Status: Capital (Moscow), largest city, financial and cultural center Country visa requirement: Required for passengers and crew; for tech stops, generally unnecessary, but as this policy varies from airport to airport, operators are advised to obtain visas as a backup. At Moscow, flight crews can obtain visas on arrival. However, the process is time-consuming and not recommended by flight planning agencies.
Bombardier announced enhancements to its support capabilities for business aircraft customers in China on the eve of the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition.
An electronics travel case designed to protect and organize everything from headsets to small cables. The PowerShuttle Plus will fit a Bose A20 or a Lightspeed Zulu 3 snug.
uAvionix, a developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, says it is testing a prototype control radio for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility vehicles.
uAvionix, a developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, says it is testing a prototype control radio for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility vehicles.
After helping set an endurance record for multirotor small unmanned aircraft of more than 12 hr., the UK’s Intelligent Energy has launched a fuel-cell power unit for the commercial drone market.
Bell says it will use its Ozark, Alabama, facility for final assembly of the Bell 407 single-engine light helicopter should the aircraft be selected for the U.S. Navy’s TH-XX Advanced Helicopter Trainer requirement.
In the wake of catastrophic rains and spring flooding across the Missouri River Basin earlier this year, Air Charter Safety Foundation member Silverhawk Aviation was one of the first to answer the call for help.
Duncan Aviation has announced that while construction continues at its new full-service FBO in Provo, Utah, the 90,000-gal. fuel farm is already online.
A development plan for a major part of southern China is offering hope to general aviation that the region may support more balanced development of the industry in the next few years, including greater use of small and medium business jets.
Officials from French aerospace industry lobbying group Gifas are predicting the ongoing safety crisis around the Boeing 737 MAX will cause certification costs to increase.
As public debate increases on whether changes should be made to the FAA’s Organization Designation Authorization program, it is difficult to predict whether certification of products could take longer, said Textron CEO Scott Donnelly.
Recently proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate would require Customs and Border Protection (CPB) to hire at least 600 additional officers each year until the agency’s staffing needs are completely met. The bipartisan Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act, co-sponsored by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), aims to alleviate an estimated shortage of almost 4,000 CBP officers nationwide.
