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L3 Commercial Aviation Announces Massive Piper Order
Worldwide training operation signs order for up to 240 airplanes. Piper aircraft is having a terrific week at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida. After yesterday’s announcement about the development of a pair of two-seat trainers, the Piper Pilot 100 and 100i, the company also won a huge order from L3 Commercial Aviation – a
Read MorePiaggio Aerospace Aims To Find Buyer by April 2020
Troubled Italian aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace is trying to chalk up orders for its P.180 Avanti Evo turboprop twin while it simultaneously searches for potential buyers of the entire company by April 2020. Piaggio went into insolvency after its UAE-based owner Mubadala cancelled its order for the P.1HH Hammerhead, an unmanned maritime patrol version of
Read MoreREGULATOR WARNS AIRASIA ON TAKEOVER OF NOK AIR
Update: AirAsia informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand on March 6 that it has withdrawn its offer to purchase Nok Air shares. BANGKOK — A trade official warned Thursday that aviation giant AirAsia’s proposed acquisition of rival Nok Air may violate antitrust laws. Though both firms have yet to confirm the deal, Trade Competition Commissioner Santichai
Read MoreSignature Flight Support and Citation Jet Pilots Ink Flight Support Agreement
CJP members will benefit from reduced fuel prices and fees at all Signature locations in North America. Signature Flight Support has signed a flight support and fueling agreement with the Citation Jet Pilots Association (CJP) that cover 1,000 members operating more than 600 Citation jets. The agreement calls for custom fuel pricing for CJP member
Read MoreCountries Ban Boeing 737 Max 8 from their Airspace after Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Dozens of airlines have voluntarily grounded the jetliner as investigators scramble to determine the cause of the second deadly crash of the type in less than five months. More than two dozen airlines around the world have grounded their fleets of Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliners after the second deadly crash of the type in
Read MoreGoodyear Unveils Concept for a Tire that Doubles as a Propeller
Tilting tire is designed for flying cars of the perhaps not-so-distant future. A tire that can morph into an aircraft propeller? Goodyear thinks it’s the perfect solution for autonomous flying cars of the future that would ride on the thin, airless tires, which could then pivot like a tiltrotor to provide propulsion as the wheel’s
Read MoreIATA Releases 2018 Airline Safety Performance
U.S. operations safer than some other regions of the world. Each year the safety data for airline travel aboard commercial aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds just keeps getting better in the United States according to the International Air Transport Association. There hasn’t been a major U.S. airline accident in years. Worth noting is that
Read MoreJet Aviation acquires full ownership of San Juan FBO
Jet Aviation has acquired full ownership of the San Juan FBO at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico, a provider of premium business aviation services at one of the most convenient U.S. points of entry for international flights. Jet Aviation has been operating the San Juan FBO under a management agreement with the
Read MoreDelta Adds Flight to Continue GTR Growth
Delta Air Lines announced Sthe addition of a fourth round-trip flight between Atlanta and the Golden Triangle Regional Airport in Mississippi starting in June. Delta Air Lines announced Sthe addition of a fourth round-trip flight between Atlanta and the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTR) in Mississippi starting in June. The airport recently announced a record
Read MoreCFIs Get Well-Deserved Funds from WINGS Sweepstakes
$10,000 is distributed to dedicated flight instructors. Members of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) got some well-deserved funding to help further their endeavors in making pilots safer. Ten flight instructors received anywhere from $500 to $1,500 as part of the Paul and Fran Burger
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