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An expected downturn in orders for both its civilian and military aircraft has led Boeing to announce it may take action beyond hiring freezes and normal attrition and reduce the size of its workforce through layoffs in 2009. Working under an order backlog recently estimated near $349 billion that could span five years of production […]

Changes on your application for a medical certificate will lead to more information collected by your AME that can be shared with other federal agencies, all with the blessing of changes made to the Privacy Act Statement covering the application, according to AOPA. The information sharing is intended to provide other federal agencies with access […]

It may have been about potential job losses, but by attaching that motive to CEOs with multimillion dollar salaries flying by private jet to seek a $25 billion infusion for companies hemorrhaging cash under their own leadership, the focus has instead shifted to the loss of some jets … at least for now. And so, […]

Late last week, Washington Dulles, Chicago O’Hare and Seattle-Tacoma international airports each opened new runways, adding to 11 already opened during the Bush administration’s tenure. The new runway at Dulles is its first addition since 1962 and brings the airport’s total to four. At O’Hare, the new runway is just a part of a modernization […]

As we reported in January, the co-pilot aboard an Air Canada Boeing 767 l carrying 146 passengers out of Toronto for London had to be physically removed from the cockpit, mid-flight. A report released last week by the Air Accident Investigation Unit has shed new light on the incident, saying that slowly mounting warning signs, […]

Eclipse Aviation got some long-awaited good news on Friday with the announcement that the European Aviation Safety Agency has certified the private use of the Eclipse 500 twinjet. The decision allows the company to sell aircraft in 37 European countries for private use. In a news release, the company said it hopes to have commercial […]

An internal report by the CIA’s inspector general accuses agency officials of withholding information and obstructing inquiries regarding the investigation of a 2001 fatal downing of an aircraft thought to be carrying narcotics that was in fact carrying missionaries over Peru. Three aboard the stricken aircraft were injured when it crashed into the Amazon River. […]

With a Nov. 18 executive order published Thursday, President George W. Bush has dictated policy designed to drive “effective implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)” and sets its first deadline “not later than 60 days after the date of this order,” or roughly when President-elect Barack Obama takes office. (That point is […]

In our years in aviation, we’ve seen countless variations on the “flying car” theme, from rickety jalopies with wooden wings bolted on to high-tech dream machines with folding wings and James Bond-level slickness. But a recent report from the fringe strikes us as something so simple that it might actually work. The Parajet Skycar is […]

The NTSB on Wednesday issued an update into its investigation of a September incident when a Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet taking off with 56 passengers had to swerve to avoid a Cessna 172 that was on the runway. Nobody was hurt, but the jet crew said they cleared the Cessna by only 10 feet, and […]