The end finally came to an unusually extended “soft” market in which competition drove premiums below the point at which insurers had adequate reserves to pay for large losses.
Piper Aircraft on May 18 announced FAA type certification of its M600/SLS single-engine turboprop featuring Garmin International’s new Autoland system.
The UK government is planning to implement a 14-day self-isolation for aircraft passengers arriving in the country “as soon as possible” as it works to suppress the spread of COVID-19, according to the Opsgroup.
Plans by Spain and the UK to impose lengthy quarantine periods for all arriving international air passengers will further damage the aviation sector, according to the body representing more than 50 of Europe’s regional carriers.
The Senate Armed Services Committee recently met to consider a bewildering decision by the FCC to OK the building of a low-power, ground-based network for 5G cellular and Internet of Things data services that opponents say could interfere with GPS receivers.
There are many airlines and private-fleet operators that have grounded their fleets during the COVID-19 crisis, but only one company is doing so for the fourth time in as many years: Jet Linx.
An FAA review of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) found that the agency does not sufficiently comply with ICAO standards, placing the countries it regulates into Category 2 of the U.S. agency’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program.
Brian Proctor is head of the Dallas-based Mente Group, a global aircraft brokerage and consulting firm active in midsize and larger business jets. He has served private aviation clients for more than 20 years and serves on a number of industry boards, including the National Aircraft Resale Association.
Daher’s line of 2020 TBM 940 turboprops will come equipped with HomeSafe, an emergency autoland system, the company announced during a video press conference May 6.
The FAA has named eight companies that will assist the agency in establishing technology requirements for suppliers of remote identification services for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is able to weather the financial loss from the cancellation of AirVenture Oshkosh in July, EAA’s chair and CEO Jack Pelton said, but it may mean scaling back growth on some of its programs.
The Experimental Aircraft Association has canceled EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin, scheduled for July 20-26, due to the fallout and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newly published FAA guidance on standardized training for charter and air taxi pilots is being lauded by industry stakeholders as a safety benefit that has the added bonus of streamlining administrative procedures.
The FAA, responding to urgent calls from business and general aviation stakeholders, has provided relief from a number of licensing and training requirements that threatened to ground operators unable to perform normally routine renewals due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has issued a state-by-state guide to help pilots navigate the latest requirements on general aviation flying under mandatory stay-at-home orders in a variety of states and territories.
Verizon portfolio company Skyward has added a “Live Flights” feature to its aviation management platform that enables users to monitor drone flights in near real time from their offices or wherever they have internet connectivity.
France has begun the first phase of developing an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management architecture called “Hubspace” that it plans to deploy by 2023 to manage drone traffic nationwide.
An international business aviation trade group is asking the International Civil Aviation Organization to adjust an emissions baseline that includes 2020 data to assess offsetting obligations in light of the COVID-19 impact on global air travel.
