Space launch can grow alongside aviation
Despite the understandable lull in current commercial aviation activity, anticipated increases in the frequency of space launches will soon require… Read More »
Business Jet Owners Holding On To Their Airplanes
Business jets like the Hawker 850XP are proving to be extremely valuable to their owners. When the Great Recession hit… Read More »
Embry-Riddle, GE Aviation Team Up to Enhance Flight Analytics and Aviation Safety Education
Airlines, the military and many significant corporate aviation operations use flight data monitoring to detect conditions outside of normal, predetermined… Read More »
Brussels Airlines to cut workforce by 25% and remove 16 aircraft
Brussels Airlines is reducing the number of aircraft in its fleet by 30% and slashing its workforce by a quarter… Read More »
American pilot dies after humanitarian group aircraft crashes in Papua
The plane took off from Sentani airport in Jayapura at 6:27 a.m. local time and the pilot made a distress… Read More »
BOC Aviation signs 737 Max 8 leaseback with Southwest Airlines
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has signed a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines for 10 Boeing 737 Max… Read More »
Avianca Holdings files for bankruptcy
According to simplefying.com Avianca Holdings, the parent company of Avianca has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States…. Read More »
Airflow inside aircraft only from top to bottom, not front-back or left-righ
When flights resume and you take to the skies again, do not panic when someone on the rows ahead or… Read More »
Nepal Airlines seeks funding for its domestic fleet
Nepal Airlines is requesting government funding to finance a new fleet of aircraft for its local regional operations. The airline… Read More »
Mitsubishi to complete CRJ project acquisition in june
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will formally acquire Bombardier’s regional jet programme on June 1, nearly 12 months after the deal was… Read More »
Qatar Airlines Demands Training Repayment From Fired Pilot
Qatar Airlines has demanded $162,000 in training expenses from a young pilot released without explanation from her job earlier this… Read More »
FAA establishes spaceport office to support growing number of launch sites
WASHINGTON – As the Federal Aviation Administration licenses another commercial spaceport, it has formally opened an office to address the… Read More »
Asiana Airlines Enforces Its Pilots to Fly A380 Airplanes with No Passengers for Their Pilot Qualifications
Asiana Airlines will finally flew airplane without passengers to make its supersize A380 pilots maintain their qualifications. A380 pilots have… Read More »
FAA: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) does not comply with ICAO safety standards
The U.S. FAA announced that the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been assigned a Category 2 safety rating… Read More »
Bombardier Sees Luxury-Jet Demand Crumbling at Least 30%
Bombardier Inc. is bracing for a drop of at least 30% in sales of private jets — the heart of… Read More »
Mitsubishi Heavy sees up to ¥70 billion impairment loss on jet business
The expected loss stemming from the write-down of the goodwill and other assets of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ jet business reflects… Read More »
Atlas Air gives pilots pay increase on heels of Q1 growth
Contract cargo airline and aircraft lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings beat analyst expectations with adjusted net income of $29.9 million,… Read More »
Private jets industry wrecked; only 5% fleet flying, 40% aircraft to remain grounded after lockdown
The nationwide lockdown has crippled the business aviation sector over the past two months. With the government restrictions on flying… Read More »
Grand Rapids woman pleads guilty to interfering with flight crew on airplane
U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced this week that Amy Jo-Manshum John, 25, of Grand Rapids, Michigan pleaded guilty before a… Read More »
Qatar Airways in talks with banks for billions of dollars in loans: sources
Qatar Airways is in talks with banks for loans worth billions of dollars, three sources familiar with the matter said,… Read More »
Wizz Air makes a move on Gatwick
While some airlines like Virgin Atlantic and British Airways have revealed that they are pulling out of Gatwick, Wizz Air… Read More »
Boeing Supplier Restarts Work on 737 Max in Step to Jet’s Comeback
Boeing has asked its largest 737 Max supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., to resume work, a critical step toward restarting… Read More »