Spirit AeroSystems is adding work and employees at its facility in Prestwick, Scotland, which includes new single-aisle spoiler work for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft.
The fate of United Technologies Corp.’s proposed $30 billion takeover of avionics and cabin interiors leader Rockwell Collins could rest on savings that the newly enlarged supplier provides to all-important customer Boeing.
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that the third Gulfstream G600 test aircraft successfully completed its first flight. The move comes after the first G600 flight in mid-December 2016.
A move to privatize U.S air traffic control (ATC) services has slowed, but the issue isn’t going away, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.) said during an Aug 29 speech at the Wichita Aero Club.
Gulfstream Aircraft’s fifth and final G600 test aircraft made its maiden flight Aug. 29, less than nine months since the G600 flight-test program began.
Business aviation flights swelled 28% Aug. 21, as pilots and passengers headed for airports located in the path of totality during the solar eclipse, according to Argus International TraqPak data.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), along with seven pilots, filed Part 13 complaints with the FAA over “egregious FBO pricing” practices at three Signature Flight Support fixed-base operations.
The FAA proposes that operators of aircraft equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) “Out” surveillance systems approved by the agency no longer need to apply for specific authorizations to use those aircraft in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) airspace.
Taiwan-based aerospace manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) sees its considerable engineering force as a way to sidestep competition with manufacturers in developing countries.
“As the FAA’s authorization quickly approaches its expiration, Congress appears likely to pass another short-term reauthorization extension,” according to a new analysis by the American Action Forum center-right think tank.
Despite a recent flameout on a Global 7000 flight test aircraft, chances are “realistic” that Bombardier Aerospace’s long-range jet will enter service as planned in the second half of 2018.
VistaJet, a private aviation provider, has received a $150 million cash investment into the business from Rhone Capital, an investment management firm.
