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The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in August 2019.

On Aug. 8, Gulfstream announced making its first G600 delivery to a customer, one month after the aircraft earned its FAA type and production certificates.

Icon Aircraft plans to cut hundreds of jobs and its A5 model production rate because of reduced demand and the loss of funding from its Chinese investors.

The FAA has granted Textron Aviation permanent relief from fuel-tank requirements that have delayed certification of the Cessna Citation Longitude.

A pilot shortage is a problem for operators, but it is proving to be a bankable opportunity for those building training aircraft and related equipment.

Honda Aircraft is expanding at its 133-acre site at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, by adding a wing production facility.

Blackhawk Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate to transform the Beechcraft King Air 300 into "the fastest King Air in the world."

Amazon wants to operate its Prime Air drone delivery service as an air carrier under FAR Part 135 and seeks relief from some requirements for a civil aircraft.

On Aug. 4, Frenchman Franky Zapata rode his Flyboard Air, a jet-powered platform aircraft he developed, across the English Channel from France to England.

Stephen M. Dickson was sworn in as FAA administrator on Aug 12. Captain Dickson retired from Delta Air Lines last fall after 27 years at the company.

China News reports there are letters of intent for 100 of the four-seater Guanyi GA20. It is powered by a Lycoming O-320 engine and features Garmin avionics.

Cape Air took delivery of its first two Tecnam P2012 Travellers following inspection of the nine-passenger aircraft at the manufacturer's production facility in Capua, Italy.

Tamarack Aerospace has received U.S. Bankruptcy Court authorization to accept $1.95 million funding from a consortium of customers, vendors and stakeholders.

Over the next 10 years, customers in Latin America are expected to take delivery of nearly 790 new business aircraft, with turboprops dominating the market.

Sheltair Aviation broke ground for its full-service, 21-acre, state-of-the-art, $20 million FBO at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport on Aug. 15.

Getting up to speed with the latest Gulfstream is a matter of adapting old philosophies with new. It has a flight deck for the iPhone generation.

Honeywell has reported a “position drift” issue involving flight management systems (FMS) on Gulfstream G350/450 and G550 business jets following a software update.

Automotive industry supplier Lear Corp. has tapped Honeywell Aerospace veteran Carl Esposito to lead its E-Systems division, which produces electrical distribution systems.

The Commercial Drone Alliance is calling on the FAA and the White House to speed the development of regulations allowing the commercial use of large unmanned aircraft systems.

The entity that will be the rest of Embraer is on course to become a separate operational unit once Boeing takes over the Brazilian OEM’s commercial aircraft business by the end of the year, company leaders said Aug. 14.

The FAA is seeking information from third parties that are interested in administering a new aeronautical knowledge test that recreational drone flyers will be required to pass.