Aviation News

The NTSB has issued a Safety Alert asking jet fuel providers to take measures to prevent fuel contamination by diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). The board warned that the addition of DEF to jet fuel can cause a chemical reaction that forms crystalline deposits in the fuel system, increasing the risk of engine failure due to […]

Gulfstream announced that it delivered the first of its new G600 jets on Thursday. An unidentified U.S. customer took delivery of the aircraft at Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. As previously reported by AVweb, the G600 received its FAA type and production certificates on June 28, 2019. “We always strive to exceed our customers’ expectations, […]

China-based urban air mobility (UAM) company EHang has announced that it has selected Guangzhou, China, as the first city in which it will establish a low-altitude passenger transportation network using its autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV). As part of the arrangement, EHang will work with the city government to build necessary infrastructure, design safety rules and […]

Bye Aerospace and OXIS Energy have announced a collaboration to develop and produce a Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) “advanced battery cell for the high-voltage battery pack system to be considered for Bye’s future electric aircraft.” According to OXIS Energy CEO Huw Hampson-Jones, OXIS’ Li-S cells and battery systems are “over 50 percent lighter than the current Li-ion […]

Communications, navigation and surveillance equipment designer and manufacturer uAvionix announced the official opening of two new facilities on Tuesday. The first facility, called Headquarters 2 (HQ2), is located in Leesburg, Virginia, and will be used for business operations, development and regulatory engagement. The second is a FAA Manufacturing Inspection District Office (MIDO) approved manufacturing facility […]

Nonprofit organization New Mexico Aero Education (NMAE) is set to hold its seventh annual science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) event for students ages 13 through 21 this September. The New Mexico Aviation Aerospace STEM Expo will feature hands-on displays, science demonstrations and 50-plus general aviation and military aircraft, along with offering opportunities for students […]

American Airlines seems to expect the Boeing 737 MAX to be back in service by November. This week, the airline submitted routes to be serviced by the MAX starting on Nov. 3, including flights from Chicago to LaGuardia and Los Angeles to Nashville. All told, American is looking to run more than 170 flights with […]

Nineteen passengers were injured after British Airways Flight 422 made an emergency landing at its intended destination of Valencia, Spain, on Monday after smoke filled the cabin. The Telegraph is reporting that the Airbus A321 was on approach to Valencia when the “technical issue” occurred. The passengers were evacuated via the emergency slides.  Other news […]

EAA says that it’s close to getting the FAA to revise the current template of operating limitations that are applied to every new experimental/amateur-built aircraft registered in the U.S. At issue is a small change that was made in 2017 to the current template, found in Order 8130.2J, that can be construed as requiring all […]

This week, Airbus officially kicked off production of the A220 commuter jet at the Mobile, Alabama, facility, run by workers trained at the former Bombardier facility in Mirabel, Canada. The facility was announced in 2017. “The expansion of our commercial aircraft production in Mobile to a second product line—with 400 additional jobs to support it—further […]