In the end, the use of a checklist could have prevented the accident. Checklists work. We all get tired and forgetful at times. Checklists are lifesavers.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Ruag MRO International has delivered a 19-passenger Dornier 228 to New Central Airservice in Japan, which operates between the mainland and Izu Islands.
Turbine aircraft sales historically have tracked with economic trends. This no longer is true. Flat is the new normal in turbine business aircraft sales.
Here is a list of meteorological conditions necessary for the formation of tropical cyclonic storms, provided by Brad Crosier of FlightSafety International.
As a first officer, I was trained to make the go/no-go decision. As a captain, I expect the same from my first officers. If he/she calls for an abort, I do it.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier plans to divest aerostructures businesses in Northern Ireland and Morocco and form an integrated Bombardier Aviation unit focused on North America.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The first Airbus ACJ319neo business jet completed a 16-hr. 10-min. flight test flight April 26, setting a record for the longest flight by an Airbus crew on an A320-family.
Today's market for private aviation offers an array of choices. Use the expected number of flight hours for the year to help decide among ownership options.
Whenever I witness a transport airplane cross a runway threshold by a few feet, I think back to all the accidents in which aiming for “brick one” ended badly.
The Corporate School of Etiquette was launched by a former corporate flight attendant to focus on the finer areas of service skills and culinary arts training.
By the 1920s, it was apparent that with larger aircraft carrying growing numbers of people, there a cabin crewmember was needed to take care of passengers.
Business aircraft travel to Moscow in the last two years has fallen by 50% and is continuing at that level the year, says security expert Charlie Leblanc.
