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Hawaiian Airlines Fined For Violating Baggage Compensation And Price...
The Department of Transportation on Thursday announced that Hawaiian Airlines violated federal rules on liability for mishandled domestic baggage and full-fare advertising. The Department fined the...
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FAA Issues Emergency Airworthiness Directive On Certain Avidyne Flight Displays
On Monday, the FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD), 2015-10-51 was sent to owners and operators of all aircraft that incorporate Avidyne Corporation (Avidyne) Integrated Flight...
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NASA Tests Aircraft Wing Coatings That Reduce Drag Caused By Insects
Bug guts create drag, and drag increases fuel consumption. But aircraft of the future could be made more fuel-efficient with non-stick coatings NASA recently tested on Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator 757
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Boeing Begins Assembly Of First 737 MAX Single Aisle Airplane
Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started building the first 737 MAX on schedule for first delivery in third quarter 2017. Last week, employees started to assemble the wings for the first 737 MAX...
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Sonex Aircraft CEO Killed In Plane Crash Along With A Company Mechanic
Sonex Aircraft CEO Jeremy Monnett and Sonex assembly mechanic Mike Clark died yesterday in an accident involving Sonex Sport Acro N123SX at the East end of Wittman Regional Airport’s runway 9
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Dassault Aviation Rolls Out First Falcon 5X
Dassault Aviation today lifted the veil on the highly anticipated Falcon 5X, which establishes a new benchmark in the large cabin, long range business aviation market. Presented at Dassault’s...
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Kansas Man Pleads Guilty In Plot To Explode Car Bomb At Airport
A Wichita, Kansas, man pleaded guilty to attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, of Wichita, pleaded guilty today to one count of attempting to use a weapon of...
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FAA Leads Global Effort On General Aviation Aircraft Design
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is leading a global initiative with industry and other civil aviation authorities to develop a performance-based approach to airworthiness standards for Part...
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Two Day Summit - AA Chairman And CEO Doug Parker Elected AGM President
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) opened its 71st Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Miami, Florida, with more than 1,000 industry leaders and media in...
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Swedish Pilot Thom Richard Wins First Round of Air Race 1 World Cup In Tunisia
Thom Richard of Sweden has claimed victory in the first round of the Air Race 1 World Cup held in Monastir, Tunisia, on 7th June 2015 in front of thousands of spectators. Richard flew across the finish...
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Begins Low Speed Taxi Tests On Next-Generation Regional Jet
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation begins low speed taxiing tests with the first flight test aircraft of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), their next-generation regional jet, at the Nagoya Airport,...
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Airlines To Address Carry-On Bag Dilemma
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced a new initiative to optimize the accommodation of carry-on bags given differing carry-on bag sizes and airline policies. Working with...
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EPA Takes First Steps To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Aircraft
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to find under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial aircraft contribute to the pollution that causes climate
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DC's Washington International Airport To Receive Grant To Improve Taxiways
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a $16.8 million grant to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) Airport to complete the fourth phase of a multi-phase...
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NTSB Report Indicates Wasilla Pilot, Instructor Was Killed By Spinning Propeller
NTSB report indicates a Wasilla pilot, 62-year-old Clark (Jay) Baldwin was struck and killed by a moving Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub's (N985W) plane propeller. Baldwin accidently walked into the back of
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Allegiant Wins Injunction Appeal To Change Terms Of Employment On Its Pilots
Allegiant Air, a low-cost airline owned by Allegiant Travel Co. on Tuesday prevailed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in its appeal of a lower court ruling which had...
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United Airlines To Pay Over $1 Million To Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
In a case that garnered nationwide attention, air transportation giant United Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1 million and implement changes to settle a federal disability lawsuit filed by...
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VA Makes Last Minute Rule Change In Flight School Requirements
An eleventh-hour decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has left dozens of veterans stranded in Prescott, Ariz., with limited employment opportunities and families to care for, and...
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Bombardier C Series Aircraft Flight Tests Show Better Fuel Burn, Payload, Range
Bombardier announced today that, based on flight tests results, its all-new CS100 and CS300 aircraft are exceeding their original targets for fuel burn, payload, range and airfield performance. In
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South Carolina Passes Sales Tax Exemption For Owner Operator Aircraft Parts
South Carolina Governor has signed a bill into law removing the state’s seven percent sales tax from owner operator aircraft parts referred to as “FAA Part 91.” The change is expected to make South...
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Wheelchair Bound, Airline Passenger Forced To Crawl Up Flight Of Stairs
Theresa Purcell, is unable to walk as a result of a neurological disorder that affects her motor and sensory nerves, which has weakened her body's muscles and nervous system. As a result Purcell must...
