Seven aviation industry advocacy organizations are establishing the Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability, intended to accelerate the industry’s actions to decarbonize aviation and increase the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels.
A Safety Management System might have forewarned the operator of a sightseeing floatplane involved in a 2019 midair collision over Alaska that the aircraft’s avionics were not providing adequate situational awareness, the NTSB contends.
Robotic Skies, which is building a maintenance service network for commercial and industrial drones, has received an investment from Japan-based Drone Fund.
Europe is looking to business aviation to take the lead in adopting sustainable aviation fuels because of its greater willingness compared with the airlines to pay a premium for low-carbon fuel, at least until production is scaled up and prices come down.
Kopter Group’s SH09 single-engine light helicopter has been rebranded the AW09 to reflect the aircraft’s entry into the product line of Leonardo Helicopters.
During the first quarter of 2021, 211 business aviation aircraft transactions were finalized, while another 246 aircraft were put under contract by members of the International Aircraft Dealers Association, and 41 deals fell apart, IADA said.
Morf3D, an additive manufacturing startup that once was the darling of Boeing new-investment efforts, has a new 90,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Long Beach, California, and is now controlled by Japanese camera giant Nikon.
Europe has launched a research program to develop a deeper understanding of the environmental impact of future supersonic aircraft and provide input into international efforts to develop certification standards for noise and emissions.
ExpressJet, a U.S. regional carrier that stopped flying in September, is seeking permission to begin scheduled commercial operations under its own brand.
