The NTSB’s cadre of 53 air safety investigators can practically plan their annual workload based on a stubbornly persistent statistic—that each year there will be about 225 fatal fixed-wing general aviation accidents.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has remained hobbled by tea party lawmakers who refuse to allow a quorum of directors to take seats, but that may be changing if some other Republicans and Democrats have their way.
Alan Klapmeier, CEO of ONE Aviation, is taking the wraps off the $3.5 million Project Canada aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin July 25-31.
On July 7, when Lockheed Martin said it was awarded a $344 million contract by the (FAA to provide the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system, whoops and cries erupted all around the Washington Beltway.
Business aviation in Europe employs 371,000 direct and indirect employees, creates €98 billion ($108.1 billion) in output, €27 billion in gross value added (GVA) and €21 billion in wages and salaries, according to a report by Booz Allen Hamilton released by the European Business Aviation Association.
Additive Manufacturing specialist EOS recently opened a facility near Austin, Texas, to serve North American customers with an innovations laboratory, a showroom of AM systems and to help bring new ideas to market.
Euro VAT Refund, a U.S. financial services company, has announced the release of the first in a series of free educational value-added tax (VAT) webinars for North American companies doing business overseas.
Surf Air, the California-based air travel operator that offers “all-you-can-fly private air travel,” plans to launch operations in Europe later this year.
Textron Aviation will announce the name and additional product details of its new single-engine turboprop (SETP) aircraft at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which runs July 25-31 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Pilatus Business Aircraft is expanding its Broomfield, Colorado, facilities to meet growing demand, with additional cabin-completion capability for the Swiss company’s new PC-24 “Super Versatile Jet.”
North American business-aircraft flight activity in June rose 4.2% overall from the same time a year ago, with growth in large-cabin jet activity posting the biggest gain with a 6.4% increase.
TAG Aviation Spain has become the first Spanish operator to receive approval to fly the Required Navigation Performance (RNP1) flight paths. The regulatory approval was awarded to TAG Aviation by the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency. It is a requirement for certain flight path designations out of the country. As part of the application process, the flight center had to ensure all private aircraft in use are compliant with RNP operations and that appropriate procedures, documentation and training are in place.
Flight Calibration Services has signed a firm order with Diamond Aircraft for its second DA62, a month after it accepted delivery of its first DA62. The company has grown more than 30% a year over the past few years, it said. The DA 62 will support that growth.
MB Aerospace has completed its acquisition of Vac Aero, based in Poland, from its parent company, Vac Aero International in Canada, the company said. The business employs more than 100 workers at two sites in Kalisz and Rzeszow, Poland, and specializes in coatings for aero-engine and industrial gas turbine components.
