Aviation News

SpaceX succeeded with its most audacious feat to date, using mechanical arms deployed from its Texas launch tower to capture and hold the enormous Starship booster a few minutes after it launched a capsule to space. The 250-foot booster hovered above the Boca Chica launch pad before settling into the waiting arms of the tower […]

Boeing announced 17,000 layoffs, a one-year delay in the 777X program and the end of production for the civilian freighter version of the venerable 767 on Friday as it grapples with reduced revenues from a lingering strike and a seemingly endless stream of production and quality issues. “We reset our workforce levels to align with […]

The FAA has published a final rule eliminating expiration dates on flight instructor certificates, replacing them with recent experience requirements every 24 calendar months. The agency says that removing the expiration date on certificates will increase efficiency, cut costs and put instructor certificates in line with other airman certificates such as private and commercial, which […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating a crash involving a twin-engine Beechcraft 95-B55 that occurred shortly after takeoff from Catalina Airport in California on Tuesday, killing all five on board. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, the bodies of five adults were discovered at the crash […]

On Wednesday, a coalition of airlines, maintenance providers and manufacturers released a report aimed at preventing unapproved parts from entering the aviation supply chain in the future. The Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition, co-chaired by former National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt and former U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John D. Porcari, includes industry stakeholders […]

On Thursday, Air Canada pilots approved a new four-year contract that includes significant improvements to compensation and quality of life. According to the contract, the carrier’s roughly 5,200 pilots will receive raises of about 42% over four years, including an immediate 26% increase followed by annual 4% raises for three years. The Air Line Pilots […]

CNN reported earlier this week that Operation Helo, a group of about 100 helicopter pilots and operators, has flown some 400 sorties in North Carolina supporting victims of Hurricane Helene. Formed just last week, Operation Helo’s mission is to deliver essential supplies, such as diapers, food and medicine, to hard-hit remote areas of the state, […]

Textron Aviation executives will meet with members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers tomorrow (Oct. 10). Union members met today to lay out their plans for the negotiations. Some 5,000 Textron workers voted to strike on Sept. 24 after rejecting an offer including a 26% pay increase over four years and a […]

In an incident that is bound to elicit a response to calls for enabling single-pilot operations, a Turkish Airlines captain died in midair after becoming ill on a flight from Seattle, Washington, to Istanbul, Turkey. The second in command and a relief pilot took over and Flight TK204 diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport, […]

Boeing is facing new scrutiny over its handling of the 737 MAX MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) situation. The New York Times (NYT) reported today (Oct. 9) it has uncovered emails supporting claims that Ethiopian Airlines’ chief pilot reached out to the manufacturer in late 2018  with an “urgent” request for information a month after […]