Business & Military

A Southwest flight attendant is alleging in a lawsuit that two pilots streamed live video of people, including her, using a bathroom on the aircraft to an iPad in the cockpit. But the airline says it was a prank that went wrong and the pilots deny it altogether. The flight attendant claims in the suit […]

Business jet passengers want the same internet services they enjoy at home and at work and satellite provider Viasat has figured out how to offer streaming services like Netflix without busting data caps. AVweb spoke with Viasat’s Claudio d’Amico at NBAA-BACE.

Swiss International Airlines temporarily grounded its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft following an in-flight engine failure on Tuesday that caused a Geneva-bound Swiss Air flight to divert to Paris, France. According to France’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA—Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety), this is the […]

Airbus delivered the 1,000th aircraft in its A320neo family of passenger jets on Thursday. The neo—standing for “new engine option”—line includes the A319neo, A320neo and A321neo. Number 1000, an A321neo, went to India-based airline IndiGo, Airbus’ biggest customer for the A320neo family with orders for 430 aircraft. The aircraft was assembled at Airbus’ factory in […]

United Airlines announced the launch of a new pilot recruitment program on Thursday. Called Aviate, the program offers “structured career pathways” for pilots and promises “the fastest path within the industry to a major airline” with a regional partner minimum requirement of 24 months and 2,000 hours. According to United, Aviate is open to “pilots […]

The closing date for a joint venture that would see Boeing take an 80 percent ownership stake in Embraer’s commercial aircraft and services operations has been pushed to 2020 after the European Commission indicated that it would be opening a Phase II assessment of the deal. Announced in July 2018, the transaction was initially expected […]

The first two Tecnam P2012 Travellers were delivered to launch customer Cape Air in Hyannis, Massachusetts, this week after a 4,000-NM ferry flight from the Tecnam’s headquarters in Capua, Italy. The four-person ferry crew was led by Tecnam Chief Operations Officer Giovanni Pascale, whose family founded the company. The aircraft are the first of an […]

Continental Aerospace Technologies President and CEO Rhett Ross announced his retirement on Tuesday. During his twelve years as CEO, Ross is credited with leading the company in “five successful acquisitions to add technology and additional product lines valued in excess of $40 million.” In addition, he recently oversaw the construction of Continental’s new $75 million […]

The cancellations caused by the collapse of Thomas Cook Airlines and its parent company, U.K.-based Thomas Cook Group, on Monday have reportedly stranded more than 150,000 customers abroad. According to the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the failure of the 178-year-old tourism company, which ceased trading and filed for bankruptcy on Monday morning, has necessitated […]

Boeing and Safran have announced that they will be making a joint investment in energy solutions company Electric Power Systems (EPS). Boeing says the investment is intended to go toward the development of “a highly automated industrial base capable of producing aviation-grade energy storage systems” along with supporting technological advancements aimed at reducing the cost […]