Content Archive: July 2015
Safety
FSF Benefit Dinner Set for July 30
Annual event raises $100,000 to support the Global Safety Information Project.
Safety
Flight Path Management: Old Issue, New Incident
The crew was too low an a visual approach but later landed safely on an instrument approach.
Mac Air Breaks Ground at Portland
The company expects to complete the facility at Portland International Jetport by early next year.
Regulations and Government
DTC DUATS Warns of Possible Shutdown on July 16
the FAA “intends to shut down DTC’s connections" that allow it to provide aviation weather briefings and file flight plans.
Charter & Fractional
BACA and UK CAA Team To Tackle Illegal Charters
The Baltic Air Charter Association and the UK Civil Aviation Authority held a joint seminar to discuss foreign carrier permits and illegal charters.
Rotorcraft
Lockheed Martin Emerging as Sikorsky’s Likely Suitor
United Technologies’ (UTC) board of directors was expected to meet this week to discuss the bids the company has received for its Sikorsky helicopter unit.
Airlines
United Grounding Highlights Worries over Cyber Attacks
IATA warns of airline industry’s vulnerability
U.S. Bizav Flying Really Accelerates in June
Business aviation flight activity last month in North America soared 3.4 percent year-over-year, according to data from Argus International.
Airlines
Vietnamese Airlines Prepare To Fulfill Growth Ambitions
Pen new deals with Boeing to expand fleets
