Aviation News

Air Canada has taken the unprecedented step of pulling a couple of retired airliners out of the desert to meet increasing travel demand both domestically and internationally. Airline officials told investors last week that two Boeing 767-300ERs will rejoin the fleet temporarily while it waits for delivery of new aircraft. The two-aisle Boeings are about […]

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has warned striking factory workers to accept its latest offer or the next deal it offers will be less generous. The company and negotiators for the International Association of Machinists reached a tentative deal based on a 38% wage increase and a 1% cut on employee health insurance contributions. The membership […]

On Oct. 28 Gulfstream announced it had received STCs for Starlink on its G650 and 650ER flagship bizjets and was pursuing them for future models and legacy products as well. Gulfstream will do the installations at its network of service centers. “Starlink is an offering that we know is important to operators,” said Derek Zimmerman, […]

The pilot of a Robinson R-44 that hit a radio tower in Houston on Oct. 20 was talking to ATC when it happened according to the NTSB’s preliminary report. The helicopter was on a commercial sightseeing flight when it struck the 1,003-foot tower about 900 feet. All four on the helicopter were killed and the […]

The FAA says it will keep staff meteorologists at 21 air traffic control centers. A few days after the union representing the weather specialists issued a press release saying the agency planned to get rid of them in favor of automated systems, the agency said it wasn’t so. “The Federal Aviation Administration and the National […]

The co-chair of the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) is reminding fuel handlers at Reid-Hillview Airport in San José, California, to guard against misfueling aircraft now that they have a new product to sell. Reid-Hillview has become the first airport to offer GAMI’s G100UL unleaded avgas for sale and Curt Castagna, speaking as the […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive (AD) on Thursday targeting specific Lycoming engines that are equipped with certain connecting rod assemblies. The AD was issued in response to multiple reports of connecting rod failures that led to serious engine issues and in-flight shutdowns. According to the agency, the AD requires regular oil […]

Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft said its PC-12 has emerged as the most frequently flown business aircraft in the USA over the past year. Dubbed the “World’s Greatest Single,” the PC-12 recorded 316,328 takeoffs, representing 8.8% of all business aviation departures in the U.S., as reported by aviation analytics specialist WingX Advance. According to Pilatus, roughly […]

The United States Marine Corps completed its investigation into the 2023 F-35B crash in Williamsburg County last year, attributing the incident primarily to pilot error. According to the report released Thursday, the pilot experienced multiple system failures while attempting to land in heavy rain at Joint Base Charleston. After losing his helmet display and other […]

An Austrian wingsuit pilot set multiple world records in wingsuit flight. Peter Salzmann made the record-breaking flight on Oct. 24 launching from Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland where he flew for 5 minutes and 56 seconds over a distance of 7.77 miles. Red Bull, who teamed up with Salzmann for the flight said the jump was […]