The organizers of Aero Friedrichschafen in Germany, which had been postponed until July, have canceled the event for the second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A number of business aviation-related organizations have launched sustainability programs in April, including some that used Earth Day on April 22 as the catalyst for their announcements. Here is a roundup of new programs.
The National Business Aviation Association has announced the launch of a new accreditation program, called the NBAA Sustainable Flight Department Accreditation Program, in order to certify leadership actions involving sustainable flight operations by flight departments and others.
It is still too early for major international trade shows to resume, but China is further down the road to recovery than most of the rest of the world.
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.
