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Like a recent event near San Diego, the sky was bright and clear on Friday afternoon, when a Cessna 182 and a 172 collided above the Canadian countryside. All three men on board were killed. Instructor Ryan Sumere, 28, and Vinoo Abraham, 26, a private pilot, both of Mississauga, had taken off from Brampton Flying […]

Eight employees of the Swiss Skyguide air navigation service were charged with manslaughter on Monday in connection with the July 2002 midair collision of a Russian Tu-154 airliner and a DHL 757 over Germany that killed 71 people, including 45 Russian schoolchildren. The Russian crew obeyed a controller’s advice to descend although the collision avoidance […]

A couple of small operators already flying may provide some insight into how the market will develop for future VLJs. Eos Airlines began in 2003 to offer one “premium” flight every day between New York and London, and this week the company said it will add a second flight each day, starting next month. Eos […]

The HondaJet will be late getting into the VLJ market, with both Eclipse and Cessna expected to start deliveries in the next few months. It’s likely that by 2010 it will be clear if the demand will materialize for the thousands of VLJs that some envision, or if the market niche will prove much smaller. […]

Honda Motor Co. made clear last month at AirVenture that aviation is in its future, and this week the giant corporation officially introduced a new subsidiary in the U.S., called the Honda Aircraft Company. The new company will be responsible for the further development, sales promotion and production of the HondaJet. It will be based […]

While special agents and the Miami-Dade Police Department work to recover the laptop, pilots who believe their personal data might be at risk can call OIG’s Hotline Complaint Center at 1-800-424-9071 or go to the OIG Web site for more information. The OIG also said it will establish a reward for information leading to the […]

A laptop computer that contains personal information about 42,792 Florida pilots was stolen from a government-owned vehicle in the Miami, Fla., area on July 27, the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) said yesterday. The laptop was password-protected, but it contains a database that includes names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. […]

Delta Air Lines says the pension package is what it needs to keep its fund alive. “Delta will be in a position to preserve its pension plan covering 91,000 active and retired ground and flight-attendant employees, thereby preserving their hard-earned benefits and preventing the U.S. pension system from being burdened with additional plan liabilities,” Gerald […]

Texas politicians say a pension reform bill passed by the Senate and House last week puts two Texas-based airlines at a competitive disadvantage. The bill, in general, allows companies with under-funded pension plans seven years to get caught up with their payments. However, companies that have frozen their pension plans get an additional 10 years […]

Although the tragic events of 9/11 put a damper on the whole aviation industry, it has rebounded and the hiring of pilots in all sectors (quite opposite of new pilot starts) is coming back to the historical highs of the turn of the century, according to Be A Pilot. The current boom is fueled in […]