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DOT, Delta To Keep Seattle-Haneda Route As Long As It Provides Daily Service
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today finalized its decision to permit Delta Air Lines to retain its authority to provide daily service between Seattle, Washington and Tokyo’s downtown Haneda
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ICON A5 Light Sport Amphibian Aircraft Successfully Completes FAA Audit
On Thursday, the FAA completed a comprehensive compliance audit at ICON Aircraft’s Tehachapi, California, facility. This allowed them to issue the first S-LSA airworthiness certificate for ICON’s A5...
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32,600 New Planes Worth Nearly US$5 Trillion In The Next 20 Years
From the world’s first commercial flight in 1914, to today’s 32 million flights annually, aviation has become part and parcel of our everyday lives. With some three billion air passengers, and 50...
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UTC Aerospace Systems introduces aircraft Taxi Strike Alert System
Hartford, Connecticut based UTC Aerospace Systems, introduces a radar-based aircraft Taxi Strike Alert System (TSAS) designed to help flight crews navigate safely during taxiing operations and to detect
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UTC To Spin Off From Or Sell Sikorsky Aircraft, Intends To Exit Helicopter...
United Technologies Corp. on Monday announced that it will pursue the separation of the Sikorsky Aircraft business from United Technologies, subject to final Board approval. This announcement follows a...
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FAA Proposes $66,000 Civil Penalty Against Centurion Air Cargo, Inc.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $66,000 civil penalty against Centurion Air Cargo, Inc., of Miami, Fla., for allegedly operating an aircraft...
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Transportation Committee Chairman Wants To Strip The FAA Of ATC Functions
In a speech on Monday before the Aeroclub of Washington, the used car salesmen, Chairman of the House Transportation committee, Rep. Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, said he would like to
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Former Carson Helicopter Vice President Sentenced To Federal Prison
Steven Metheny, 45, Medford, Oregon was sentenced Tuesday to 12.5 years in federal prison by U.S. Chief District Court Judge Ann Aiken after his convictions for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud...
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Garmin Introduces Stylish Aviator Watch, D2 Bravo With Aviation Features
Garmin on Tuesday introduced D2 Bravo, a next-generation aviator watch that combines practical functionality and sophisticated design to bring pilots and aviation enthusiasts a premium GPS watch. D2 Bravo
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Vietnam War Pilot Dies In Flight For Life Helicopter Crash
On Friday, a Flight For Life Colorado air ambulance helicopter had departed St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, Frisco, Colorado with its pilot Patrick Mahany, 64 and two nurses. Just after takeoff the...
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Boeing, Loss Of US Export-Import Bank Is A Huge Competitive Disadvantage
For the first time in history, the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) fails to receive congressional reauthorization. This is because congress skipped out of town for summer recess without taking a...
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Tuskegee Airmen, Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams Passes Away At 97
Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams one of the last members of the Tuskegee Airmen passed away on July 2nd at the age of 97. Williams was honored by President George W. Bush, with a Congressional Gold Medal in...
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Air Force One Pilot To President Lyndon B. Johnson Passes Away
Brigadier General James Underwood "Jim" Cross, U. S. Air Force who was President Lyndon B. Johnson's pilot on Air Force One passed away at 90 in Gatesville, Texas on Saturday. Cross who was living in a...
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Solar Impulse World Solar Flight Pushed To April 2016 Due To Overheated...
Despite the hard work of the Solar Impulse team to repair the batteries which overheated in the record breaking oceanic flight from Nagoya to Hawaii, the solar powered airplane of Bertrand Piccard and...
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Why Would The Private Sector Want The FAA To Go Private?
On Wednesday Allan McArtor, Chairman and CEO of Airbus Group Inc., the U.S. holding company for the North American activities of Airbus Group, spoke at a luncheon at the International Aviation Club...
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ATC Clears Medevac 111 Whiskey Bravo Flight To Heaven
REVA Air Ambulance company's worldwide jet fleet is grounded today in observance of one of its youngest captains’ funeral, which comes in the wake of his tragic, headline news-making car crash on South...
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United Airlines' CEO, Jeff Smisek Steps Down Over DOJ Investigation
United Airlines' chairman and CEO, Jeff Smisek has stepped down and has been replaced by Oscar Munoz. Smisek was replaced due to an ongoing investigation into United Airlines' dealing with the Port...
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American Airlines Executive Indicted On Attempted Sexual Activity With A Minor
An American Airlines executive from Texas has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. The...
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Boeing Begins Final Assembly Of First 737 MAX
Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started final assembly on schedule of the first 737 MAX 8, the first member of Boeing’s new, more efficient single-aisle family. “We continue to meet our plan on...
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