Collins’s Venue cabin management and HD entertainment system was selected by Sabena Technics for installation aboard a Boeing BBJ. The updated BBJ cabin will feature HD monitors and digital audio throughout the aircraft for watching Blu-ray disc movies and other high-resolution content, such as real-time flight information from Rockwell Collins’s Airshow 3-D moving map. These features are built upon a fiber-optic backbone that ensures maximum system availability and enough bandwidth to integrate the latest consumer technologies.

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.

Sabena Selects Collins Venue Cabin-management System for BBJ

The updated BBJ cabin will feature HD monitors and digital audio throughout the aircraft.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Jessica Reed

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

About 2,400 aircraft still operate on Gogo’s legacy air-to-ground network

Gogo Plots Course for Airborne Connectivity Upgrades

Matt Thurber

Fiber-optic backbone enables easy upgrades on any size aircraft

Innovative Advantange Introduces Four-slot AVDS Node

Five configurations are available and they fit in round or square installations

True Blue Power Bumps USB Charger Power to 45 Watts

Standalone monitors can be installed without a full Venue cabin management system

Collins Venue Smart Monitors Come with Built-in Airshow 

Demand remains strong for high-speed satcom services

Metrojet Engineering Is 1st Asia-Pacific Starlink Dealer

System includes an electronically steered antenna, power supply, and router

Textron Aviation Offers Starlink Systems on Citation X

Unit also offers 3G/4G cellular connectivity and Wi-Fi

Skytrac Adds First Iridium Certus DLS-140 STC

Curt Epstein

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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