ST Engineering receives approval for ACA’s cabin air purification solution on Airbus platforms
ST Engineering’s commercial aerospace business has received the Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML-STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration… Read More »
U.S. airlines are offering premium pay and signing bonuses to staff up
American carriers are scrambling to ramp up staffing for the holiday season and prevent disruptions that marred air travel this… Read More »
Cathay Pacific fires three pilots who caught Covid-19 in Germany
Cathay Pacific has fired three pilots after they were infected with coronavirus in the German city of Frankfurt. Cathay Pacific… Read More »
IAMA partners with Quali-Audit for standard auditing
IAMA, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance, is partnering with Paris-based Quali-Audit, to kick off the alliance’s much-anticipated auditing program. Quali-Audit… Read More »
LHT and Diehl push creative boundaries of VIP cabins
Lufthansa Technik AG and Diehl are to display an enhanced version of their new wide-body VIP cabin concept EXPLORER, at… Read More »
General Electric To Become Aviation-Focused Company
General Electric Corp. today announced it is splitting into three separate publicly owned companies, with only its aviation unit retaining… Read More »
J&C Aero and SmartLynx Airlines working towards permanent EASA STC approval
International aviation design and production company J&C Aero and SmartLynx Airlines have strengthened their in-cabin cargo transportation partnership. Under a… Read More »
Emirates invites aspiring pilots to train at its academy
Emirates airline has begun inviting UAE Nationals and residents as well as international candidates to join its cadet training programme…. Read More »
American Airlines is offering flight attendants triple pay during peak holiday periods
American Airlines is offering flight attendants triple pay to work during peak holiday periods. The airline said staff would need… Read More »
NTSB report on accident offers lesson in combating pilot complacency
When pilots gain more experience, some let their guard down—to chilling effect. Earlier this year, the NTSB determined that the… Read More »
ZeroAvia wins two new partners to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion and H2 fuel cell jet development
Zero-emission flight specialist ZeroAvia has scored two new partnerships, most strikingly with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ). They… Read More »
Aviation community mourns death of Harry Robertson, inventor and crash-safety pioneer
Harry Robertson, an aviation legend and part-time Williams resident died Oct. 9 at Flagstaff Medical Center. He was 87. “Harry… Read More »
Avia Solutions Group acquires London Biggin Hill Airport base
Avia Solutions Group has acquired Biggin Hill Hangar Company Limited, the owner of Hangar 510, a premium Fixed Base Operations… Read More »
Avianca A320 fleet begins reconfiguration process
Avianca has unveiled its three new seats: Premium, Plus and Economy, all designed by Recaro Aircraft Seating and which will… Read More »
Commercial flights that fly ‘entirely on hydrogen’ planned for 2024
Plans to operate commercial hydrogen-electric flights between London and Rotterdam have been announced, with those behind the project hoping it… Read More »
United Airlines says its unvaccinated pilots are costing nearly $3 million a month
United Airlines said its unvaccinated pilots are costing the company $1.4 million every two weeks in paid leave. The carrier… Read More »
Watchdog finds flaws in FAA oversight of American Airlines’ maintenance shortcomings
A government watchdog said Friday Oct. 22 that federal safety regulators routinely fail to ensure that American Airlines gets to… Read More »
The U.S. Air Force plans to make jet fuel out of thin air
A new carbon transformation process could be game-changing for the Air Force, which spends billions annually to buy fuel and… Read More »
Universal Avionics releases EFB and Connected Avionics solution
Universal Avionics (UA) has launched its FlightPartner and FlightReview applications. Hosted on an iPad and initially connected to Universal’s WAAS/SBAS… Read More »
Dassault Aviation consolidates MRO network
With new major development in Kuala Lumpur and Dubai and new line service bases in several additional European cities, Dassault… Read More »
Astronics receives cash injection
Astronics Corporation has entered into an agreement with the US Department of Transportation under the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program,… Read More »
U.S. pilot union warns to keep vaccine mandate issues out of the cockpit
Pilots at American and Southwest airlines are being warned to keep vaccine mandate issues out of the cockpit due to… Read More »
India approves Global Xpress satellite communications service
Inmarsat’s strategic partner BSNL has received the necessary licenses to deliver Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) mobile broadband services in India…. Read More »
Out-of-practice “rusty” airline pilots flying in the post-Covid world are error-prone
Back in the cockpit after time off recovering from Covid-19, an airline pilot forgot to start his plane’s second engine… Read More »
Delta Air Lines debunks rumor that vaccinated pilot died mid-flight
The claim: A vaccinated Delta pilot died mid-flight. After Southwest canceled thousands of flights over the weekend, social media users… Read More »
Qantas scrambles to retrain pilots as it plots path out of pandemic
Now on the cusp of having come through the aviation industry’s most damaging black swan moment, Qantas is facing a… Read More »