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Pinnacle Airlines has agreed to fly–at least temporarily–the seven Bombardier CRJ900s Delta Air Lines had told Mesa Air Group it would pull from their serv

Piedmont Airlines and SkyWest Airlines will each receive $600,000 from the FAA as part of a $5 million program to fund in-cockpit runway safety systems, in

Embraer in late August celebrated the first delivery of E190s to two new customers–China’s Kunpeng Airlines and TACA Airlines of El Salvador.

Embraer and Flybe Aviation Services have signed a five-year contract that names the UK regional aircraft maintenance company an authorized service center f

The European helicopter safety team (Ehest) released the preliminary results of the first European-wide helicopter accident study on October 13, during a c

Semia, a French manufacturer of maintenance equipment, was at Helitech 2008 exhibiting the Syntham 5000, a new engine vibration-check device that can monit

In Portugal, state-owned helicopter operator Empresa de Meios Aéreos (EMA) seems happy with the six Kamov Ka-32 A11BCs it acquired for firefighting and sea

Helicopter operator Inaer introduced Einforex, a system that updates 3-D maps with firefighting information such as fire front location, past water drops a

Start-up manufacturer Hélicoptères Guimbal delivered its first Cabri G2 two-seater to French-based operator Ixair on September 19.

Authorities say VFR flight into IMC appears the culprit in a spectacular pre-dawn helicopter crash in late September.

Bristow Helicopters has unveiled plans for new European headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Eight oil companies have joined forces to conduct a $1 million helicopter safety study on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) over the next three years.

Belize City-based Astrum Helicopters in September received its air operator certificate (AOC).

Universal Avionics last month introduced a cockpit voice and flight data recorder (CVFDR) with internal recorder independent power supply (Rips).

Satcom system maker TrueNorth Avionics last month introduced a two-channel airborne telephone system for the cabin called Simphone Prelude that is designed

A September ICAO NextGen/Sesar Forum in Montreal underscored the fact that the U.S.

Embraer has selected the Kollsman enhanced-vision system II (EVS II) from Elbit Systems of America for the Lineage 1000.

Lufthansa Technik’s latest innovation in business jet cabin “infotainment” is called Niceview, an upgrade that takes the venerable moving-map display into

Since the Transportation Security Administration released its plans for a Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP), business aviation providers and pilots ha

Business aviation is on the upswing in India, and the country is poised to experience an even bigger boom in the sector as a result of favorable demographi

International Communications Group (ICG) last month announced that its NxtMail Over Iridium global e-mail services will now be available to users of Wi-Fi-

How times change.

It’s certainly a comforting feeling, watching the avionics techs remove old black boxes from your airplane and replace them with the latest units on the ma

BAE Systems is aiming a new compact and lightweight head-up display, called Q-HUD, at a wide market that includes light and midsize business jets.

Dassault Falcon last month announced the long-anticipated upgrade to the Honeywell Primus Epic-based EASy (Enhanced Avionics System) flight deck: the EASy

EMS Satcom last month introduced the latest and lightest in its line of eNfusion high-gain antennas for airborne satellite communications, the AMT-700, wei

Dallas-based Sagem Avionics announced it has received a supplemental type certificate for installation of its ICDS avionics system in the Commander 690 tur

Dassault Falcon 900C and 900EX owners will soon be able to receive flight-deck facelifts, thanks to a Honeywell retrofit program announced at last month’s

The number of GPS-based wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) instrument approach procedures in the U.S.

Viking Air’s updated Series 400 Twin Otter made its first flight on October 1, and the program remains on schedule for first delivery in the middle of next