MilitaryF-35 Costs a Continuing Concern at US Congressional Hearing The U.S. “can’t risk the F-35 program being like the F-22 program,” declared Chairman Mike Turner of Ohio, referring to another Lockheed Martin fighter project that became synonymous with cost overruns and…
CommercialQantas' Half-Year Evaluation from CEO Alan Joyce Qantas Group met or exceeded all financial targets en route to a record profit of $976 million underlying before taxes in the first half of the 2018 fiscal year according to CEO…
RegulationUS Senators Seek to Fill Skill Gap, Aviation Maintenance Jobs Four senators from across the country and the political spectrum introduced legislation Wednesday to help close the skill gap and fill aviation maintenance jobs. The bill, titled the Aviation Maintenance Workforce Development…
Embedded AvionicsAirbus Combines Tech into One Do-It-All Display Airbus is combining synthetic vision and its primary full-format flight display (PF3D) into one screen that aims to show pilots everything they need. Teams for the synthetic vision and PF3D systems have…
Business & GABombardier Challenger 350 Headed for Steep Approach Certification The Bombardier Challenger 350 will soon be able to land under strict conditions, including London City Airport's steep 5.5-degree approach angle. The company said that the business jet recently completed steep approach…
Business & GADelta Private Jets President Talks Sky Access and More Delta Private Jets launched its new Sky Access membership model in January. It is designed to provide what the Part 135 air carrier describes as “affordable” access to empty-leg flights. Empty leg…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol and iTEC Pursuing European Interoperability Eurocontrol and iTEC have agreed to develop interoperability constituents to in pursuit of SESAR's goals for a free and open sky across Europe. The founding members of the iTEC collaboration, which includes…
CommercialHoneywell to Outfit Comair's Africa-First 737 MAX Fleet Africa's first fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will be directed by Honeywell cockpit technologies. South African airline Comair has selected full suite of Honeywell navigation and weather systems for its planes,…
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