The size of the global Western civil turbine rotorcraft fleet is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 1.6% over the next 10 years, Aviation Week Network’s 2019 Helicopter Forecast says.
Three members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are urging the U.S. comptroller general to consider the impact of an “arbitrary” provision from the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act that they say has jeopardized funding to rural airports across the country.
Regional airline Cape Air and express cargo carrier Mountain Air Cargo announced a pilot “pathway” program that allows pilots to transition between the two airlines to gain flight hours and experience.
Worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales totaled $2.72 billion in 2018, the largest dollar amount of avionics sales since reporting began in 2012, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association.
With the FAA’s deadline for ADS-B equipage approaching, an important goal in the business and general aviation industry is to finish the task of equipping the fleet, said Pete Bunce, General Aviation Manufacturers Association president.
Hard on the heels of Boeing making a significant investment in Aerion, one of its biggest suppliers has signed on to design the forward fuselage for the supersonic business jet developer’s Mach 1.4 aircraft, the AS2.
Airbus hopes to fly its CityAirbus electric vertical takeoff and landing urban air mobility demo aircraft in March after a series of successful ground runs.
Airbus’ plans to ramp up production of its new H160 medium twin-engine helicopter could be impacted by the continued weakness in the oil and gas market.
Anyone caught flying a drone within 5 km (3.1 miles) of an airport runway will face arrest and criminal charges under new UK Government legislation, which comes into force next month.
The compromise spending package signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump allotted $17.5 billion for FAA’s fiscal 2019 budget, a roughly $550 million drop from fiscal 2018 but $1.3 billion more than the administration’s request.
NASA has selected sites in Nevada and Texas for the final phase of a four-year series of technical demonstrations to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the agency’s UAS traffic management system for drone traffic in urban areas.
Cargo UAV startup Sabrewing Aircraft is getting fresh funding and should be able to complete a full-sized preproduction prototype of its Rhaegal vehicle and begin “preliminary” flight testing in time for another key funding infusion eyed in the third quarter.
MSB Aerospace, a provider of one-stop service for customized precision-engineered products for the business aviation industry, is celebrating its first year of production at its Savannah, Georgia, facility.
Skyservice Business Aviation has received Transport Canada Civil Aviation approval for the installation of Satcom Direct Data Link Unit upgrade on Learjet 45 aircraft.
