Aviation News

Avflight, the global FBO network associated with fuel supplier Avfuel, announced today (Aug. 13) that all 22 of its eligible locations in the U.S. are now certified as Green Aviation Business Tier 1 operations under NATA’s (National Air Transportation Association) Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses. The recently acquired Avflight location in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, will apply […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the results of a special investigation involving more than 500 accidents between 2010 and 2022. The study focused on commercial operations involving commuter air carriers, air tour operators, air ambulance services, on-demand business charter flights and some other operations. The NTSB reported it launched the investigation in […]

Melbourne-based Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) has doubled its fleet of Piper Pilot 100i aircraft, having just taken delivery of four more for a total of eight. Florida Tech fields a total of close to 50 Piper trainers, including Archers, Warriors, Seminole twins and now the Pilot 100i. The flight training institution announced the […]

A fatal Marine Osprey crash in Australia last year has been blamed on human factors rather than the trouble-plagued aircraft. According to Military.com, a military investigation found “pilot error and complacency” to be the cause of the accident, which killed three Marines, including both pilots and a corporal who died trying to save them. Cpl. […]

At least 18 airliners were grounded by damage caused by a hailstorm that hit Calgary International Airport last week, and the impact will be felt for weeks. Golf ball-sized hail pelted the airport on the evening of Aug. 5 and also extensively damaged the terminal. WestJet, which is based at Calgary, said 16 planes were […]

Authorities in Cairns, Australia, are suggesting that the pilot of a stolen helicopter that crashed into a downtown hotel had the passcode or an entry card to get on the airside of the local airport. “Cairns Airport operates under an approved multi-layered transport security program,” Airport CEO Richard Barker told ABC News. “We have conducted […]

Ukraine is now recruiting retired F-16 pilots to bolster its ranks, according to a senior U.S. lawmaker. Sen. Lindsay Graham said this week that ex-Viper pilots can likely get a combat job if they want one. “If you’re a retired F-16 pilot and you’re looking to fight for freedom, they will hire you here,” Graham […]

We’ve made good progress on migrating to our new platform and most things work. The exception is comments, which we hope to have working Aug. 12. Since we can’t do comments, we haven’t put up the fresh blog on fuel that we’ve been working on all week. Also, we don’t know how to run the […]

A Renegade Air Dash-8 with 38 passengers and crew aboard made a successful belly landing after the gear was mostly torn off when it struck a dyke on takeoff from Maban in South Sudan. With portions of the long gear struts dangling from the nacelles, the aircraft continued to Malakal. The plane went into a […]

A Skywest pilot told his passengers he wasn’t qualified to land the E175 he was flying them on to Jackson Hole last Thursday so they went to Salt Lake City instead. The flight, operating as Alaska Airlines Flight 3491, took off from San Francisco as scheduled but spent a couple of hours on the ground […]