Aviation News

A U.S. company will soon have a fleet of fighters that will rival that of some small countries. Air USA, which is a flight training contractor to the U.S. Air Force, is buying 46 former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) first generation F/A-18 Hornets. The U.S. Navy only recently retired the Hornet and the Marines […]

Those who fly the airlines on domestic routes in the next few months may have a more comfortable experience thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak. Airlines that have curtailed long-haul service to Asia and Europe because of the virus will be using some of the orphaned widebody aircraft on domestic routes to try and blunt the […]

Heathrow Airport will have to prove that a proposed third runway falls in line with the U.K.’s commitments on climate change, the British Court of Appeal has determined. Environmental groups, town councils and the mayor of London brought the case and it was originally rejected but the appeals court overturned that decision. The court did […]

An apparent rift between the FAA and aviation agencies in other countries involved in the recertification of the Boeing 737 MAX appears to center on cockpit distractions during an emergency. As we reported last week, Canada is preparing to break ranks with the FAA on the final form of the recertification with its own flight […]

British budget carrier Flybe is blaming the decline in business from the COVID-19 outbreak for its decision to stop flying last week. The airline, which has been in business since 1979, ceased operations on Thursday, stranding thousands. In a statement released on its website, the airline said it had no alternatives for passengers who were […]

This week, AVweb’s news roundup found reports on speakers for a flight simulation training conference, new avionics packages to be displayed at a fly-in and a business partnership for an aerospace solutions provider. Enthusiast flight simulation training conference FlightSimExpo has announced the speakers and schedule for its 2020 event. The lineup will feature presentations by […]

While the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will be postponed on fears of Covid-19 spread, Sun ‘n Fun says it plans to go forward on the planned schedule. However, show organizers say they’ll provide more sanitation, including frequent garbage collection, hand sanitizer stations, disinfectant wipes and sprays and microphone wipe downs for presenters. Sun ‘n […]

Due to worries over the COVID-19 epidemic, Aero 2020 will be postponed to an as yet undetermined date, show organizers have announced. “For the past few days, we have received massive cancellations and clear signals from our exhibitors and potential visitors. We will postpone Aero to a date that has not yet been fixed,” said Roland […]

In a revealing interview with The New York Times, Boeing’s new CEO, David Calhoun, blamed the 737 MAX crisis on his predecessor and conceded that the situation inside the company is worse than he thought. Calhoun said he’s trying to repair relationships with angry airlines and the FAA and hopes the troubled airliner will return […]

NASA signed agreements with 17 aviation companies to support its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge technology demonstrations on Tuesday. Each company provided a proposal in one of three categories: developmental flight testing, developmental airspace simulation and vehicle provider information exchange. The new agreements will focus on developmental testing in advance of the first Grand […]