Aviation News

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report last Friday highlighting what it called a steady upward trend in runway incursions at towered airports. The report cites the large increase in runway incursions at towered airports in recent years, a number that has risen from 11 incursions per million operations in 2004 to 18 incursions […]

Virgin Galactic has signed a deal to provide NASA with three charter flights on SpaceShipTwo, the suborbital spaceplane slated to take future tourist travelers into space. The deal provides for one full charter flight on SpaceShipTwo, with the option for two additional flights, giving the agreement a potential value of $4.5 million. According to Virgin […]

The Veterans Airlift Command (VAC) has received a donated Eclipse 500 that will aid in the organization’s mission of transporting wounded veterans and their families, according to an announcement at the NBAA Convention last week. To complement the donation, Eclipse Aerospace has vowed to provide the upgrades necessary to keep the jet in service. The […]

China is emerging as the world’s fastest growing market for business jets sales, with industry watchers projecting deliveries of hundreds of large-cabin business airplanes worth billions of dollars over the next decade. Evidence of the Chinese market’s sudden strength was on display at last week’s NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, as Embraer racked up a […]

Piper Aircraft today issued a release detailing big changes at the company, which include the departure from Piper of aviation industry veteran and Executive Vice President Randy Groom, who has led the company for the past years to what Piper calls on-target performance despite the down economy. Also out is CEO Geoffrey Berger, who will […]

(October 2011) It seems like almost every organization supports safety. Posters proclaiming “Safety First” are plastered all over companies around the world, and many corporate manuals contain words saying something similar to “Any employee can call stop.” And yet the real world of corporate culture often strays far from this ideal. The intense pressure to […]

After years of exploring the dream of a jet-powered Aerostar, Aerostar Aircraft of Boise, Idaho, is test-flying a Pratt & Whitney re-engined airplane. Company president Jim Christy flew the twinjet to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for AirVenture in July. The airplane, which has very little time on it, is still a work in progress, though the most […]

Several leading names in aviation gathered to pay tribute to legendary aviator Clay Lacy as he was awarded NBAA‘s 2011 Meritorious Service to Aviation Award, the association’s highest honor, at the NBAA Convention on Tuesday. Bob Hoover, Sean Tucker, Randy Babbitt, Fig Newton, Harrison Ford and Eugene Cernan joined Lacy on stage to celebrate his […]

With the 2012 London Olympics rapidly gearing up, and with organizers expecting more than 1,500 business aircraft to arrive for the festivities, Signature chose the NBAA Convention to unveil its plans for the summer games, which get started in July next year. Signature will boost services at its four major bases of operations in London, […]

Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) has agreed to purchase up to 30 Seminoles from Piper Aircraft, the two companies jointly announced at the NBAA Convention in Las Vegas. The deal includes a firm order for 10 Seminoles, to be delivered next year, with the option for 20 additional aircraft for delivery over the following two years. […]