Bombardier Aerospace has appointed Raymond Jones as senior vice president for sales, marketing and asset management for Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, effective immediately. He succeeds Chet Fuller, who will leave the company at the end of the year. Jones has been vice president for worldwide strategic accounts for Bombardier Business Aircraft.

This week's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing on Asiana Airlines Flight 214 is more than a deep dive into why a Boeing 777 crash-landed at a major U.S. hub on a near-perfect summer morning. It is the continuation of an escalating discussion on—as the NTSB puts it so well in its press advisory on the hearing—“pilot awareness in highly automated aircraft.”

The world's strongest carbon fiber is Toray Industries' T100G, says the Japanese manufacturer. Now China, denied access even to lower grades from foreign suppliers, is working on matching it.

First unveiled publically in May 2012, the advanced 737 MAX winglet, which Boeing first described as a ‘dual feather,” was designed to provide up to an additional 1.5% fuel burn improvement on long flights with the promise of even more if a proposed laminar flow surface treatment worked as planned. The MAX wingtip is an all-Boeing design which extends divergently both above and below the wingtip - but its roots go back far further than most know - in fact deep into the company's Douglas heritage.

Give Airbus credit. The OEM isn't just talking about a rosy picture for the A340 secondary market--it is doing its best to help paint one.

A group of House lawmakers sent a clear signal to FAA with a quickly introduced bill that would require the agency to conduct a formal rulemaking process if it plans to compel obese pilots to undergo testing for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before receiving a medical certificate.

Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) is adding Tip-to-Tail coverage for another relatively new aircraft, the Gulfstream G280 super midsized business jet, as the Chicago-based hourly cost maintenance program provider looks to substantially grow its entire aircraft business.

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), which formally launched its Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) in the Great Lakes region in August 2012, is working to expand the program next in the Western Pacific, New England and Eastern regions, ACSF President Bryan Burns says. The program is one of a couple of cornerstone programs that the organization has been developing as it continues to expand its membership and reach new categories of members.