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The FAA’s efforts in recent years to collect and share industry data has benefitted airline safety, the agency says, and on Tuesday, the European Aviation Safety Agency took steps to work with the FAA to expand those programs globally. At a joint safety conference held in Washington, D.C., EASA chief Patrick Ky said his agency […]

Boeing’s stretched version of the 787 Dreamliner is now certified by the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency, Boeing announced this week. The 787-9 adds an extra 20 feet to the fuselage length and has proved popular with customers, Boeing said. Twenty-six operators have ordered 413 of the airplanes, accounting for 40 percent of […]

An incident last week in which a controller told a Delta pilot to abort a landing at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and later said he was “kidding” was “completely inappropriate and unacceptable,” NATCA spokesman Doug Church told AVweb on Monday. “This incident never should have happened,” Church said. “NATCA takes very seriously its shared commitment with […]

The FAA is looking into an incident at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport last Wednesday after a Delta pilot was told a controller was “kidding” about an order to abort a landing. The FAA’s Kathleen Bergen told ABC News Flight 630, a Boeing 777 from Detroit, was on final for ATL when a controller told the crew […]

It was a good week for Boeing as it picked up an unexpected new customer and one of its biggest clients dealt a blow to rival Airbus. Late last week China Eastern Airlines announced it was buying 80 Boeing 737s, including the latest 737 MAX models. China Eastern is state-owned and it placed the $7.4 […]

As historical re-enactments go, Chris Nesin’s transcontinental flight next week couldn’t be much more authentic. Nesin and his wife April will take off from Pennsylvania June 22 following the flight path of the Buck brothers, Rinker and Kern, that turned into the inspirational book Flight of Passage. What’s more, they’ll do it in the same […]

Continental Motors says it will take the wraps off a new 300-hp aircraft V-6 diesel engine at AirVenture in July, according to CEO Rhett Ross. Like the Centurion 2.0 and 2.0S diesels, the new engine leverages automotive technology from Mercedes Benz and is aimed at the high-performance single- and twin-engine segment not yet served by […]

Dr. Richard Rockefeller, nephew of Nelson Rockefeller and the son of the oldest living member of the influential family, died when the Piper Meridian he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff from Westchester County Airport Friday morning. According to the Daily Telegraph, Rockefeller had spent the previous evening eating dinner with his 99-year-old father, David, […]

Today, the NTSB released its preliminary accident reporton the May 31, 2014, fatal accident of a Gulfstream G-IV at Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass.-it stated that although the mechanical control lock was in the off position, the Fight Data Recorder (FDR) indicated the elevator position throughout the event was consistent with the control lock being engaged. […]

Part of the proposed House funding package that will keep the FAA going was an unusual last-minute amendment that would stop an airline from offering budget fares between Europe and the U.S. Norwegian Air established a subsidiary in Ireland to serve the U.S. with low-cost flights in a fleet of Boeing 787s. The airline says […]