Raising the mandatory U.S. pilot-retirement age above 65 would create unintended consequences that would offset any benefit that comes from increasing the number of eligible pilots, two pilot groups warn. 

Disruptive aviation will require changes to how people learn their jobs, according to Christopher Courtney, director of advanced air mobility at CAE.

On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility has agreed to acquire the commercial passenger transport activities of three European helicopter companies for a total of €48 million ($51 million) in cash.

Gulfstream is under scrutiny because two pilots didn’t fly the aircraft properly.

Business aircraft shipments in the first quarter (Q1) rose nearly 15% compared to a year ago, with deliveries up in every category, while billings declined 6%, according to General Aviation Manufacturers Association data released May 19.

London-based Flexjet plans to nearly double its European fleet by the end of 2022 to a total of 12, spurred by a 180% jump in fight activity in the first four months of 2022. 

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has selected Swiss-based H55 to supply battery systems for the engine maker’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program.

This photograph that made the front cover of the Sept. 23, 1985 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. It is a full scale mockup of the Williams…