U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Apr. 22 named four additional aviation experts to serve on a Special Committee to review FAA’s procedures for the certification of new aircraft, including the Boeing 737 MAX.
Florida-based regional carrier Silver Airways has initiated ATR 42-600 turboprop operations, marking the first time revenue passengers have flown on an ATR-600-operated by a U.S. carrier, the Franco-Italian manufacturer said Apr. 23.
An investment banking firm focused on the aerospace sector has proposed an “innovative project financing” model to fund the largest-ever U.S. procurement of surveillance and air traffic control (ATC) radars.
The used business jet market is beginning to see decreasing market values because of political uncertainties and the increased availability of good used inventory, Mente Group’s CEO says.
Armed with its Part 135 operator’s certificate, Wing now plans to engage with communities and businesses in Blacksburg and Christiansburg in southwest Virginia, close where it has been testing its delivery drones.
As it works to complete the prototype of its electric regional aircraft for display at the Paris Air Show in June, Israel’s Eviation has selected startup MagniX as the second supplier of motors for the nine-seat aircraft.
An Italian startup developing micro-turbines to power unmanned aircraft has won the $1 million grand prize in New York state’s Genius NY accelerator competition.
Whenever I witness a transport airplane cross a runway threshold by a few feet, I think back to all the accidents in which aiming for “brick one” ended badly.
By the 1920s, it was apparent that with larger aircraft carrying growing numbers of people, there a cabin crewmember was needed to take care of passengers.
The Corporate School of Etiquette was launched by a former corporate flight attendant to focus on the finer areas of service skills and culinary arts training.
Business aircraft travel to Moscow in the last two years has fallen by 50% and is continuing at that level the year, says security expert Charlie Leblanc.
Piper's PA-46-500TP Meridian has been the lowest-priced pressurized, single-engine turboprop offered by an airframe manufacturer for nearly two decades.
