U.S. FAA

By Sean Broderick
Deliveries were paused for more than a month as Boeing was forced to rework airworthiness limitations math.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The seed of the idea for the fixed-wing CX300 was planted in early 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Industry will spend the next several months attempting to find out and, ideally, develop short-term risk-mitigation strategies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The fiscal 2024 bill requests $1.7 billion for FAA’s Aviation Safety (AVS)—a 7% increase over the current year’s enacted total.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has announced that assembly of the first nonconforming prototype of its Midnight electric air taxi is nearly complete.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Schweizer is considering the installation of a turbine engine as a possible alternative to the piston engine that currently powers its S300C light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The proposed FAA budget includes $16.5 billion in discretionary funding—a 5% increase over current-year levels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The aircraft had taken off from the Duluth International Airport before it went down, reports say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has opened an engineering center in Montreal to support design, certification and production of the structure for its Alia eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

Marshall S. Filler
Successfully navigating the U.S.-European Union bilateral relationship requires more realistic logic about parts requirements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The AD, effective March 21, affects 365 aircraft of U.S. registry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
A passenger died March 3 after a Bombardier Challenger 300 encountered severe turbulence on its initial climb, according to an FAA statement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
A key certification agreement between Boeing and EASA lowers hurdles to 777-9 clearance and keeps a new twinjet on target for service entry in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Town-owned JYO, located 35 mi. northwest of Washington, is the second busiest general aviation airport in Virginia.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Christine Boynton
The March 15 event was announced by Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Honda is researching the production of sustainable aviation fuel and its use in powerplants for its HondaJet light bizjet and planned eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton
The incident is now one of several near collisions involving commercial airlines on U.S. runways in the first two months of 2023.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Industry sources are expressing increased confidence Boeing can meet its revised schedule for 777X entry-into-service two years from now.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Nearly $1 billion in grants from the U.S. Transportation Department and FAA will go to 99 airports across the U.S. under the Airport Terminal Program.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris
The clock is ticking for the 777X if it has any hope of meeting Boeing’s revised 2025 delivery target.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
After years of stagnation in the commercial helicopter market, the industry is seeing the first signals of a reawakening.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Boeing has temporarily halted deliveries of 787s while it conducts additional analysis on the fuselage's forward pressure bulkhead.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Several manufacturers and related trade groups are pushing FAA to extend the comment period on a new system safety assessment (SSA) draft rule.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Incursions and other close calls trigger proactive move to flag safety risks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation