A Lear Jet Model 35 private jet, painted in bright rainbow colors, flew children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation in six Western U.S. cities over their respective communities in May.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched its annual survey of those who have taken flight training, including recurrent training within the past 12 months.
Executives and analysts expect the proposed merger of Raytheon and United Technologies will pass antitrust muster, and it is already winning over investors and government customers.
The FAA on June 10 said it was investigating the cause of a satellite navigation system anomaly on Bombardier CRJ and other jets that forced several U.S. airlines to cancel flights.
Canada’s Héroux-Devtek, the third-largest landing gear manufacturer worldwide, said on June 10 it bought nearby Alta Precision, a privately-owned manufacturer of high-precision landing gear components, in a $23 million deal.
German startup Volocopter says its multicopter eVTOL air taxi can offer the majority of inner city and airport shuttle services needed in more than 90% of its Top 100 target cities.
An FAA and EASA grounding of all Cessna Citation Model 525, 525A and 525B bizjets is driving Atlas active winglets provider Tamarack Aerospace into bankruptcy.
The U.S. aerospace and defense sector was responsible for more than 2.56 million jobs in 2018, a 5.5% gain over 2017, the Aerospace Industries Association says.
After a nearly year-long hiatus, the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) met June 6 with a new chairman and a tasking from the agency to marshal industry behind a coming requirement that drones be capable of being identified in flight.
The mood seems to have shifted in the bizav market, with a decline in optimism, according to a recent global survey of owners and operators by JetNet iQ.
Honeywell International formally rolled out its big data crunching Forge software on June 6, targeting airlines, manufacturers interested in digital twins and anyone wanting better cybersecurity.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) moved to further limit non-family travel to Cuba as part of an administration-wide effort to assert greater pressure on the country over its human rights record and support for the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
Cirrus Aircraft has a new CEO, Zean Nielsen, as Dale Klapmeier moves into a senior advisory role with the company he co-founded, effective immediately.
The commercial drone industry has graduated from pilot projects and is poised for rapid growth, the new chairman of the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee says.
The European Aviation Safety Agency has certified Aireon to provide surveillance services in support of aircraft separations, the first such OK, the company said.
