Content Archive: August 2016
Airports
Brazil's Bizav Traffic Takes Steep Dive, According to ATC Data
With no ABAG Yearbook for 2016, the only available source of Brazilian business aviation traffic data is from military air traffic control provider Decea.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Stemme Subsidiary Ramps Up for Patroller Production
Ecarys will deliver 15 ES15 fixed-wing airframes to France's Sagem, which will convert them into the unmanned Patroller for the French army.
Safety
Latin American Operators Get IS-BAO Workshop in São Paulo
The International Business Aviation Council is holding one of its popular IS-BAO workshops in São Paulo during the LABACE show.
Avionics
Ergo 360 Adds Shipping for Ditching Dilemmas
Aeronautical Data Systems has expanded the utility of its Ergo 360 safety app with the addition of AIS-based shipping information.
Airlines
Chinese Airlines Scrambling To Hire Foreign Pilots
Carriers desperate to address worsening shortage of cockpit crew
Safety
Don Purdy Retires from ASRS’s Callback
Purdy has steered the publication, which was founded in 1979, for more than 10 years.
Intel Unveils 'Aero' Drone Development Platform
The semiconductor manufacturer will make the platform available to drone application developers later this year.
Regulations and Government
At Long Last, Aeromedical Reform Is on Horizon
Congress passes much more expansive bill than originally envisioned.
Aircraft
Iran Welcomes Russian Strategic Bomber to Hamedan Base
Hamedan is the second foreign base Russia has occupied in its bombing campaign against militants fighting the Syrian government.
