Aviation News

Fractional/charter operator Wheels Up Experience, long troubled with financial setbacks, announced its chief financial officer and chief legal officer are both leaving the company. CFO Todd Smith is said to be leaving to assume a new role elsewhere and legal officer Laura Heltebran will “pursue other opportunities,” according to the company. Wheels Up CEO George […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced it will feature three top contenders in the advanced air mobility (AAM) movement at the trade group’s 2024 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in October. The Emerging Tech Pavilion on the convention display floor will include a significant presence from Electra.aero, Joby Aviation and Lilium, as […]

International cargo carrier Atlas Air announced on Monday (Aug. 19) it has formed a partnership with Spartan Education Group to create Atlas Cadet Academy at a dedicated facility in West Chicago, Illinois. The program is tailored to train pilots for Atlas’ fleet of Boeing 747, 767, and 777 widebody freighters. Atlas believes it is the […]

The Associated Press reported today that a proposed merger of Alaska Air and Hawaiian Airlines has taken a step forward. The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to challenge the $1 billion deal, and the DOJ review period expired at midnight last night following a number of extensions. Both carriers say the merger “will […]

According to a CNBC report, the pandemic-driven bump in private aviation has begun to level off. Compared to a peak in 2022, private jet charter flights dropped 15% over the first half of this year. The report cites “waning demand and a new competitive landscape for high-end travel.” Notwithstanding a boost from the Summer Olympics […]

Sikorsky’s long-awaited modified presidential VH-92A made its debut as “Marine One” yesterday (Aug. 19), as it transported President Biden from O’Hare International Airport to the parking lot adjacent to the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, site of the Democratic National Convention. The development program that led to the helicopter’s entry into service has been […]

The FAA issued an airworthiness concern sheet (ACS) after a cockpit power lever fractured on a Cirrus SR20 as the pilot advanced the throttle for takeoff. The pilot cut fuel to the engine and safely aborted the takeoff. Follow-up visual and dye-penetrant examinations by the training fleet operator revealed cracks in 24 more aircraft. The […]

A Montana woman has pleaded guilty to lunging at the controls of Cape Air Cessna 402 just as it was landing at Havre Airport on March 21, 2023, and very nearly causing it to crash. Tracy Lynn Eagleman, 36, of Havre will be sentenced in December and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in […]

A New York Times documentary looks into the mental health issues affecting the aviation industry and builds the case using the sensational story of an Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to crash a plane he was on last fall. Capt. Joe Emerson was in the jump seat of the E175 hitching a ride to San […]

The FAA has issued an AD ordering operators of all models of the Boeing 787 to inspect the flight deck seat switches in response to the sudden forward pitch of a Dreamliner off Australia last March that hurt 50 people. The sudden dive occurred when the captain’s seat experienced an “uncommanded horizontal movement” causing the […]