The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has called for a grounding of all European-registered H225/EC225 helicopters after Norwegian investigators found evidence of metal fatigue in a gearbox component from the aircraft that crashed in Norway in April.
The economic slowdown and shrinking overall demand for business aviation services in Russia has not affected the expansion plans of A-Group, which operates FBOs at Moscow-Sheremetyevo and St. Petersburg-Pulkovo airports.
Honeywell has signed an agreement with Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group to provide its full suite of GHoneywell has signed an agreement with Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group to provide its full suite of GoDirect connectivity services for cabin and cockpit. oDirect connectivity services for cabin and cockpit.
The first run of GE Aviation’s 2,000-hp-class advanced turboprop series, internally known as GE93, is on track for the fourth quarter of 2017, says Brad Mottier, vice president of business and general aviation and integrated systems.
Associated Air Center (AAC), StandardAero's Large Transport Category VIP Completions Center has redelivered the company's and the industry's first Boeing 787-8 Head of State aircraft completion to a Middle East customer.
The Remos GXiS light sport aircraft took off on its first flight May 26 after completing successful ground testing and receiving required permission from authorities.
Norwegian air accident investigators probing the fatal loss of an Airbus H225 helicopter are studying potential failures of the epicyclic module, suspension bar attachments and the conical housing in the main gearbox as possible causes of the accident.
Italian aerospace and defense group Leonardo-Finmeccanica says it may reassess its future in India if it is blacklisted by the country’s ministry of defense over long-running claims of corruption in a VIP helicopter deal.
The pilot breed has in it the primal instinct to attempt every assigned task, no matter the odds of success. Like many of our innate urges, this proclivity must be kept in check because in an airplane, acting on it can be deadly.
Honda Aircraft Company Inc.'s first production airplane is the HondaJet — designated the HA-420. It competes with entry-level jet aircraft such as the Cessna Citation M2, Cessna Mustang, Eclipse 550 and Embraer Phenom 100/100E.
Airlines stand to gain operational and schedule efficiency through a mix of computer-based and sensor-based vision once new products and rules become available.
It has taken Honda five years longer than planned to deliver on its surprising entry into the aviation market, but Aviation Week evaluation pilot Fred George says the HondaJet raises the bar for entry-level light jets.
