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Sumwalt Stresses Fitness for Duty at NBAA Safety Week

NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt highlighted the need of fitnesses of duty both in the air and on the ground during NBAA's Virtual Safety week.

Safety

October 19, 2020

New Runway Surface Assessment Format Delayed

ICAO has delayed the applicability date of a new global reporting format for assessing runway conditions and runway condition reports to pilots.

Regulations and Government

October 19, 2020

New British Airways Boss Pleads for Pre-departure Covid Tests

The UK government is considering introducing a test days after arriving in the country with a shorter self-isolation period of seven days.

Airlines

October 19, 2020

UK CAA Prosecutes Pilot for Alleged Illegal Charter Flight

The UK CAA is pressing criminal charges against David Henderson over his role in an alleged illegal charter flight that killed soccer player Emiliano Sala.

Charter & Fractional

October 16, 2020

Bizav Community Digs Deep in Covid Humanitarian Response

Despite facing an existential threat from Covid, the business aviation community has been ready to provide practical help to those in greater need.

Aircraft

October 15, 2020

GE Partners With Uber on eVTOL Flight Data Monitoring

GE Aviation will offer its eFOQA software to provide operators within the Uber Air rideshare service with a way to combine flight data for safety analysis.

Safety

October 15, 2020

NTSB Improves Public Access to Accident, Safety Data

The NTSB's new database, Case Analysis and Reporting Online (Carol), will provide public access to a range of information across all modes.

Safety

October 14, 2020

Keeping the Pilot in the Loop on Flight to Autonomy

Automation is increasingly a feature of modern aircraft, but what are manufacturers doing to help pilots understand how automation works?

Avionics

October 13, 2020

Luxaviation Takes First Step to Single European AOC

Operators like Luxaviation anticipate significant savings from having all European operations under the new single EASA air-operating certificate (AOC).

Charter & Fractional

October 13, 2020

Cruz Steps Down at BA as Part of IAG Management Reboot

International Airlines Group's new chief executive Luis Gallego has replaced the BA chief executive after a turbulent process of downsizing at the airline.

Airlines

October 12, 2020

More Insurance Pain Forecast for Rotor Industry

Helicopter insurance premiums are rising in a "hard market" that could last another two years.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

October 9, 2020

OEM Studies Show Low Risk of Covid Transmission in Airliners

Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer each have conducted studies that show Covid poses less of a risk in airliners than in other indoor settings.

Aircraft

October 8, 2020

NBAA Honors Successes of DEF Flameout Safe Landing

NBAA's virtual Safety Town Hall reviewed lessons learned in the safe landing of a Citation II that lost both engines and honored the pilots involved.

Safety

October 7, 2020

Fatal Bizav Accidents Plunge Nearly 70 Percent

The number of U.S.-registered business turbine airplanes involved in fatal accidents fell as a result of fewer flying hours this year due to Covid-19.

Accidents

October 5, 2020

Treating your ‘get-there-itis’

It’s one of business aviation’s most dangerous conditions, but there are ways to prevent it.

Safety

October 1, 2020

Flying in the Age of Covid-19

A revamped business aviation landscape will affect everyone from occasional charter users to multiple-aircraft owners.

Safety

October 1, 2020