Content Archive: August 2019

Regulations and Government

Boeing Launches CBP Clearance App for GA Pilots

The Jeppessen Mobile QuickClear app works through the popular Mobile Passport, which can now handle private aircraft passengers as well as commercial.
Training and Workforce

Paramount Bizjets Outlines Industry Recruitment Efforts

The on-demand charter broker hopes to lure young people to aviation careers through scholarships, event support.
Aircraft

EHang Starts Autonomous eVTOL Test Program in Guangzhou

Chinese city Guangzhou is starting a pilot program aimed at establishing the basis for commercial operations of autonomous, electrically powered aircraft.
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FBOs

Two Washington State FBOs Join Avfuel Network

Pangborn Flight Center in Wenatchee, and McCormick Air Center in Yakima, will expand the fuel provider's footprint in the Pacific Northwest.

RAF Typhoons Intercept Russian Aircraft over the Baltic

Scramble missions have been launched from the base at Amari in Estonia to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to the airspace of the Baltic republics
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Airlines

India’s Domestic Carriers Reach Abroad for Growth

Vistara, Spicejet, and IndiGo all have used slots gained with the closure of Jet Airways to expand internationally.
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Aircraft

Gulfstream Aerospace Delivers First Large-cabin G600

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered the first G600—to an unidentified U.S. customer—from its Savannah, Georgia headquarters.
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Humanitarian Group Deploys Two More Caravans

Air Serv, which operates five Cessna Caravans, has relocated another two of them to eastern Africa to support aid programs in the strife-torn region.
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Training and Workforce

NBAA's SDC Prepares for 2020 Scholarships

The organization's Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee will hand out nearly $40,000 in scholarships at next year's conference in Charlotte.
Avionics

ICAO Bulletin Caps NAT Region Datalink Altitude

The new cap on NAT Region datalink mandate altitude will help operators of older business jets that can climb above FL410 before entering NAT airspace.