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Pilatus has obtained full rough field certification for its PC-24 Super Versatile Jet, clearing the aircraft for operations on grass, wet earth and snow. The company completed testing for dry sand and gravel in 2018. The tests required by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the certification took place at locations including Woodbridge, England, […]

AVweb’s weekly news roundup found reports on a new wearable aviation oximeter, a general aviation engine and avionics upgrades company opening an online store, and the launch of an online safety learning management system. Aithre Aviation has introduced its Illyrian wearable aviation oximeter. According to the company, Illyrian can monitor blood oxygen levels (SpO2) and […]

Boeing came close to losing its Starliner crew capsule during the abortive test flight in December in which the spacecraft failed to reach the correct orbit. A software-related timing issue caused that problem but another software glitch almost sent the vehicle tumbling out of control after it had reached orbit. Had engineers not caught the […]

Airbus has agreed to pay €3.6 billion ($3.95 billion) in penalties to settle bribery and corruption investigations being conducted by the French Parquet National Financier (PNF), the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ). According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the settlement also addresses charges that Airbus violated […]

Urban air mobility company Wisk has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of New Zealand to establish a passenger transport trial in Canterbury, New Zealand. The trials will use Wisk’s autonomous, all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, Cora. Details regarding parameters and timeframes for the venture are still in development. “We […]

Airbus has announced that it has temporarily closed its A320 final assembly line in Tianjin, China, due to an outbreak of coronavirus in the country. The company also said that it was providing its Airbus China employees with IT equipment so they “do not need to travel to work where possible.” It is not yet […]

United Airlines has signed an agreement to buy Westwind School of Aeronautics, a flight school located in Phoenix, Arizona. According to United, the purchase makes it the only major carrier in the U.S. to own a flight training academy. The school, which will be renamed United Aviate Academy, will be operated as an expansion of […]

Three people were killed and 179 others injured when a 737-800 operated by Pegasus Airlines as Flight 2193 slid off the runway and over an embankment at Turkey’s Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) on Wednesday. According to Turkish authorities, there were 177 passengers and six crewmembers on board. Injured passengers and crew were taken to […]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that cash-strapped Bombardier is in talks with Textron to sell its bizjet program. The move follows Bombardier selling a majority share of its C Series to Airbus (which is now the A220) and last summer’s sale of its regional jet business to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The WSJ is reporting […]

The Airbus-built Solar Orbiter satellite has been successfully mounted on top of an Atlas V 411 launch rocket and is ready to fly, Airbus announced on Tuesday. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission is designed to study “how the Sun creates and controls the giant bubble of plasma surrounding the Solar System and influences the […]