2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Charles Alcock

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

News and information about crew, passenger, aircraft and airport security issues.

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.

Security analysts are warning operators to remain vigilant in Gulf conflict

Houthi Escalation of Iran War Widens Danger to Aviation

Amy Wilder

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.

STC expands special mission capabilities for Cessna platform

FAA Approves Avcon Single Sensor Port for Caravan

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Validation testing enables compatibility with Pro Line Fusion avionics

Blackhawk Expands XP67A Eligibility for King Airs

Kerry Lynch

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

Hamilton AI will embed Column’s banking infrastructure in its platform

Hamilton AI Teams with Bank To Grow Air Charter Platform

Stuart “Kipp” Lau

On average, two lithium-ion battery thermal runaway events occur every week, mostly while aircraft are in cruise

Lithium-ion Battery Fires: Understanding Risks and Containment 

David Jack Kenny

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Preliminary and final accident reports, April 2026

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: April 2026

Jessica Reed

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 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.

C.R. Sincock became president of Avfuel, Helen Hollis U.S. managing director for Luxaviation One.

People in Aviation—April 2026

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.

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.

Partners seek to boost military options for countering drone threats 

Honeywell and Odys Develop Laila VTOL Anti-drone Platform

Charlotte Bailey

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

Content Archive: April 2026

Houthi Escalation of Iran War Widens Danger to Aviation

FAA Approves Avcon Single Sensor Port for Caravan

Blackhawk Expands XP67A Eligibility for King Airs

Hamilton AI Teams with Bank To Grow Air Charter Platform

Lithium-ion Battery Fires: Understanding Risks and Containment

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: April 2026

People in Aviation—April 2026

Honeywell and Odys Develop Laila VTOL Anti-drone Platform

Airbus Racer Expands Flight-test Envelope

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