Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Peter Skaves, chief scientist and technical advisor for advanced avionics for the Federal Aviation Administration gives some of the agency's latest guidance on how commercial airlines can protect connected systems onboard. The episode features the presentation Skaves gave during the recent Global Connected Aircraft Summit's Cabin Chats 2020 progra...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Bethany Davis, director of flight innovation and advanced flight deck for Gulfstream Aerospace discusses some of the new technologies featured on their newest G700 long-range business jet, in-flight connectivity and future avionics technologies among other topics. Gulfstream first unveiled the G700 in 2019 and expects to make its first customer de...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature an interactive roundtable session from the second installment of the Global Connected Aircraft Summit's 2020 "Cabin Chats" series that occurred Sept. 22-24. Daniel Iriarte, a member of the Onboard Product-WiFi/IFE team at Aeromexico, joined a panel discussion moderated by Mark Holmes, editorial director for Via Satellite, and other gues...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Daniel Welch, a senior consultant with Valour Consultancy, discusses all of latest updates around in-flight connectivity equipage updates, aircraft groundings and future prospects for commercial airlines around the world. Valour Consultancy recently published an update to its connectivity tracker for the second quarter, and Welch provides perspect...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we learn how airlines and aerospace manufacturers are adopting the use of data science workstations to develop task-specific machine learning models with Geoffrey Levene, Director, Global Business Development for Data Science and Space at NVIDIA. In a May 7 blog , NVIDIA, one of the world’s largest suppliers of graphics process units and computer...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we discuss a recent study on the risks of in-flight COVID-19 transmissions with Arnold Barnett, a professor of management science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  Barnett recently published a study using recent flight, COVID-19 positive cases and other data and research results to approximate the probability that an air travele...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature a presentation given by Tomal Sohorab, Manager of Cargo solutions, Air Canada Cargo during the first installment of the Global Connected Aircraft Cabin Chats web series that occurred in June.  Sohorab provides some perspective on how the airline has used bluetooth technology, connectivity and specialized sensors to establish an Internet...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature the public debut of a pre-recorded presentation on aircraft network security and predictive maintenance at Las Vegas-based low cost airline Allegiant. The presentation was given by their managing director of engineering, Ankit Nanda during the first installment of the Global Connected Aircraft Cabin Chats that took place in June. This i...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Bryan Del Monte, founder of the Aviation Agency, joins the podcast to provide some perspective on the outlook for the US airline industry as operators continue to navigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Del Monte, a former Pentagon official and economist, analyzes how US airlines have used the federal government bailout package they received...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Nate Klenke of Duncan Aviation joins the podcast to discuss their recent free in-flight entertainment and connectivity trial initiative for business jet operators. Klenke also provides some perspective on what it’s like to install and modify business jets during a global pandemic, and gives an inside the maintenance hangar view on connectivity usa...

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Richard Koe, managing director, WINGX Advance GmbH provides insights into what the up and down global flight activity in July across business and commercial aviation means for the industry’s COVID-19 recovery.  According to WINGX`s weekly global market tracker, global business aviation traffic saw an overall 20 percent decline compared to 2019, an...

On this episode, we’re joined by Tyler Stubblefield, vice president of flight operations for XOJET. Stubblefield provides some perspective on how business aviation operators such as XOJET have seen new interest in private air travel amid the drastic changes to the way commercial airlines operate due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. XOJET has also adjusted cleaning processes and logistics for arriv...

On this episode, we're joined by Daniel Baker, CEO of FlightAware.  FlightAware operates the world's largest flight tracking and data platform. Baker provides insights on how air traffic is slowly starting to go back up since the lowest levels that occurred in April and May due to COVID-19 pandemic related air travel restrictions.  Baker also explains how FlightAware is introducing new artificial...

Jet It is a business aviation operator launched in 2018 that operates a fleet of HondaJet Elite aircraft and has introduced a unique business model to the private travel market. The company uses days rather than hours to sell shares of aircraft to customers, and this allows owners to only pay for the direct operating costs of the aircraft. That equates to $1,600 an hour. Jet It currently operates...

During the 2020 Global Connected Aircraft Cabin Chats series, Azman Ahmad, GM Product Management, Saudia Airlines, joined program chair Mark Holmes for a discussion on how he sees the airline passenger experience changing amid the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Saudia’s in-flight entertainment offerings include more than 4,000 hours of content and the airline also features IFEC manag...

On this episode, we’re joined by Thomas Rehrberg, head of airports and airlines business for Nokia Enterprise. Rehrberg provides an overview of how 5G works and what its enabling elements across various segments of the aviation industry. The airports division of Nokia Enterprise has already deployed a 5G private wireless network at Brussels Airport in partnership with Belgian mobile operator Citym...

On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft Podcast, we caught up with Jean-François Parent, head of engineering and chief engineer for the Airbus Canada Limited Partnership’s A220 program. The chief engineer explains how the A220 and all Airbus airliners are designed to prevent air contamination under normal operating conditions. When at cruising altitudes, the cabin air is a mix of fresh ai...

On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft Podcast, we caught up with Scott Borton, director of national air logistics for Quest Diagnostics, one of the leading medical lab services companies in the United States. In addition to the medical labs and patient locations managed by the company, Quest Diagnostics also operates a fleet of 25 total aircraft, including the Pilatus PC-12, Beech B58 B...

On this episode, we caught up with Max Conrady, Senior Vice President Cargo, Fraport AG to discuss what it’s like to manage air cargo operations at one of Europe’s busiest airports during a global pandemic. While the travel restrictions from the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus have caused a dramatic reduction in the number of passenger flights occurring right now, the volume of air cargo oper...

On this episode, we caught up with Luuk van Dijk, co-founder of Zürich, Switzerland-based startup and provider of autonomous flight control technology, Daedalean. On April 1, 2020, Daedalean and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) jointly published a report entitled, “Concepts of Design Assurance for Neural Networks.” The report is the result of 10 months of work between EASA and Daedalean....

On this bonus episode, we feature some of the unreleased interviews from our recent coverage of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic's impact on various segments of the aviation industry. Guests and speakers on this episode include the following: Ed Bastian, chief executive, Delta Air Lines Paul Jacobson, chief financial officer, Delta Air Lines Richard Koe, managing director, WINGX Advance GmbH Glen...

On the fourth and final episode of this new four-part podcast series, we feature discussions with connectivity professionals on various aspects of how the COVID-19 coronavirus global pandemic is impacting aviation. Guests on this episode include the following: Tom Schmutz, CEO, Flyht Aerospace Solutions Ltd. Mike Pigott, Senior Vice President Connectivity Solutions, Global Eagle Entertainment Jaso...

On the third of this new four-part podcast series, we discuss some solutions that can help operators work through the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus global pandemic. Guests on this episode include the following: Nicole Noack, head of the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance (IAMA) Val Miftakhov, founder and CEO, ZeroAvia Harvey Meharry, Chief Pilot, Flight Department Manager, Southern Mult...

On the second of this new four-part podcast series, we discuss the operational impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus global pandemic on business aviation. Guests on this episode include: Ian Moore, Chief Commercial Officer, VistaJet Per Marthinsson, Founder and EVP, Avinode Group Peter Antonenko, COO, Jetcraft Have suggestions or topics we should focus on in the next episode? Email th...

On the first of this new four-part podcast series, we discuss the economic and operational impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the commercial airline industry. Guests on this episode include: Brian Pearce, chief economist, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Mike Blades, Vice President of Aerospace, Defense, and Security Americas Region, Frost & Sullivan Timothy Kuder,...