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Accidents

Boeing To Boost Moses Lake Headcount To Speed Max Return

The U.S. airframer prepares to hire hundreds of temporary employees to ready grounded airplanes for service.
Aircraft

Mobile NDT Now Part of Duncan Aviation's Services

NDT teams are based at Duncan facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska; Provo, Utah; and Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Metrojet Completes 60-month Inspection on Global 5000

The Hong Kong-based MRO provider completed the 60-month inspection in 42 days.

Embraer To Double Engineering Space for Boeing Split

Embraer has announced the construction of $30 million in new facilities in the São José dos Campos suburb of Eugênio de Melo.
Avionics

Garmin Announces Flight Control System for Bell 505

Garmin expects to certify the GFC 600H flight control system for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X in the first half of next year.
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Argus: U.S. Bizav Flying Sees 2.4% Climb in July

Business aircraft activity rose 2.4 percent year-over-year in the U.S., Canada, and Caribbean last month, as stronger holiday traffic boosted results.
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Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx, Medjet Partner for Client Benefits Program

Jet Linx Jet Card members and aircraft owners can receive proprietary discounts on MedjetAssist or Medjet Horizon memberships.
Aircraft

An-178 Lands First Export Order

Having already gained domestic orders, the twin-jet Antonov transport has now received an order from the Peruvian police
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Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Notice Warns of Damage to AOA Sensors

The FAA has issued a notice to advise pilots and maintenance personnel of the potential for easily damaging angle of attack sensors on aircraft.
Charter & Fractional

Slow To Head PrivateFly's U.S. Operations

The appointment comes as the U.S. market has grown to account for half of PrivateFly’s global flight sales.

Long-time Houston Chief Pilot Hank Henry Dies

With 35,000 hours in more than 300 models of aircraft, Henry flew disgnaries such as Charles Lindbergh and Glenn Curtiss.
Rotorcraft

Airbus Delivers 200th Lakota Trainer To U.S. Army

The U.S. Army has trained nearly 1,500 student pilots on the Airbus UH-72A.
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Aircraft

Textron Aviation Program Grooms Its Own Pilots

Textron Aviation launched the Pilot Development Program in 2016 partly in response to the pilot shortage.
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Rotorcraft

Bell 407GXi Gets IFR Approval

U.S. Navy requires new training helicopters to be IFR capable.
Engines

Aviadvigatel Mulls Higher-thrust PD-14s To Replace PS-90A

The Russian engine maker has engaged in talks with four domestic airframers over potential applications.
Airlines

Ryanair Heads to Courts To Block Irish and UK Pilots Strikes

Planned pilot walkouts are part of a wider wave of industrial unrest spreading across the low-cost carrier’s network.

Analyst: Heavy Jets To Lead Bizjets to 2019 Gains

Jefferies says products such as Gulfstream’s G500 and G600 and Bombardier’s Global 7500 will help drive heavy jet shipments to 30 percent gains this year.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Insider Adds Maintenance Oversight Feature

Aviation maintenance quoting website MRO Insider has added a new feature called Virtual DOM that offers maintenance oversight to flight department clients.
FBOs

India's FBOs Face Headwinds

The cash-strapped industry continues to invest.
Regulations and Government

Airman Security Threat Rules To Apply to U.S. Citizens

New rulemaking updates current FAA security threat disqualification regulations and consolidates them into one regulation that applies to all pilots.
Rotorcraft

Utah Launches Rotor Career Pathway Program

The program partners universities and industry with local high schools to teach rotor-specific aviation flight training and technician classes.

Esposito To Leave Honeywell Aerospace

After a nearly 30-year career that has included several senior posts with Honeywell Aerospace, Esposito is taking a senior role in the automotive industry.

GAMA Teams Up with JSFirm To Showcase Job Opportunities

The partnership is the second such arrangement that JSFirm has made in recent months as the industry grapples with workforce shortages.
Aircraft

FlightSafety Offers Advanced Rejected Takeoff for G550

Similar courses for the Gulfstream G650 and G280 are expected to be offered this fall.
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FBOs

ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia OK'd for China Aircraft

Operators struggle to work in the economy, but companies continue to invest for the future.
Aircraft

Pilatus Tests PC-12s with Autothrottle, EEC

Pilatus Aircraft appears to be working on an upgrade to its PC-12 turboprop single that entails a higher-power engine and electronically controlled prop.

The Full Potential of Connected Aerospace

We've Just Scratched the Surface
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NBAA To Honor Barrington Irving's Inspiration To Youth

NBAA will present its 2019 American Spirit Award to Irving during the Day 2 keynote session of its Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition.
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Accidents

Dale Earnhardt, Others Escape Fiery Citation Crash

Retired race car driver Dale Earnhardt, his family, and the two pilots emerged without serious injuries after their Citation Latitude overran a runway.
Security

AOPA Asks TSA To Give GA More Input on Airport Security

The issue with access to the air operations area and aircraft parking area can be significant for both based and transient GA operators, AOPA says.