Michael Wildes

United Airlines placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and an option to purchase 100 more, it announced Tuesday.

The AEA said avionics sales increased 4.6 percent from the second to the third quarter this year, marking nine consecutive quarters of increasing sales.

Boeing said the three remaining aircraft are all in the advanced stages of production and will be delivered in 2023.

The Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) bill would compel the FAA to simulate more realistic scenarios, including passengers across a wider age range and physical abilities, and with carry-ons.

Tradewind Aviation received its first PC-12 NGX from Pilatus during a ceremonial handover at the OEM’s U.S. subsidiary in Broomfield, Colorado. Pilatus and Tradewind Aviation executives were both present at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) to celebrate the milestone.

The manufacturer said a “complex operating environment” thwarted its goal of producing 700 aircraft in 2022.

In 2020, due to the pandemic, the FAA granted a percentage of dispatchers, including ones at SkyWest and Republic Airways, to work remotely.

The project is studying how commercial unmanned aerial systems interact with GA traffic and in complex operating environments.

Volato currently has 17 HondaJets in its fleet, and the 25-aircraft order announced Thursday is incremental and firm, the company said.

Aircraft manufacturer Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) announced today that it had secured a new firm order for five E195-E2 aircraft from an undisclosed airline.