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Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Expands Brunswick, Georgia Mx Facility

Newly constructed 110,000-sq-ft hangar more than doubles the site’s under-roof capacity from a mixture of seven large-cabin aircraft to as many as 16.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Commerce Agency Plans Meetings on Drone Privacy

The NTIA will convene interested parties to develop best practices for drone 'privacy, accountability and transparency.'
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Regulations and Government

FAA Reissues Order on Drones

The agency seeks to clarify the current guidance.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Embraer Sorocaba

The company’s facility at Sorocaba Airport in Brazil offers a welcoming experience for business aircraft operators.
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Airlines

Safety Violations Could Cost SkyWest More Than $1M

The proposed civil penalty is the result of operating six aircraft beyond inspection limits.
Training and Workforce

KLM Academy Chooses APS for Upset Prevention Training

Loss of control in flight represents the most severe hull loss causal factor in commercial aviation worldwide over the past 10 years.
Safety

FSF Benefit Dinner Set for July 30

Annual event raises $100,000 to support the Global Safety Information Project.
Safety

Flight Path Management: Old Issue, New Incident

The crew was too low an a visual approach but later landed safely on an instrument approach.
ATC

FAA Extends SoCal Metroplex Comment Period

Comments are now due September 8.
Regulations and Government

DTC DUATS Warns of Possible Shutdown on July 16

the FAA “intends to shut down DTC’s connections" that allow it to provide aviation weather briefings and file flight plans.
Airports

N.Y. Gains New Port of Entry

International travelers can now clear customs at upstate New York’s Griffiss International Airport.
FBOs

UK FBO Completes Renovation

Renovation is complete at Marshall Aviation Services at the UK's Birmingham Airport.
Aircraft

Luxaviation Takes Delivery of Its First Phenom 300

now operates a combined fleet of more than 250 business aircraft, including 18 Embraer Legacy 600/650s.
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Safety

Safety Standdown U.S.A. Dates Set; Registration Opens

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that its 19th annual Safety Standdown U.S.A. will take place October 6 to 8 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Wichita.
Charter & Fractional

BACA and UK CAA Team To Tackle Illegal Charters

The Baltic Air Charter Association and the UK Civil Aviation Authority held a joint seminar to discuss foreign carrier permits and illegal charters.
Rotorcraft

Lockheed Martin Emerging as Sikorsky’s Likely Suitor

United Technologies’ (UTC) board of directors was expected to meet this week to discuss the bids the company has received for its Sikorsky helicopter unit.
Airlines

United Grounding Highlights Worries over Cyber Attacks

IATA warns of airline industry’s vulnerability
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Airlines

Vietnamese Airlines Prepare To Fulfill Growth Ambitions

Pen new deals with Boeing to expand fleets
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Aircraft

RIAT and DSEI: British Defense Shows Attract Widespread Support

Paris drop-outs are among many aerospace companies that will be present at two major events in the UK this year.
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FBOs

FBO and Hangar Project Proposed at Belfast

The company is looking to increase space to handle based and transient aircraft.
FBOs

Bay-area FBO To Expand

APP is expanding at Hayward Executive.
Maintenance and Modifications

Industry to Congress: Leave Alternative Parts Alone

The curent regulatory framework for life-limited aircraft parts has a proven safety records, say industry groups.
Airlines

United Resumes Flights After Computer Glitch Grounding

Some 3,500 flights were affected after network problems stopped operations.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Thales, IAI Flight Test NATO-Standard Data Link on Heron

The companies said they conducted risk reduction flight tests in Israel of a Heron UAV equipped with a Thales-Elisra data link system.
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Safety

ERAU's Flight Training Dept. Earns IS-BAO Stage 1 Badge

University’s Daytona Beach campus flight training department become first flight training organization in U.S. to earn distinction.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Swiss Postal Service, Air Cargo Carrier Begin Drone Testing

Swiss Post and air cargo carrier Swiss WorldCargo will evaluate using the Matternet One quadcopter for delivering parcels.
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Sustainability and Environment

ATR’s “Green” Demonstrator Takes Flight

First mission for phase of testing involving composite insulating materials and vibro-acoustic sensors.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Watch Video of Car-Inspired Global 6000 Interior

Jet Aviation’s St Louis facility shares details on how it completed a Bombardier Global 6000 for a car lover.
ATC

Symposium Reveals Support, Opposition to U.S. ATC Reform

A proposed fundamental change of the U.S. ATC organizational structure could come this fall in FAA reauthorization legislation.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Reviewing Global 7000/8000 Program Schedules

Company won't say if there will be delays, but business aviation analyst Rolland Vincent texpects both aircraft programs to be delayed by 18 to 24 months.
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