Business aviation departures in Europe rose 1.7% in February to 58,090 flights compared to a year ago, although charter activity declined during the month.
Greenbriar Equity Group and First Aviation has announced plans to acquire of DART Aerospace, which operates as a subsidiary of Eagle Copters and Era Group.
NASA images interacting shockwaves; Goodyear unveils a tire for flying cars; hypersonic X-60 advances; XQ-58 flies; European research project demos recycled thermoplastic parts.
Fourteen people were killed March 9 when a Douglas DC-3 operated by Laser Aereo Colombia crashed near Villavicencio, Colombia, after declaring an emergency.
Textron Aviation has announced the first deliveries of the company’s new flagship Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet, which it says signals the start of a new dimension in business travel.
Acting FAA administrator Dan Elwell says the agency faces an “unprecedented challenge” in implementing the multiyear FAA reauthorization act passed by Congress in October.
Sen. Ted Cruz has called on aviation stakeholders to re-examine the pros and cons of ATC modernization, although he stopped short of directly advocating the spin-off ATC from the FAA.
Universal Avionics authorized dealer Heli-One has received STC OKs from Transport Canada and the Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation for a Sikorsky S-76 VVIP helo flight deck upgrade.
Tru Simulation + Training has manufactured and supplied a full flight simulator for the CL-415 “water bomber” amphibious aircraft to Ansett Aviation’s training center in Milan.
Dassault Aviation’s recent acquisition of two major maintenance networks in business aviation signals a strategic shift to capture more of the revenues a Falcon generates over its life.
Aviation accidents in Canada declined 16% last year, according to preliminary statistics released on March 6 by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).
Air traffic controllers in three months have handled 2,200 flights at Saarbrücken International Airport in western Germany from a remote facility 280 mi. away.
Robinson Helicopter has ground tested a modified R44 with a variety of diesel engines and says work continues toward a lower-fuel-burn, longer-range derivative of the popular piston-powered light single.
London police are investigating three small improvised explosive devices (IEDs) delivered March 5 to administrative offices at two of the city’s airports and one of the capital’s main rail terminals.
The number of U.S. fatal helicopter accidents rose to 24 with 55 fatalities in 2018, in a three-year trend of increasing fatal accident rates, according to the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST).
