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Air Transport Services Group, a diversified air cargo provider, racked up another win in the third quarter of 2021 with record revenues and pre-tax earnings of $81.2 million compared to $5.6 million a year ago. Credit the strong e-commerce demand and an industry shortage of cargo capacity. ATSG, a Wilmington, Ohio-based company, beat analysts’ consensus […]

Industry trade groups are celebrating Friday’s passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. In a news release Sunday, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) said the act contains important measures championed by NBAA, including support of the aviation community’s efforts to attract and retain a diverse and […]

Resilience is a key trait for both pilots and non-profit organizations, and both were manifested by the LightHawk conservation organization during a second year of the pandemic. On Monday, LightHawk released its annual report noting the challenges and successes of the 2021 fiscal year as the group moved ahead with its mission to protect the […]

Embraer has unveiled a family of concept aircraft the company says it is exploring to help the industry achieve its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The details of the Energia family, the latest in the company’s Sustainability in Action initiative, were announced Monday from Embraer’s manufacturing facility in São José dos Campos, […]

Improper maintenance, poor judgement by the flight crew and the FAA’s decision to approve the airline to operate out of the accident airport have been cited as causal factors in the deadly runway overrun by a Saab SA-2000 in Unalaska, Alaska in 2019. On Tuesday, the NTSB held a meeting to determine the causal factors […]

Business jet travel is getting faster, according to Gulfstream, which says its G600 and the forthcoming G700 have set new city-pair speed records between hubs in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The new city-pair records were set late last month and come as the business jet manufacturer is poised to begin delivery of its next-generation […]

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has lost its fight against NASA over a lunar lander contract the space agency awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX earlier this year. In a ruling Thursday by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal judge Richard Hertling sided with NASA; details of the opinion will be released at a later time, […]

Bye Aerospace, a leader in the all-electric flight market, raised $19.64 million of Series B venture funding from undisclosed investors last week.

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to launch a 147-satellite constellation to create its own orbiting broadband internet network. First proposed in 2017, Boeing plans to deploy 132 satellites in low-Earth orbit, about 650 miles up, and 15 others in “non-geostationary orbit”—as high as 27,000 miles above Earth. “Advanced satellite broadband services have an […]

Under the guidance of Pipistrel’s Vertical Solutions, a consortium in the European Union have concluded a project designed to advance alternative propulsion and regional air transport.