Michael Wildes

The FAA has awarded $371 million to 169 airports across 40 states to invest in airfield, safety, and improvement projects. These awards are the third disbursement of the mega $3.2 billion in funding allocated this year to the Airport Improvement Program. So far, the FAA has awarded $1.53 billion of the overall amount, or just […]

Signature Flight Support has finalized its addition of 14 TAC Air locations to its growing FBO network after acquiring the TAC Air division of The Arnold Companies in March. At the time, the company said it had acquired 16 TAC locations, however, three of these locations were ultimately not included in the deal, and were […]

General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) CEO Larry Culp, Jr. will become the CEO of GE Aviation, replacing John Slattery, who was at the helm for the past two years.

The hedge will save the airline $1.2 billion this year.

Airlines and FAA spar over cause of disruptions heading into busy July 4th weekend

Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), signed a new five-year contract this week with the U.S. Army to deliver at least 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters with an option for up to 225 more.

Envoy Air, American Airline’s largest regional carrier, is offering its pilots triple pay in July to pick up some trips.

Airplane manufacturer Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) announced that it signed its first contract with an undisclosed customer for 10 of its Embraer E-Jets Passenger to Freight (P2F) conversion aircraft, a model announced by CEO Francisco Gomes Neto during the company’s first quarter earnings call in April.  The deal follows a lease agreement in May with Nordic […]

The Denver-based carrier is trying to sway Spirit decision makers to merge with it instead of JetBlue.

The National Academy of Sciences gave the agency more than a dozen recommendations.