Charter company JetSuite has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It had stopped operations in mid-April and furloughed its workforce. It flew Embraer Phenom 100 and 300 aircraft. “JetSuite has always done its best to honor its commitments to customers throughout its exemplary history, and JetSuite leadership has spent and will continue to spend enormous […]
Bombardier has announced plans to gradually resume operations at its manufacturing facilities in Canada as of May 11. The company temporarily suspended aircraft and rail production activities and furloughed workers at its sites in Quebec and Ontario on March 24 following “government mandates enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19.” Bombardier said on Tuesday that […]
AOPA President Mark Baker held a live presentation last week (linked below), touching on several topics of interest to pilots and aircraft owners. Among those was his assertion that relief for pilots facing expiring medicals or currency as well as owners with out-of-annual aircraft, all unable to get service, is coming. “We’re telling the FAA […]
As social distancing and personal protection become the norms, it’s not been unusual to see airline personnel wearing face masks, but now you can expect to don one yourself if you’re flying JetBlue. The airline announced this week that it will make face mask use mandatory for passengers starting May 4. (UPDATE: Frontier Airlines announced […]
UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) has announced plans to begin using drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to a 135,000-resident retirement community in central Florida. According to UPS, the initial delivery flights will travel less than half a mile to a drop location near the community and be taken to residents […]
Boeing says it will resume production of the 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina by May 3, less than a month after the company complied with local stay-at-home orders and shuttered the facility. Boeing put workers back on the job in Washington state last week. Meanwhile, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has told shareholders that a return […]
A retired top U.S. military official says showboating Russian fighter pilots are posturing for social media, trying to go viral to raise the profile of their military and maybe sell some airplanes. In the past few weeks U.S. military have complained their aircraft have been buzzed by Russian fighters, including an inverted Su-35 that came […]
What it lacked in the speed and precision of the Thunderbirds’ Las Vegas show of support for essential workers, a general aviation version of the tribute in San Diego made up for in variety. About 25 local pilots flew formation flights over hospitals and care facilities in the San Diego area on Friday to show […]
Perth Airport in Australia has seized an unspecified number of airliners belonging to Virgin Australia to secure debts owed by the carrier for rent and other fees. Last week, the airport parked heavy equipment, trucks and even airstairs around the aircraft, which the bankrupt airline is storing there because of the drastic reduction of flights […]
COVID-19 has prompted the FAA to loosen its notoriously tight restrictions on drones flying beyond visual line of site (BVLOS). DroneDJ is reporting that an oil and gas company has been granted a waiver to conduct remote inspection flights because of virus-related restrictions on staff activities. What’s more, the FAA approved the exemption within 24 […]
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