2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gordon Gilbert

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

FAA Reauthorization Act mandates audit series

 DOT IG Begins Third FAA Repair Station Oversight Audit

Charles Alcock

Austrian MRO base is part of a network that also includes Germany and Florida

Aero-Dienst Vienna Station Marks 20 Years of MRO Support

Amy Wilder

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Orders include firm helicopters and multi-aircraft framework agreements

Verticon Brings Light-twin Helicopter Orders for Airbus

Chad Trautvetter

HeliKorea opts for another AW139, while Japan’s Mitsui Bussan adds two AW169s

Leonardo Logs Helicopter Orders from Asian Customers

Matt Thurber

New division adds flexible ownership opportunities for helicopter buyers

Rotortrade Launches Rotorcraft Leasing Business

Company is providing support for Recoil’s aerial firefighting equipment

Recoil Aero Taps Aero Products as Authorized Center

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Partnership targets Army Flight School Next Program opportunities

Bell Certifies Semper Fly as Helicopter Training Facility

System replaces paperwork with digital platform

Buyers of Robinson Helicopters Get Crewchief Built-in

Kerry Lynch

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Private flight provider is streamlining fleet with more Challenger and Phenoms jets

Wheels Up Doubles Down on Phenoms and Challengers

Hanneke Weitering

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Content Archive: March 2026

DOT IG Begins Third FAA Repair Station Oversight Audit

Aero-Dienst Vienna Station Marks 20 Years of MRO Support

Verticon Brings Light-twin Helicopter Orders for Airbus

Leonardo Logs Helicopter Orders from Asian Customers

Rotortrade Launches Rotorcraft Leasing Business

Recoil Aero Taps Aero Products as Authorized Center

Bell Certifies Semper Fly as Helicopter Training Facility

Buyers of Robinson Helicopters Get Crewchief Built-in

Wheels Up Doubles Down on Phenoms and Challengers

Three Sikorsky Demonstrators Target First Flights in 2026

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