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Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Embraer announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a strategic partnership on Thursday. According to the announcement, the joint venture will align Brazil-based Embraer’s commercial aircraft and services business with Boeing’s commercial development, production, marketing and lifecycle services operations. “By forging this strategic partnership, we will be ideally […]

The FAA is sticking to its decision that there is no safety reason for the agency to regulate airline seat size, according to a letter published by the agency on Monday. The letter comes in response to a 2017 court order that called for the FAA to reconsider its decision to deny a petition from […]

With EAA AirVenture around the corner, more events have been announced for this year’s get-together in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For the first time since 2009, a Colomban Cri-Cri, the smallest twin-engine manned aircraft in the world, will be doing several performances at the OSH airshows. Team Cri-Cri’s routine involves a takeoff from the top of a […]

Women in Aviation International (WAI) has announced that it is now accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded in 2019. At least 108 scholarships and internships are available for a wide array of aviation-oriented pursuits, including flight, maintenance, aerospace engineering, dispatch and aviation management. The organizations says it has awarded a total of $11,495,581 in […]

American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air has announced the signing of an agreement with ATP Flight School to make ATP an official Envoy Cadet partner. The Envoy Cadet Program is designed to funnel qualified graduates of partner schools into pilot positions with Envoy and later American Airlines. “This is a great opportunity for students that want […]

Registration is now open for the CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium 2018, which returns to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, July 21 and 22. This event, scheduled for the weekend before AirVenture, is not affiliated with EAA, but many of the speakers there are well-known in the aviation world, including Greg Bowles of GAMA, Boris Popov […]

As private space launches increase and diversify, those activities are causing “significant impacts” on commercial aviation, according to a white paper (PDF) published by ALPA last week. Those impacts include flight delays, flight-plan alterations, increased distance flown, longer flight times, flight cancellations, crew duty cycle changes, gate slot management and added fuel burn. As one […]

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced it will expand its mandate to include authority over drones and urban air mobility vehicles, and will develop flight rules for these types of aircraft. EASA also plans to expand its role in areas such as environmental protection, research and development, international cooperation and cybersecurity. “This new […]

The FAA has completed only 10 of the 22 initiatives it proposed in 2015 to address the problem of runway incursions, according to a report published last week by the federal Office of Inspector General. The OIG report said the FAA reported an 83-percent rise in incursions between 2011 and 2017, including serious incidents when […]

In August, the inaugural GA Spark conference will kick off in San Carlos, California, with two days of seminars and events designed for the people who run flight schools and flying clubs. “The purpose is to bring great minds together to share ideas on how to build energy in general aviation,” says the project’s website.”If […]