Content Archive: March 2019

Rotorcraft

Bristow's Credit Downgraded, Stock Slides Below $1

Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades $750 million worth of Bristow debt, citing a variety of company problems
Accidents

China, Ethiopian Airlines Ground Their Max 8 Fleets

The Civil Aviation Authority of China grounds more than a quarter of the global fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8s.
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Aircraft

Prowler Bows Out After 48 Years

With the conclusion of Marine Corps EA-6B operations, the career of the Prowler electronic warfare platform has come to an end.
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Aircraft

HAL Ramps Up LCA Production and Looks to the Mk2

India's troubled Tejas Light Combat Aircraft program is advancing with an interim improved Mk1A, followed by a much more capable Mk2.
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Accidents

FDR, CVR Recovered from Doomed Ethiopian Max 8

More airlines ground the Boeing narrowbody following the suspension of all Max 8 operations in China.
Aircraft

Russia To Convert Tu-204 Passenger Jets into Freighters

The federation’s postal service cites a need for 10 more narrowbody cargo airplanes.
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Airlines

Myanmar Government Pushes for Airline Mergers

A shrinking Burmese market has already claimed five carriers in the past 15 months.
Aircraft

IADA Progressing On Bizjet Dealer Accreditation

Two professors in the University of North Dakota's aviation department are leading the accreditation program.
Airlines

LCCs Set To Catalyze Argentine Growth

Traffic in Argentina’s domestic air travel market will triple within eight years, according to ICF aviation consultant Carlos Ozores.
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Aircraft

TBM 930 Completes Paris-New York Record Flight

Pilots Dierk Reuter and Phil Bozek set sights on a record held since 1985 by famed test pilot Chuck Yeager.
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