The European Council has recommended removing the U.S. from the EU’s “safe” list of countries, dealing a blow to airlines that were hoping for a further easing of restrictions on transatlantic travel.
Tamarack Aerospace Group, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, has exited Chapter 11 reorganization, ending a bankruptcy proceeding that began in June 2019 following a two-month grounding of 91 Citation jets outfitted with the company’s aftermarket active winglets after a noninjury incident that year.
Following a call to action from Airbus and Boeing, an advisory group under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is bringing together stakeholders to develop a global vision for future integrated air traffic management that meets the needs of all existing and emerging airspace users.
Electric Power Systems has confirmed that its battery system will power Archer’s Maker electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator when it flies this year.
Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has struck a deal with the UK’s Octopus Hydrogen to supply green hydrogen to support flight testing of its fuel-cell power train in a 19-passenger aircraft.
The price of a private jet is rising. But before manufacturers will raise list prices, they will first offer less of a discount, depending on the make, model and customer, says Brian Foley, a consultant with Brian Foley Associates.
The FAA and U.S. Defense Department (DOD) are seeking solutions from industry to display certain special-use airspace areas to comply with congressional direction to make that information available to pilots in real time.
Cambridge University has launched the Aviation Impact Accelerator, an international group of experts who will develop a modeling tool to help decision makers understand the complete aviation system and explore potential pathways to net-zero flight.
Textron Aviation’s new single-engine turboprop, the Beechcraft Denali, successfully completed its initial ground engine runs on the prototype, powered by GE’s new Catalyst engine, the company announced Aug. 26.
Manufacturers, suppliers and developers have made numerous recent advances in drone data exploitation, flight-control and airspace management, announcing new products that also may have application for future advanced air mobility vehicles.
Alphabet drone delivery company Wing is close to passing the milestone of 100,000 commercial deliveries, more than half of them in the last eight months in Logan, a city of 300,000 people south of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.
Sikorsky has blamed the ongoing downturn in the commercial helicopter market for the closure of its commercial helicopter final assembly line in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and UPS have started delivering COVID-19 vaccine by drone at the health care system’s medical complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
EHang is accelerating its initiative to identify urban air mobility routes as the Chinese startup transitions to being an operator of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous air taxis.
Organizers have postponed the Latin American Business & Aviation Conference and Exhibition 2021 planned for November, the second year the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a change of dates.
In its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, Wheels Up recorded $285.6 million in revenue in the second quarter, an increase of 113% over a year ago, a 146% surge in live flight legs and a net loss of $29 million, up by $1.6 million from a year ago.
Aircraft manufacturers and suppliers are breathing new life and capability into existing platforms with avionics hardware and software updates, and introducing more compact systems for future advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles.
