Aviation News

Air New Zealand is asking passengers to voluntarily weigh in before boarding so it can better understand the load their planes are carrying. The company wants the data to better plan fuel loads and routing to make their operation more efficient and it won’t be making a public spectacle of those who take part. “We […]

If they’re out there, there’s “absolutely no convincing evidence” that we’ve seen them, but that doesn’t mean the search for “unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)” formerly known as UFOs should stop, according to a NASA committee struck last year. “In fact, if I were to summarize in one line what I feel we’ve learned is we […]

Reuters is reporting that FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen will join eVTOL startup Archer Aviation in the next few weeks. Nolen, who’s been the interim leader of the agency for more than a year after Steve Dickson quit in March of 2022, announced his departure last month. Reuters cited unnamed sources and neither Archer nor […]

Delta Air Lines is facing a California lawsuit over its $1 billion claim of carbon neutrality. Plaintiffs maintain that the carbon “offsets” Delta pays for don’t do enough to mitigate global warming, and the airline is unfairly profiting from its claims. In 2020, Delta announced it would invest $1 billion to achieve carbon neutral status […]

Earlier this month, Garmin announced it had received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for installing its GFC 600 digital autopilot in the Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain cabin-class piston twin. Concurrently, Garmin announced that its Smart Rudder Bias technology is certified for installation on PA-31-350 Navajos when equipped with the GFC 600 autopilot. In addition to […]

Business aviation consultant Brian Foley released a statement today (May 30) analyzing a recent report in the Financial Times (FT) calling attention to similarities between beleaguered charter provider Wheels Up and Malta-headquartered VistaJet. Both follow the owned-aircraft business model and according to the FT, both are suffering financial woes, with VistaJet’s ledger sheet cited as […]

Nearly four decades ago, a young Mike Kellner, inspired by the television series 12 O’clock High, ponied up a bit more than seven grand to a Maine junkyard for a B-17E. Or, more accurately, the sawed-off pieces of one. “It was a scrapped airplane,” he told the local Chicago suburban Daily Herald newspaper. “So, it […]

Construction is underway for a new facility to be operated by Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s proprietary research, development and prototyping division Phantom Works. Designed to house post-assembly phases of future military aircraft production, the 47,500-square-foot Advanced Coatings Center is scheduled to be operational in 2025. The site is located in St. Louis, Missouri. “As […]

42 teams are set to compete in the 46th annual Air Race Classic (ARC) all-women cross-country airplane race. Covering a 2,684-statute mile course, the race will begin at North Dakota’s Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) and finish at Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport (X51) in Homestead, Florida with nine intermediate checkpoints. The event, which traces […]

Textron Aviation has announced that the 100th production unit of its flagship Cessna Citation Longitude business jet has rolled off of the production line. The aircraft is slated to be delivered to an unnamed customer later this year. The Citation Longitude flew for the first time in 2016, receiving its FAA type certificate in September […]