Aviation News

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (U.K. MoD) and Airbus Defence and Space officially withdrew their Eurofighter Typhoon from Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) last Friday. In the wake of the decision, both U.K. MoD and Airbus emphasized their continued commitment to Canada’s government, armed forces and aerospace sector. Airbus complimented the FFCP team’s […]

The FAA has established three Airspace Coordination Areas (ACAs) over the eastern coast of Florida and the Georgia to help manage and protect air traffic around Hurricane Dorian, the agency reported in a Tuesday update on its response to the hurricane. The FAA further cautioned that pilots should avoid flying in ACAs without permission and […]

The head of the International Air Transport Association said he is concerned that the process to return the Boeing 737 MAX to service will be complicated by multiple aviation authorities’ desire to conduct their own analysis on the fixes and not simply accept the FAA’s recommendations before returning the jet to revenue flying. Reuters has […]

Aviation fuel and services provider Avfuel is holding a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demonstration at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) on Tuesday and Wednesday. During the event, the company says it will supply 7,300 gallons of SAF to the Jackson Hole Aviation FBO for use by “operators flying in and out of the airfield during […]

The Aircraft Electronics Association launched a new jobs board over the Labor Day weekend, which, they say, allows job seekers to find employment opportunities sortable by company name, keyword, location and job type. AEA member companies can post these jobs at no cost for 30 days. “The need for technical talent continues to be an […]

In response to the approach of Hurricane Dorian, drone manufacturer DJI issued a statement reminding drone operators to follow FAA guidance and keep drones grounded during and after the storm unless participating in authorized emergency response operations. “Airspace in affected areas will be crowded with low-flying helicopters and airplanes flying unusual patterns, temporary flight restrictions […]

After years of petitioning the FAA to ease access to airman medicals, AOPA was successful in getting BasicMed passed in 2017, and now the association says more than 50,000 pilots have taken advantage of the program. That’s a not-insignificant percentage of the 600,000 certificated pilots in the U.S., but one that AOPA expects to grow […]

Canada conducted its first commercial trial of a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operation earlier this month by dropping off some prescriptions to a patient on an island off the coast of British Columbia. Indro Robotics partnered with Canada Post to deliver an EpiPen and naloxone from a drugstore to a resident on […]

A student pilot on his first lesson in a Cessna 152 got some accelerated training in Australia on Saturday when his instructor collapsed in the right seat beside him. Max Sylvester and the unidentified instructor had taken off from Jandakot Airport in Perth in Western Australia when the instructor slumped into the student. “He’s leaning […]

A Delta pilot who may have intended to take a bottle of vodka with him on a flight he was supposed to help fly from Minneapolis to San Diego has been formally charged with operating an aircraft under the influence. Gabriel Schroeder admitted to police that he ducked into a bathroom when he saw that […]