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Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Aviation Adds Slate of Approvals in Singapore

The approvals enable the Singapore center to support aircraft registered in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, and the U.S.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Constant Exceeds 20 MicroShield Applications in Bizjets

Product kills 99.99 percent of pathogens on treated surfaces for one year.
Safety

APS Adds High-altitude Recurrent Upset Training

Program for pilots is a concentrated day of on-aircraft UPRT that “reinvigorates initial training competencies and updates skills."
Airlines

UK Further Eases In-cabin Laptop Ban

Cairo airport no longer subject to restrictions
Charter & Fractional

Coleman Jet To Operate CB SkyShare Fleet

Launched last year, CB SkyShare offers shares in a fleet of Pilatus PC-12s, Citation CJ2s, and Gulfstream G200s.
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Regulations and Government

AINsight: Is History Repeating Itself on FAA Bill?

The same issues held up reauthorization, similar concessions were made to move long-term bills, yet delays persisted.
Avionics

Flying with the Dassault Falcon FalconEye Combined Vision System

Flying with the Dassault Falcon FalconEye Combined Vision System
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Aircraft

Legion Pod To Give the Eagle New Eyes

Boeing is to fit Lockheed Martin's Legion Pod IRST system to the USAF's Eagle fighters to give them a passive tracking capability
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Maintenance and Modifications

Airplus Maintenance Gets Russian Approval

The approval enables Russian operators to have their aircraft services at airplus Maintenance's Friedrichshafen, Germany headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Rolling Out SMS Program

The MRO provider is first implementing SMS in Lincoln, Nebraska, but will then extend the program to its Battle Creek, Michigan and Provo, Utah sites.
Maintenance and Modifications

ARSA Offers TSA Repair Station Security Regs Training

TSA published its security rule in 2014 for repair stations located on or adjacent to airports.
Avionics

Garmin Acquires Trip Support Firm FltPlan

More than 6.3 million flight plans are created annually by FltPlan’s 165,000 registered users via its website or FltPlan Go app.
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Aircraft

Virgin Australia Signs On As Latest Boeing Max 10 Customer

First delivery of order for 10 set for 2022
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aircraft Insurance Rates Climbing, Says Broker

After years of decreases, aircraft inurance rates are now headed upward, notes Aviation Specialty Insurance president Matt Drummelsmith.
Safety

NBAA 2018 To Be Bookended by Bizav Safety Forums

A Single-Pilot Safety Standdown will be held on the even of the NBAA convention, while a National Safety Forum will take place on the event's final day.
Charter & Fractional

Charter Firm Boutique Air Begins DEN-Telluride Flights

The operator received FAA/DOT commuter authority in 2012 to conduct scheduled flights and is code-sharing with United Airlines on the route.
Avionics

SkyRyse VTOL Pilot Assist To Deploy Next Year

Company's initial focus on is on first responders and using conventional helicopters.
Sustainability and Environment

First Biofuel Flight in South Asia Resonates During Cost Crisis

Indian government readies national policy on commitment to alternative fuels
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Aircraft

Temporary Exemption Clears Hurdle for Longitude FAA Nod

The FAA and Textron had different interpretations on fuel tank designs, resulting in a need for short-term relief from applicable standards.
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Aircraft

UBS: Bombardier To Reclaim Large Bizjet Market Share

Share could potentially exceed 40 percent in both units and value by 2020 as Bombardier delivers its new Globals to customers.
Aircraft

KLM Delays First A350 Deliveries to 2021

Air France-KLM has a firm order for 28 of the Airbus twinjets
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Accidents

EASA Reports Zero Bizjet Accidents in 2017

Over the preceding 10 years large business jets had the lowest mean number of fatal accidents in Europe.
Regulations and Government

FIS-B Notams Not a Complete List, FAA Warns

FIS-B Notams are limited to those issued in the past 30 days, even though older ones might still be active.
ATC

Florida Metroplex Area Nav Routes Revised

The routes were developed to improve the efficiency of the national airspace system and reduce dependency on ground-based navigational systems.
Aircraft

UK Aerospace Threatened Even as Aircraft Deliveries Set Record

Industry Group ADS warns again of negative effect of no-deal Brexit
Rotorcraft

It's a 'Grand Sky' for BVLOS UAS Flights

The UAS park is building to accommodate growth.
Avionics

Duncan: Half of U.S. Bizjet Fleet Still Needs ADS-B

The Nebraska MRO says more than half of the U.S.-registered business jet fleet still has yet to be upgraded ahead of the looming 2020 deadline
Regulations and Government

Time Beginning To Run Short for Long-term FAA Bill

Another FAA extension is becoming increasingly likely with full consideration of the FAA bill kicked to a lame-duck congressional session later this year.
Safety

Aircraft Specialties Selected as Hot-Stop Stocking Dealer

Hot Stop kits are recommended for carriage on board aircraft for containment of lithium-ion battery fires.
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Aircraft

Su-57 and MiG-35 Land Russian Orders During Army 2018

At the major Russian arms gathering the defense ministry announced the first orders for production examples of the Su-57 and MiG-35
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