Mobility

A passenger onboard a recent bmi flight from Chicago to Manchester, England, became the first commercial airline passenger to have an electrocardiogram in flight with data from the procedure transmitted via satellite to physicians on the ground. Stephen Clarke was traveling on bmi when he experienced chest pains. Receiving the images via satellite, physicians in...

Boeing has already launched its Connexion system for broadband communications to business aircraft, and at the Farnborough Air Show last month presented its development as a commercial system for the world’s airlines. It will be operational in US airspace in the fourth quarter of next year, and elsewhere in the world on a phased roll-out...

A new study from Mountain View, Calif.-based Frost & Sullivan titled "World Airport Ground Equipment Markets" envisions a huge market for GPS-based landing systems. The study says that the biggest world market growth will be in the Asia-Pacific region. "Countries like Indonesia and Malaysia have seen a growth in the middle class which contributes to...