Content Archive: July 2019

Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Calls for Immediate Checks of G650 Engines

The Gulfstream directive follows two incidents of G650ER inflight engine shutdowns.
Airlines

Airport Operator Atlantia, Delta Picked to Help Reboot Alitalia

Devising the final shareholder arrangement and business plan for Alitalia will likely take another couple of months.
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Aircraft

Russia Could Be Developing a Gunship

Media reports suggest that the An-12 tactical transport is being weaponized to create an aircraft similar to the U.S. Air Force’s AC-130
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FedEx Steps Up To Support Grieving Family

Teen with ambition to become a FedEx pilot dies in crash, but achieves her goal another way.
Aircraft

Thailand Moves To Streamline Regs for Aviation Companies

Thailand seeks to attract more investment in its aviation sector through regulatory reform.
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Airports

Las Vegas Gateway To Receive New Hangar Complex

The first of its kind at Henderson Executive Airport, the facility, which is already nearly fully occupied, will debut next spring.
Aircraft

Qatar Exec Ups Gulfstream Orders with 18-aircraft Deal

The order, worth over $1 billion, is for 14 Gulfstream G650ERs and four Gulfstream G500s,
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Rotorcraft

Lockheed Reverses Course On Sikorsky Coatesville Closure

Lockheed Martin says it will now keep its Sikorsky assembly plant open in Coatesville, Pa while it tries to find additional work
Fuel

Episode 23: DEF Contamination | AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast

You can’t see it, you can’t smell it and you won’t know about it—until the contents of your fuel tanks begin to crystallize.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AINsight: Owner Personal Liability for Illegal Charter Ops

Operators not playing by the rules affects everyone in business aviation.