The air navigation service provider of Hong Kong will introduce satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its flight information region beginning early next year, data provider Aireon announced Sept. 9.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise for the need of physical distancing will lead to an increase in private flying and growth in business aviation – that is according to Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi, founding and executive chairman of The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA).
Utah-based small drone manufacturer Teal Drones on Sept. 3 announced the commercial launch of its Golden Eagle quadcopter, which complies with a U.S. Defense Department prohibition against military use of Chinese-made unmanned aircraft systems.
A project to develop technologies for a supersonic passenger aircraft has been competitively selected for funding by the Russian government. The project, led by the TsAGI aerohydrodynamic research institute, is expected to include a low-boom flight demonstrator.
A group of pilots and Mooney aircraft owners have taken over the company’s management and ownership with plans to resurrect the company and make some “long overdue” changes.
One Aviation, which operates Eclipse Aerospace, Kestrel Aircraft Co. and others, has a new buyer for the financially troubled operations after a deal with Chinese-backed Citiking International collapsed.
Airshare, a Lenexa, Kansas-based fractional ownership and charter company, has partnered with Portside to develop a new cloud-based data and reporting platform for fractional customers.
