Regulation White House to Nominate Former Delta Air Lines Executive as FAA Administrator The White House has announced the nomination of Stephen Dickson, former senior vice president for flight operations at Delta Air Lines, as the next FAA…
Business & GA Viking Looks to Modernize Aerial Firefighting Avionics Three years after acquiring the aircraft model type certificates, Viking Air Limited is looking to modernize the cockpits of in-service and in-production Canadair aerial firefighting…
Military U.S. Defense Department Plans to Spend $6.6B on F-35 Continuing Development Through 2024 The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend about $6.6 billion on continuous capability development and delivery (C2D2) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from 2019…
Commercial Investigation Finds 'Clear Similarities' Between 737 MAX Crashes, Boeing Trim System Under Scrutiny Having finished its analysis of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) has…
Business & GA Gulfstream Makes First Sustainable Fuel Sale Gulfstream has made its first sale of sustainable alternative jet fuel (SAJF), which creates half the greenhouse gas emissions of standard petroleum-based fuel. The company…
Commercial New Information Linking ET 302 to Earlier 737 MAX Crash Led to Grounding One-off accidents are tragic, but the biggest concern for regulators, carriers and manufacturers is an underlying issue that could cause multiple disasters. Despite the cursory…
ATM Modernization EasyJet’s New A320 First Equipped to Fly 4D Flights EasyJet is the first European airline that will start operating aircraft equipped with avionics capable of enabling 4D initial trajectory sharing, a future navigation concept…
ATM Modernization AirMap's Expansion, From Honeywell Hardware to International LAANC Unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform provider AirMap has been busy this week. It's developing a drone tracking device with Honeywell, collaborating with Fortem on a…