Latest

Some flight departments employ independent contractors as a way to keep their costs in check.

Delta Air Lines’ planned expansion at New York JFK Airport this summer will include a new three-year code-share deal with Mesa Air Group to fly twelve 37-s

Colombian domestic airline AeroRepublica has placed a firm order for five 108-seat Embraer 190s and options on another 20 of the latest member of Embraer’s

April 10 is the comment deadline for a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to require more detailed reporting of top executive compensation,

Air Canada Jazz suspended all service to Toronto City Centre Airport on March 1 after an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled that the airline would have to

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Metro crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton, Ohio, to Harlingen, T

In an unusual move, Air Tractor has established a college education fund for children of pilots who are killed in accidents involving the company’s aerial

Meggitt subsidiary S-Tec announced last month that the Magic EFIS and Series 2100 autopilot have been approved for installation in the King Air E90.T

Marinvent, the Canadian research firm, received a U.S.

The FAA last month issued another airworthiness directive related to the Primus Epic avionics system, this time calling for GIV and GV operators to revise

If you routinely fly aboard a business jet with an onboard Inmarsat satcom system, chances are you’ve heard of a Florida company called Satcom Direct.

First revealed publicly by AIN (December, page 20), but still not reported in other aviation media, the aerospace industry’s hitherto secret Project

FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO) officials early last month briefed government and industry representatives on the cost-benefit analysis of nationwide AD

Look for Arinc’s SkyLink high-speed-data satcom service to start showing up in a wider range of airplane types now that an exclusive agreement with Gulfstr

Talk about making inroads.

Garmin has introduced the GMX 200 multifunction display, a higher-resolution (480 by 640 pixels) version of the MX20 display originally developed by UPS Av

Max-Viz, the Portland, Ore.

Universal Avionics last month said it flew its first test flight with the new “W” series flight-management system (FMS) designed for compatibility with the

The FAA’s announcement last month that its GPS wide area augmentation system (WAAS) will support ILS-like 200-foot Category I approaches marks the agency’s

The worst-kept secret in Chicago: Mayor Richard Daley is considering privatizing Midway International Airport.

Elliott Aviation has introduced an interior upgrade kit that it says can morph that aging King Air 200 cabin into the equivalent of that of a new [but larg

Last month Raytheon Aircraft received FAA certification for the Hawker 850XP, essentially a Hawker 800XP with homegrown winglets.

According to Cessna Citation Encore+ program manager Lynn Young, the program is on track to reach FAA certification in the third quarter.

The Grob SPn Utility Jet’s flight-test program has been progressing well since the twinjet made its first flight last July 20, according to a company spoke

The value of an FBO to an aircraft operator can be difficult to measure.

Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita last month announced it is acquiring BAE Systems’ aerostructures division.

All six people aboard a King Air 200 that crashed in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on February 3 were killed.

Jet Aviation has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, to offer aircraft charter, management and sales in Latin America.

FAA financing and the prospect of user fees to help pay for modernization of the ATC system is the primary issue facing general aviation in the coming year

March 26 is the comment deadline for a widespread proposal that would require operators and manufacturers of airliner-size airplanes (including bizliners)