In line with the focus on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) at the 2019 NBAA convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced this week that a new summit on aviation sustainability will be held in Washington, D.C., next March. According to NBAA, the Business Aviation […]
In this podcast, Iridium’s Michael Hooper and Jordan Hassin talk with AVweb about the completion of the company’s upgraded satellite network, aerial connectivity, cockpit safety services and its partnership with Aireon on air traffic surveillance.
The head of recruitment for the U.S. Air Force says she’s on a mission to improve diversity and boost the ranks of the organization with greater flexibility for those who serve. Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt told an audience at NBAA-BACE 2019 that recruitment services have been put all under one roof so those who want […]
It’s not enough to present young people with opportunities, they have to be sold on their benefits according to a young pilot who has made it his mission to do just that. Barrington Irving, who became the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo at the age of 23, told an audience at NBAA-BACE that […]
Uber Elevate hopes to have urban mobility services operating in Dallas, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia, by 2023. Eric Allison, who heads up Uber’s aviation division, told an audience at NBAA-BACE 2019 in Las Vegas the form and function of the new type of urban transportation is starting to come together into what he terms […]
FlightAware become one of the most popular aviation sites by telling users where airplanes were. It’s now using machine learning to tell them what that means. AVweb spoke to founder and CEO Daniel Baker at NBAA-BACE.
Business jet passengers want the same internet services they enjoy at home and at work and satellite provider Viasat has figured out how to offer streaming services like Netflix without busting data caps. AVweb spoke with Viasat’s Claudio d’Amico at NBAA-BACE.
Tamarack Aerospace hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 protection by the end of the year and then resume expanding the range of aircraft that can benefit from its active winglet installation. The company was rocked by an emergency airworthiness directive that grounded more than 100 Cessna Citations equipped with the system earlier this year. The […]
Gulfstream Aerospace has partnered with FlightSafety International to provide training for its new G700 business jet, which was unveiled at the 2019 NBAA convention this week. As part of the future training program, FlightSafety is designing a simulator in tandem with the development of the G700. The FS1000 flight simulator will be installed at the […]
As the global economy shows signs of slower growth if not recession and trade tensions persist, the air freight market is feeling the pinch. Demand for air freight dropped 3.3 percent in August over the previous year, according to the International Air Transport Association. The trend continues a downward spiral that began about 10 months […]
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